News & Features

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.

On Real Virginia: Middle schoolers + chickens = life science learning

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This month on Real Virginia, Virginia Farm Bureau’s weekly television program, see how middle school students in Fairfax County are learning life science concepts while they tend chickens and raise crayfish and mushrooms. 



On Real Virginia: Food banks receiving steady flow of fresh milk

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Learn how the state’s agricultural community is making sure food banks have plenty of milk for those in need.




Winter doesn’t freeze access to farm-fresh foods

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This month Real Virginia, Virginia Farm Bureau’s weekly television program, will show you what kind of foods are available at winter farmers’ markets, and how one historic resort keeps local foods on guests’ tables in even the coldest parts of the year.



Get a look at Virginia-made holiday goodies, on Real Virginia

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This month Real Virginia, Virginia Farm Bureau’s weekly television program, will share lots of Virginia-produced foods and beverages for seasonal celebrations. They include Virginia mead and many goodies marketed through the state’s Virginia’s Finest program.



Products move from ports to points worldwide, in Farm Bureau News

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Virginia’s port system affords the state’s farm and forestry producers ready access to the global marketplace, and we share a look at that system in the November issue of Virginia Farm Bureau News.



Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, in Cultivate

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Find out how to prepare this fall and holiday treat, with Virginia-grown nuts.



Facilitating farm successes, in Farm Bureau News

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Virginia Farm Bureau’s most recent member magazine shares a couple of farm success stories facilitated by a Farm Bureau affiliate organization.



Summer is for savoring, in Cultivate

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This members-only magazine is published with your senses in mind!



It’s farmers’ market season; get the goods

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Ready for some Virginia-grown strawberries? Wondering how soon you can savor a local tomato?



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