VABF’s March 2024 policy update, with an action alert on the Fair Credit for Farmers Act, the outcome of the delayed 2024 agriculture appropriations including a cut to SARE, and the Farm Bill marker bills VABF was backing.

VABF’s February 2024 policy update explaining how agricultural appropriations work, listing the coalition’s Fiscal Year 2025 funding requests, and reminding Virginia farmers of the March 8 EQIP and CSP application ranking date.

VABF is recruiting Regional Ambassadors to represent the organization in their part of Virginia, sign up members, run local events, and contribute regional content to the newsletter. Ambassadors sit on the Membership Committee and receive a conference discount.

VABF’s November 2023 policy update lists cost-share programs open to Virginia farmers: Accelerating Appalachia’s per-acre climate-smart payments (apply by December 1), the ASSETS silvopasture cost share, the free James River Buffer Program, and EQIP and CSP applications ahead of the March 8, 2024 ranking date. It also asks members to contact Congress about organic research funding in the Farm Bill.

VABF opened nominations for its volunteer Board of Directors, closing December 19, 2023. The post lists eligibility, the five to ten hour monthly commitment, and what a one-page nomination letter should contain.

VABF’s October 2023 policy update asks Virginia farmers to share how a changing climate has affected their operations, ahead of a session at the January 2024 Roanoke summit. It also urges calls to Congress on the COWS Act and Farm Bill priorities, and flags the March 8, 2024 EQIP and CSP ranking date.

Session-by-session descriptions for the 2024 Virginia Biological Farming Conference at The Hotel Roanoke, covering agroforestry, market garden profitability, seed saving, pastured poultry, storage vegetables, farmland equity, and the Farm Bill. Includes presenter names and time slots for Saturday and Sunday.