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7 trauma resiliency strategies for farmers we can all try today
Farmers, food business owners, conservationists, Virginia cooperative extension agents, and other farm-adjacent folks from across the state gathered last week for a kind of a catch-up, reflection and exchange of ideas after the most recent growing seasons.
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Innovative approach lands Harrisonburg poultry supplier a $3.6 million grant for expansion
The U.S. secretary of agriculture and U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine delivered the news in person Tuesday that Farmer Focus, a local organic chicken supplier, received a $3.6 million federal grant to expand its chicken processing facility in Harrisonburg.
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Have a need for seeds? There’s a library for that.
For farmers and gardeners, the practice of saving and sharing seeds has been a long tradition, and those in the Shenandoah Valley can now access them through a lending library.
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From farm to table — with a layover at the Shenandoah Valley Produce Auction
On a sharply curved road just outside of Bridgewater proper and spitting distance from the Dry River, lies the 57-acre farm where Charlie Martin has lived and worked the land his entire life. It’s been in the family since his grandfather bought it in the early 1930s.
Valley businesses to showcase their sustainability efforts
After years of making potato chips in fairly tight quarters, Sarah Cohen faced a decision: expand or quit the business. But she said she knew at that time if she were to continue with Route 11 Chips, it would have to be in a responsible and sustainable manner.
