The inaugural Taste of Virginia was not your typical farm-to-table dinner. The meal, which paired celebrity chefs with Virginia-grown ingredients during the State Fair of Virginia on Sept. 28, was atypical.
They may not have broken a State Fair of Virginia record, but the giant pumpkin and watermelon entries were a huge showstopper at the fair on Sept. 25.
Virginia Young Farmers once again garnered national recognition as they competed at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s centennial convention Jan. 11-16.
The theme of this year’s Virginia Ag Expo on Aug. 2 is “Utilizing Precision Agriculture to Manage Challenges.”
Virginia State University’s Aquaculture Program will hold its annual Fish School from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 9 and 10 at the university’s Randolph Farm Pavilion near Petersburg.