2024 Board of Directors Election
Vote for the 2024 VABF Board of Directors!
VABF AdminDecember 17, 2023
Nominations being accepted for VABF Board of Directors
Calling all VABF members! Our Board of Director elections are coming up and we’re looking for…
VABF AdminNovember 24, 2023
November Policy Updates
Special Conservation Opportunities Building Soil, Building Equity Initiative Earn up to $1,000 per acre…
Mark Schonbeck MarkNovember 24, 2023
Many Hands Make a Farm: 47 Years of Questioning Authority, Feeding a Community and Building an Organic Movement
This little book is not a how-to-farm book, but a very readable memoir-plus-life-philosophy of two…
Pam DawlingNovember 24, 2023
November Vegetable Gardening Tips
What a lovely extended fall! Halloween has come and gone with hardy vegetables still producing…
Ira WallaceNovember 22, 2023
October Policy Updates by Mark Schonbeck
Wanted! Your Stories about Farming in the Age of Climate Crisis I am gathering…
VABF AdminOctober 26, 2023
Microbe Science for Gardeners: Secrets to Better Plant Health
Book Review by Pam Dawling Microbe Science for Gardeners: Secrets to Better Plant Health, Robert…
VABF AdminOctober 26, 2023
October Gardening Tips
by Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange & author of Grow Great Vegetables in…
Ira WallaceOctober 26, 2023
2024 Session Summaries
Saturday, January 20, 2024 Morning Yoga 7:00-8:00 AM Mary Cush, Yoga for Farmers During the…
VABF AdminOctober 23, 2023
2024 Session Schedule
Updated 1/12/2024 Download a pdf of the schedule here!
VABF AdminOctober 23, 2023
Youth and Teen Programs
Youth & Teen Programs at the 25th annual Virginia Biological Farming Conference Bring your kids…
VABF AdminOctober 21, 2023
September Vegetable Gardening Tips
By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press…
VABF AdminSeptember 25, 2023
2023 Conservation Innovation Grants
2023 Conservation Innovation Grants Application deadline October 30, 2023 IRA funding has allowed USDA…
VABF AdminSeptember 25, 2023
September Policy Updates by Mark Schonbeck
2023 Farm Bill Opportunities to shape it are still open The National Sustainable Agriculture…
VABF AdminSeptember 25, 2023
The Ecological Farm: A Minimalist No-Till, No-Spray, Selective Weeding, Grow-Your-Own-Fertilizer System of Organic Agriculture
Book Review by Pam Dawling The Ecological Farm: A Minimalist No-Till, No-Spray, Selective Weeding, Grow-Your-Own-Fertilizer…
Pam DawlingSeptember 25, 2023
Crisis Support for Agricultural Communities
https://www.agrisafe.org/agristress-helpline/
VABF AdminAugust 29, 2023
Organic Investments Need a Boost in the 2023 Farm Bill
The Opportunities in Organic Act would help U.S. farms meet consumer demand by reducing barriers to…
VABF AdminAugust 29, 2023
Policy Updates August 2023
Cost Share for Virginia Farmers to Protect Soil and Water Robust funding and streamlined paperwork…
VABF AdminAugust 29, 2023
