Garden Tips for Late Summer/Early Fall – What Garlic and Perennial Onions Do You Want to Plant This Fall?
Types of Garlic Before you plant your garlic you need to decide which varieties to…
Mark Schonbeck MarkSeptember 7, 2017
Recipes: Late Summer’s Harvest
by Kathy O’Hara Summer’s grip is relaxing as cooler nights and cloudy skies intrude, still…
VABF AdminSeptember 7, 2017
Agricultural/Research Policy – Racial Equity and Sustainable Agriculture
by Mark Schonbeck The tragic events in Charlottesville on August 12 struck close to home…
VABF AdminSeptember 7, 2017
Book Review: High-Yield Vegetable Gardening: Grow More of What You Want in the Space You Have by Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, Storey Publishing, December 2015
Reviewed by Pam Dawling, author of Sustainable Market Farming and weekly blogger on her website…
VABF AdminSeptember 7, 2017
Recipe: Store Some Summer Heat for Winter
by Kathy O'Hara It’s peach season, and although I’ve been warned that the peaches in…
VABF AdminAugust 8, 2017
Agricultural Research: What’s in it for Organic Farmers, Ranchers, Homesteaders, and Gardeners?
By Mark Schonbeck Agriculture is art and science, culture as well as technology. We need skilled,…
VABF AdminAugust 8, 2017
Book Review: The Lean Farm: How to Minimize Waste, Increase Efficiency, and Maximize Value and Profits with Less Work
Reviewed by Pam Dawling Ben Hartman, Chelsea Green, August 2015. ISBN 978-1-60358-592-7. $29.95 When I…
VABF AdminAugust 8, 2017
Garden Tips for late Summer: Harvest Daily and Sow Weekly for Fall and Winter
By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, author of The Timber Press Gide to…
VABF AdminAugust 8, 2017
Sweet Potatoes 101 Part 1: How to Grow Sweet Potatoes from Slips And Enjoy the Green Leaves all Summer!
By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and author of the Timber Press Guide…
VABF AdminJuly 5, 2017
Cover Cropping: On-farm Solar-powered Soil Building
What is a cover crop? why the are important, when to plant, how to grow…
Eryn AllowayMarch 31, 2017
SARE’s Revised How to Conduct Research on Your Farm or Ranch Now Available
Like all farmers, Harry Cope is an innovator who struggles to reduce costs while raising…
VABF AdminMarch 10, 2017
Information from Other Organizations
Host a Better Field Day from SARE You’ve done some interesting work: You had a…
Lindsay NewsomeFebruary 5, 2017
VirginiaFirst.com offers a video story on our recent 2017 Virginia Biological Farming Conference
2017 Virginia Biological Farming Conference - view the video here: http://www.virginiafirst.com/ag-life/virginia-association-for-biological-farming-holds-conference/639435966
VABF AdminJanuary 17, 2017
