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New potatoes are tender and ready for summer meals

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Virginia new potatoes are small and tasty and ready for cooking—and you can get them at your local farmers’ market or produce stand right now.



Carroll County earning ‘Salad Bowl of Southwest Va.’ nickname

All it took was a warehouse, cooling units and a large loading dock to help the fresh produce industry in Southwest Virginia take off.



Tobacco growers will have to weigh options in light of closing

Smaller-scale burley tobacco growers in Southwest Virginia will have to consider their next move in light of the closing of a Philip Morris USA receiving station.



Forestry department warns seniors of timber scam

The Virginia Department of Forestry has received reports of a man who, posing as a representative of that agency, has approached older landowners about buying the timber on their property.



Ginger provides niche market for smaller-scale growers

Charlie and Miriam Maloney are proving that ginger can be grown successfully in Virginia.



You can’t beat beets for a summer of nutritious meals

Beets can be a delicious summer side dish, as well as a colorful addition to an otherwise green salad.



Stink bugs pose threat to Va. farms

Brown marmorated stink bugs are more than just smelly little insects.



Va. Irish potatoes miss St. Patrick’s Day but find a summertime niche

When Americans celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with potato dishes, they’re not eating Virginia potatoes. That’s because the Virginia potato industry has a special niche in the marketing season—from mid-June to mid-August.




Census finds U.S. horticulture becoming more diverse

The sales of food crops grown under protection in the United States more than doubled in the past decade as U.S. horticultural operations are becoming more diverse and taking advantage of newly emerging agricultural trends, according to results of the 2009 Census of Horticultural Specialties.




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