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Legislators nipped Va.’s budding cannabis industry, advocates say
General Assembly may revisit issue during April 27 special session
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RICHMOND, Va. — Jacob Williamson grows, makes and sells hemp-based CBD products through his family’s Hens and Hemp farm. He went through the permitting process to be a hemp farmer
AeroFarms plants roots in Cane Creek Centre
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AeroFarms won’t harvest the first crops at its new Cane Creek Centre facility until summer, but the company is already expanding. In December 2019, the Newark, New Jersey-based indoor agriculture
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Perdue AgriBusiness plans $59M Chesapeake expansion
Expansion will increase soybean crushing capability
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Perdue AgriBusiness will invest $59.1 million and expand operations in the city of Chesapeake, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office announced Thursday. The company, an affiliate of Perdue Farms Inc., will modernize
Fertilizer shortage hits Va. farmers
Russia's invasion of Ukraine rockets fertilizer prices
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Lewis Everett farms cotton, peanuts and small grains in Southampton County, on the Virginia-North Carolina line. He expects to take a loss this year due to the rising costs of
Youngkin appoints agriculture secretary, department commissioner
Matthew Lohr and Joseph Guthrie have backgrounds with USDA, farm operation
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Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday that he had selected Matthew “Matt” Lohr as state secretary of agriculture and forestry and Joseph “Joe” Guthrie as commissioner of the Virginia Agriculture and
Va. Catalyst awards $1.9 million in grants
AgroSpheres Inc., Icarus Medical Innovations and Tympanogen Inc. received grants
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The Virginia Catalyst, also known as the Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corp., has awarded $1.9 million in grants to three life and bioscience projects, it announced Thursday. Partner companies will
The color of money
Virginia prepares for commercial marijuana market
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A dusty floor, lumber piles and strewn tools mark the signs of active construction in the future showroom of Pure Shenandoah LLC. CEO Tanner Johnson stands in the front room
Arlington agriculture nonprofit names first president and CEO
Kenny Fahey was The Conservation Fund's working lands principal
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Arlington-based sustainability agriculture nonprofit Leading Harvest announced Friday that it has named Kenny Fahey as its first president and CEO. Fahey, who works remotely from Seattle, has been Leading Harvest’s
Going cold turkey
Supply chain issues threaten Thanksgiving main course
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To get a turkey on your Thanksgiving table this year, you may have to plan ahead. And even so, ham, pork tenderloin, chicken or even tofurkey might have to fill
Company to build $4.2M facility in Brunswick County
Southern Virginia Vegetable Packing LLC's facility is expected to create 40 jobs
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Southern Virginia Vegetable Packing LLC has partnered with Brunswick County Industrial Development Authority, with plans to build a 45,000-square-foot, $4.2 million produce processing and packing facility that is expected to