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June Policy Updates Policy

June Policy Updates

Senate Takes Up Budget Reconciliation Bill SNAP slashed and Big Farm Subsidies Upped – similar…

Mark Schonbeck MarkJune 27, 2025

The Seed Farmer: A Complete Guide to Growing, Using and Selling Your Own Seeds Book Reviews

The Seed Farmer: A Complete Guide to Growing, Using and Selling Your Own Seeds

Book Review: The Seed Farmer: A Complete Guide to Growing, Using and Selling Your Own…

Pam DawlingJune 25, 2025

June Vegetable Garden Tips Garden Tips

June Vegetable Garden Tips

Early in June mulch tomatoes, peppers, okra, squash, cucumbers and asparagus if it hasn't already…

Ira WallaceJune 25, 2025

May Policy Updates Policy

May Policy Updates

House Passes Budget Reconciliation Bill SNAP slashed $294B and Big Farm Subsidies Upped $60B over…

Mark Schonbeck MarkMay 27, 2025

May Vegetable Gardening Tips Garden Tips

May Vegetable Gardening Tips

Time to Thin and Weed As we approach the second half of May it’s time…

Ira WallaceMay 27, 2025

Food Science for Gardeners Book Reviews

Food Science for Gardeners

Book Review: Food Science for Gardeners by Robert Pavlis New Society Publishers, 2024, 214 pages…

Pam DawlingMay 27, 2025

2024 Impact Report ProjectsVABF News

2024 Impact Report

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VABF AdminMay 27, 2025

Board of Directors Election 2025 VABF News

Board of Directors Election 2025

Attention VABF Members! It's time to vote on Nominees and Current Directors of the VABF…

VABF AdminMay 7, 2025

April Policy Updates Policy

April Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason Finishing up the NSAC Week of Action Making Your…

Mark Schonbeck MarkApril 28, 2025

Book Review: The Garden Tool Handbook Book Reviews

Book Review: The Garden Tool Handbook

Book Review: The Garden Tool Handbook, by Zach Loeks Zach Loeks , January 14, 2025, 240 pages…

Pam DawlingApril 28, 2025

April Vegetable Garden Tips Garden Tips

April Vegetable Garden Tips

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…

Ira WallaceApril 28, 2025

Sign-on to Support Robust Funding for Key Programs PolicySurveys and Action Items

Sign-on to Support Robust Funding for Key Programs

The US Congress is now working on the annual appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2026…

VABF AdminApril 2, 2025

Honor Farmers Contract Act Policy

Honor Farmers Contract Act

Mark Schonbeck MarkMarch 28, 2025

March Policy Updates Policy

March Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason The Freeze Continues – and Our Response is Having…

Mark Schonbeck MarkMarch 28, 2025

Book Review Beyond the Root Cellar: The Market Gardener’s Guide to Growing and Storing Vegetables for Off-Season Sales and Food Security Book Reviews

Book Review Beyond the Root Cellar: The Market Gardener’s Guide to Growing and Storing Vegetables for Off-Season Sales and Food Security

Book Review by Pam Dawling, Author of Sustainable Market Farming: Intensive Vegetable Production on a…

Pam DawlingMarch 28, 2025

March Vegetable Gardening Tips  Garden Tips

March Vegetable Gardening Tips 

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…

Ira WallaceMarch 28, 2025

VABF Stickers VABF News

VABF Stickers

Show your support! VABF Decals and Organic Cotton Tote Bags

VABF AdminMarch 4, 2025

February Vegetable Gardening Tips  Garden TipsVABF News

February Vegetable Gardening Tips 

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…

VABF AdminFebruary 27, 2025

Mark Schonbeck honored with inaugural Perennial Advocate Award PolicyVABF News

Mark Schonbeck honored with inaugural Perennial Advocate Award

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) has created a new award to highlight and honor…

Brent WillsFebruary 27, 2025

February 2025 Policy Updates Policy

February 2025 Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason Hard Times – and We’re Fighting Back! I imagine…

Mark Schonbeck MarkFebruary 27, 2025