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Farmer Focus taps new president/COO
Stephen J. Shepard promoted, replacing Eric Vaughan
Harrisonburg-based organic poultry producer Farmer Focus announced leadership changes Tuesday, including tapping a new president and chief operating officer as well as a new chief commercial officer. Stephen J. Shepard
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Va. Tech receives record $80M grant for climate-smart farming
Pilot will pay farmers to help curb greenhouse gases
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Virginia Tech has received a record $80 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a pilot program that will pay farmers to add practices that could help curb
$300M vertical farming campus coming to Chesterfield
Plenty Unlimited expected to create 300 jobs
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A $300 million indoor vertical farm campus — billed as the world’s largest — is coming to Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. San Francisco-based Plenty
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AeroFarms to add 66 jobs in Pittsylvania
B-Corp says it needs more workers to fill demand
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New Jersey-based leafy greens producer AeroFarms plans to add 66 more jobs as it increases production at its vertical farm in Pittsylvania County, the governor’s office announced this week. This
Century-old Birdsong Peanuts to modernize Suffolk plant
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announces $25.1M investment
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Suffolk-based Birdsong Peanuts is investing $25.1 million to modernize it Suffolk shelling facility, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. The company plans to refurbish and automate production lines at the Suffolk
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
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
Harrisonburg’s Farmer Focus hires CFO, R&D head
Debarshi Sengupta comes from Clarity Food Ventures; Sean McLendon from JBS USA
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Harrisonburg-based Farmer Focus has hired Debarshi Sengupta as chief financial officer and Sean McLendon as head of research and development, it announced on Aug. 26 and Sept. 9. “Debarshi is
Shenandoah Growers picks new COO
Cameron Geiger held senior leadership roles for Walmart
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Shenandoah Growers Inc. has hired former Walmart executive Cameron Geiger as the company’s chief operating officer, it announced this week. The Rockingham County-based agricultural products company says Geiger will help