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Craft cider celebrated during specially designated week

December 1, 2016

Four years ago, Virginia became the first state to create a specially designated week to celebrate hard cider. This year’s Virginia Cider Week is Nov. 11-20 and includes special tastings, pairings, dinners, events and workshops at cideries across the state.

Apples, Food and Drink, News

Stink bug research could bear fruit in a few years

March 31, 2016

About five years ago the brown marmorated stink bug migrated into Northern Virginia and began damaging the apple crop and other produce. New research is under way at Virginia Tech and a U.S. Department of Agriculture research center in Maryland to lure away the invasive pest by imitating the chemical pheromone it generates when eating.

Agriculture Business, Apples, Farm Practices

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

Virginia apple production ranked sixth nationwide

August 20, 2015

Virginia’s commercial orchards yielded about 4.6 million bushels of apples in 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Apples

US apple exports to China could help Virginia growers

June 11, 2015

Why do Virginia apple growers care how many West Coast apples are shipped to China? China is a growing world market, and a domestic over-supply of Washington state apples could hurt Virginia apple prices.

Agriculture Business, Agriculture Trade, Apples

FDA deems GMO apples and potatoes safe for consumption

April 2, 2015

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has completed its evaluation for two varieties of genetically engineered apples and six varieties of genetically engineered potatoes and concluded that those foods are as safe and nutritious as their conventional counterparts.

Apples, Crops, Legislative Issues, Potatoes

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