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Smart Soil Can Water and Feed Itself – Really? VABF News

Smart Soil Can Water and Feed Itself – Really?

By Brent Wills Those of you who know me know I’m a stickler when it…

VABF AdminAugust 25, 2024

August Policy Updates Policy

August Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason We Need and Deserve a Strong, Regenerative Farm Bill…

Mark Schonbeck MarkAugust 25, 2024

Water-Wise Gardening Book Reviews

Water-Wise Gardening

Steve Solomon 2022, 191 pages, 6.1 x 0.5 x 9.2 inches. $18.99 on Amazon. Good…

Pam DawlingAugust 25, 2024

July Vegetable Gardening Tips Garden Tips

July Vegetable Gardening Tips

I hope your gardens are well mulched, adequately watered and producing abundantly. If things are…

Ira WallaceJuly 28, 2024

The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food: A Crop-by-Crop Reference for 62 Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts and Herbs Book Reviews

The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food: A Crop-by-Crop Reference for 62 Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts and Herbs

Book Review The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food: A Crop-by-Crop Reference for 62…

Pam DawlingJuly 28, 2024

Funding Opportunities for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture – July 2024 Grants and Scholarships

Funding Opportunities for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture – July 2024

Scroll down and read through the whole list – there is something here for everyone!…

VABF AdminJuly 28, 2024

Policy Updates – July 2024 Policy

Policy Updates – July 2024

Farm Bill On pause for now – but keep in touch with your legislators With…

Mark Schonbeck MarkJuly 28, 2024

Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities is Seeking Participants – 30 projects reaching out to Virginia farmers Grants and Scholarships

Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities is Seeking Participants – 30 projects reaching out to Virginia farmers

VABF AdminJuly 28, 2024

June Policy Updates Policy

June Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason 2024 (hopefully) Farm Bill Recent developments and next steps…

Mark Schonbeck MarkJune 24, 2024

Simple Grower trials using biochar inoculated with fish hydrolysate – Contact Us! Surveys and Action Items

Simple Grower trials using biochar inoculated with fish hydrolysate – Contact Us!

VABF AdminJune 24, 2024

May 2024 Policy Updates Policy

May 2024 Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason 2024 Farm Bill Recent developments and next steps On…

Mark Schonbeck MarkMay 27, 2024

May Vegetable Gardening Tips Garden Tips

May Vegetable Gardening Tips

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

Ira WallaceMay 27, 2024

Small Farms Survey to Expand Conservation Cost-share Eligibility Surveys and Action Items

Small Farms Survey to Expand Conservation Cost-share Eligibility

Small Farms Survey to Expand Conservation Cost-share Eligibility We are working on trying to expand…

VABF AdminApril 26, 2024

April Policy Updates Policy

April Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason Take Action A Farm Bill for All Farmers: Conservation…

Mark Schonbeck MarkApril 26, 2024

Book Review: The New Seed Starters Handbook Book Reviews

Book Review: The New Seed Starters Handbook

Nancy Bubel with Jean Nick, 2018, 452 pages Book Review by Pam Dawling, Author of…

Pam DawlingApril 26, 2024

April Vegetable Gardening Tips Garden Tips

April Vegetable Gardening Tips

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

Ira WallaceApril 26, 2024

Soil Health Case Study Piedmont Ag, Fauquier, VA VA Farming ResourcesVirginia Farming Resources

Soil Health Case Study Piedmont Ag, Fauquier, VA

VABF AdminApril 26, 2024

Soil Health Case Study: Brandon Farms, Essex County, Virginia VA Farming ResourcesVirginia Farming Resources

Soil Health Case Study: Brandon Farms, Essex County, Virginia

VABF AdminApril 26, 2024

March Policy Updates Policy

March Policy Updates

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason Take Action Fair Credit for Farmers Act - S.2668,…

Mark Schonbeck MarkMarch 26, 2024

The Barefoot Farmer, Volumes I and II Book Reviews

The Barefoot Farmer, Volumes I and II

The Barefoot Farmer, Volumes I and II. Jeff Poppen, 2001 and 2021, 233 and 221…

Pam DawlingMarch 26, 2024