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Summary The Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center (Policy Center) was constructed as a result of the 2014 Farm Bill...

All roads will lead to the Virginia Horse Center on April 16, 2024, as USDA Rural Development staff host a joint workshop on...

April 04, 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking subject matter experts to serve as peer...

Hello everyone, The Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry invites you to join for a Farm Finance and Conservation Planning Session on April 25th, 2024...

My name is Megan Langdon and I am part of the CivicLab team.  CivicLab is a nonprofit institute that works with cross-sector...

Southern Piedmont Climate-Smart Project is working with diverse vegetable farmers and farmers markets in the Southern Piedmont area to promote the adoption...

By Mark Schonbeck, VABF Policy Liason Agricultural Appropriations Update 2024 is done – on to Fiscal Year 2025 On March 8, Congress...

The Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) is the new USDA initiative led by the National Organic Program that is investing $100...

What’s happening to our farms? Part 2 Last month I highlighted some of the inconsistencies between what a major farm lobby group...