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A vast soybean field in full bloom at Malvern Hill with a white barn in the far distance

Virginia is Losing Farmland at a Record Pace

Latest Data from The US Census of Agriculture Shows Virginia Lost More Farmland in the Last Five Years Than in the Previous Fifteen Farms Under Threat: The State of the States is a report issued by the American Farmland Trust…

2022 Year in Review

Does your New Year resolution involve exercise and getting outdoors more? Does it involve eating more healthfully? Does it involve being more caring? Perhaps it’s not about changing yourself or your behavior but wishing for something good to come true. Whatever it may…

Image of a painting of The View. Tree with fall, red foliage in foreground with a swooping bend of the James River in the background under blue sky.

Local Artists Renew Gift to Protect “The View”

Twenty years ago local artists Camden Whitehead and Matthew Robins were invited to show their work in London in the exhibit “The View”. They were invited to Richmond upon Thames to see the bend in the Thames River from Richmond…

Photo by Henrico County Schools

Find Your Farmers Market

Virginia is for Local Food Lovers! Despite the overall number of farms in Virginia decreasing, the number of small farms in Virginia has increased by 37% since 2012 according the 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture. The Virginia Farm Bureau suggests…