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Virginia, nation seeing increase in organic farming and sales

September 24, 2015

More than 28,000 acres of Virginia farmland were used for organic production in 2014.

Agriculture Business, Animals and Livestock

Secretariat sets another record with giant replica horseshoe

September 24, 2015

The world’s largest horseshoe, certified by Guinness World Records, is an exact replica of a racing shoe worn by Virginia-born Triple Crown champion Secretariat.

Meadow Event Park, Secretariat

Install smoke alarms in bedrooms during National Fire Prevention Week

September 24, 2015

Every bedroom needs a working smoke alarm. That’s why “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep” is the theme of this year's National Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 4-10.

Home Safety, Safety

Virginia among states expecting record corn yields

September 17, 2015

Virginia is one of nine states projected to have record-breaking corn yields for 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Agriculture Business, Corn

Harvest of valuable ginseng regulated to protect plant, landowners

September 10, 2015

Virginia’s wild ginseng harvest has begun, and state officials have stepped up regulation of the valuable root.

Agriculture Business, Crops

Fresh apple market picking up for growers

September 3, 2015

Fall is traditionally apple season in Virginia, and many more Virginia-grown apples are now being sold directly to consumers instead of to processing plants for juice and sauce.

Apples, Locally Grown Food

Chesterfield Farm Bureau donates pig, funds to Henricus Historical Park

September 3, 2015

The newest addition to the interpretive program at Henricus Historical Park in Chesterfield County is a Tamworth pig named Cordelia, thanks to Chesterfield Farm Bureau.

Virginia Farm Bureau

Historic tobacco barns being saved

September 3, 2015

Like many old rural buildings, tobacco curing barns often are left to collapse from old age. But unlike other old barns, tobacco barns also represent a business and a way of life that shaped Virginia for centuries.

Crops, Tobacco

Global tobacco reps learn about quality U.S. leaf

August 27, 2015

Visitors from almost a dozen countries recently learned about tobacco grown in what several people referred to as “the greatest tobacco region in the world.”

Crops, Tobacco

Second fig harvest underway in Virginia

August 27, 2015

August marks the second round of fig harvesting in Virginia. The fruit makes two appearances, at the start of the summer in June and again from late August into October.

Crops

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