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Virginia Farm Bureau News & Features is your place for news and information from around Virginia. From gardening tips and recipes to politics and events, stay up to date with what matters to Virginians.

Surplus fruits, vegetables can become value-added foods

April 30, 2015

Homegrown Virginia wants area farmers’ ugly fruits and vegetables. The growth of the local food movement has seen more produce being harvested than can easily be sold. Homegrown Virginia is a contract packing service that specializes in creating value-added foods with local ingredients.

Food and Drink, Locally Grown Food

Food banks asking for farmer partnerships

March 5, 2015

Virginia farmers who have extra and unsold fresh produce this year are being asked to consider partnering with their local food banks.

Food and Drink, Locally Grown Food

Report: Food hubs pioneering varied local distribution systems

April 4, 2013

In the past decade dozens of local food hubs have sprung up around the country, and Virginia is home to several pioneering organizations.

Locally Grown Food

Study: Locally grown is more important than organic to consumers

March 7, 2013

It’s more important to consumers that food is grown locally than whether it is grown organically or traditionally, a new study has found.

Locally Grown Food

Producers strive to provide healthful foods for communities

February 28, 2013

Given the opportunity to share information, small-scale meat, dairy, poultry and egg producers turned out in force Feb. 26 for Virginia’s 2013 Local Foods Network Conference.

Events, Locally Grown Food

More producers considering voluntary GAP certification

February 28, 2013

In addition to larger farms that wholesale their produce, some smaller growers who sell directly to the public are seeing more reasons to become Good Agricultural Practices-certified.

Locally Grown Food

Attorney: Each farm’s risk management benefits all farmers

February 28, 2013

Safety precautions and liability insurance are essential for protecting a small farming operation, producers were told Feb. 26.

Food and Drink, Insurance, Locally Grown Food, Virginia Farm Bureau

Could locavores become ‘locavestors’?

December 13, 2012

There’s a growing infrastructure for businesses that sell local foods, and the nation’s locavores could become “locavestors,” a recognized author and economist told farmers at the 2012 Virginia Farm to Table Conference.

Food and Drink, Locally Grown Food

Locally grown foods get their own logo in Bedford County

November 21, 2012

The booming local foods movement has gone even more local in Bedford County. Farmers and the county economic development office have begun using their own “Bedford Grown” logo to promote foods and farm products with a connection to the community between Lynchburg and Roanoke.

Agriculture Business, Economy, Locally Grown Food

Virginia jumps into top 10 farmers’ market states

August 10, 2012

The number of U.S. farmers’ markets continues to increase, and Virginia now has enough to place it among the nation’s top 10 market states.

Locally Grown Food

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