The Dorey Park Farmers Market was among three Virginia projects to receive awards recently from the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development (AFID) Fund Infrastructure Grant program. The three projects will receive a total of $127,500 in competitively awarded, matching grants for new community infrastructure development projects that
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has begun accepting applications for the 2023 Beehive Distribution Program.Applications will be accepted through Sept. 12 from Virginia residents aged 18 and older. The program provides free equipment for assembling new beehives; qualified applicants are selected at random from qualifying applications
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Virginia officials are urging citizens to kill a destructive bug if they see it. The spotted lanternfly colonizes quickly, disrupts native ecosystems, and can potentially cause problems to agriculture and forest health. It’s also a significant threat to Virginia’s grape and wine industries. “We need to prevent spotted
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