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Board of Directors Election 2025

Attention VABF Members! It's time to vote on Nominees and Current Directors of the VABF…
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VABF AdminMay 7, 2025
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April Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason Finishing up the NSAC Week of Action Making Your…
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Mark Schonbeck MarkApril 28, 2025
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Book Review: The Garden Tool Handbook

Book Review: The Garden Tool Handbook, by Zach Loeks Zach Loeks , January 14, 2025, 240 pages…
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Pam DawlingApril 28, 2025
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April Vegetable Garden Tips

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…
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Ira WallaceApril 28, 2025
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Sign-on to Support Robust Funding for Key Programs

The US Congress is now working on the annual appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2026…
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VABF AdminApril 2, 2025
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Honor Farmers Contract Act

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March Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason The Freeze Continues – and Our Response is Having…
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Mark Schonbeck MarkMarch 28, 2025
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 Dawling
Pam DawlingMarch 28, 2025
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March Vegetable Gardening Tips 

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…
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Ira WallaceMarch 28, 2025
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VABF AdminMarch 4, 2025
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February Vegetable Gardening Tips 

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…
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VABF AdminFebruary 27, 2025
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Mark Schonbeck honored with inaugural Perennial Advocate Award

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) has created a new award to highlight and honor…
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Brent WillsFebruary 27, 2025
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February 2025 Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason Hard Times – and We’re Fighting Back! I imagine…
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Mark Schonbeck MarkFebruary 27, 2025
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Email Templates – Federal Funding Freeze – For farmers, organizations and supporters

Email Templates
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Mark Schonbeck MarkFebruary 27, 2025
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Sample Phone Call Scripts – Federal Funding Freeze – for farmers and farm supporters

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Mark Schonbeck MarkFebruary 27, 2025
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Funding Freeze Sample Script

SAMPLE SCRIPT: Hello, My name is __________. I am a farmer/rancher/regenerative agriculture supporter, and a…
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VABF AdminFebruary 24, 2025
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Urgent Message and Request Regarding Federal Funding Freeze

Dear All, During the recent National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition meetings in Washington, DC, we (Brent…
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VABF AdminFebruary 20, 2025
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2024 VABF Board of Directors Nominations

NOW TAKING NOMINATIONS for the VABF Board of Directors  VABF relies on a volunteer Board…
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VABF AdminNovember 27, 2024
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SSARE Producer Grants & On-Farm Research Grants

Southern SARE Producer Grants Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) is now accepting proposals…
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VABF AdminOctober 29, 2024
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Save Grassland Birds and get funding

Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative partners are incentivizing the adoption of two different best management practices…
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VABF AdminOctober 29, 2024
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