27 Jun 2024
@GovernorVA & several state officials went to Blacksburg today to visit @HethwoodMarket & the 98th Annual @VirginiaFFA State Convention. The Governor presented the #VaAgWeek and #VaDairyMonth proclamations to industry stakeholders & delivered opening remarks at the convention.
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31 May 2023
Today is the last day of the Virginia Agriculture Week Photo Contest! Submit your photos by midnight. ow.ly/exGr50OeVvQ #VaAgWeek
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26 May 2023
It's the final weekend to enter the 2023 Virginia Agriculture Photo Contest. Submit photos of VA agriculture in categories like Farm Tractors & Equipment, Fresh Catch, Faces of Agriculture and Farm Markets/Farm Shops! #VaAgWeek #VirginiaGrown vdacs.virginia.gov/education…
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18 May 2023
Snap away this weekend as you enjoy all the aspects of Virginia agriculture – farms, feasts, fields, flocks and friends! Then submit your photos into the Virginia Ag Week Photo Contest - ow.ly/xCWr50OcILu #VaAgWeek
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1 May 2023
Take your best shot! Enter your photos of VA agriculture now in the following categories.
~ Farm Tractors & Equipment
~ Fresh Catch
~ Faces of Agriculture
~ Farmers Markets/Farm Shops
~ Fields
You could win prizes and get published! #VaAgWeek #AgPhotos ow.ly/IR8750O67Ez
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Last week I toured the @VaAgriculture Lab in Harrisonburg to celebrate #VaAgWeek. While there, I had the pleasure of meeting Beatrice - who has proudly served Virginia for 52 years. Thank you for your dedication to our Commonwealth!
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18 Jun 2022
Dep. Sec. Green visited Deep Roots Milling & Saunders Brothers in Nelson Co. Deep Roots uses Woodson's Mill to mill regionally grown grains. Saunders Brothers grows & sells #VaGrown produce, shrubs, annuals & perennials. #VaAgWeek deeprootsmilling.com
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This week, during #VaAgWeek, we celebrated Rockingham Cooperative for its commitment to the Commonwealth by investing nearly $17 million in a major expansion of the Dayton feed mill. I wish them all the best during their next 100 years of service to the farmers of Virginia! 🧑🌾
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Why we do what we do. Enjoy the weekend, my friends, whatever way you celebrate it.
#vafoodie
#VirginiaAgWeek #VAagWeek
📷: @scottpruett, @theudproject
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17 Jun 2022
Visited @Virginia_Green and W.S. Connelly during #VaAgWeek. These #VirginiaGrown businesses detailed #VA’s landscape & turf industry, highlighted importance of pesticide certification, agronomists, environmental sustainability, & service by & to horticulture professionals.
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17 Jun 2022
Commissioner Guthrie & Mike Hutt of @virginiaseafood met with Watermen JC Hudgins & Daniel Knott of the VA Waterman's Assoc. They spent the afternoon learning about the marine products industry and even went out to check on some crab pots! #VaAgWeek
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17 Jun 2022
Rounding out the Virginia Agriculture Photo Contest is Allison Sowers of Tom's Brook with this photo taken in @visitmiddleburg. Allison runs RAE Show Cattle, a cow/calf operation, and also does custom farming in northern VA. Congratulations!
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17 Jun 2022
You won't be-leaf all of the delicious greens and produce growing in our greenhouse! 🍅🥒 #VaAgWeek #VirginiaGrown
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16 Jun 2022
On Wednesday, VDACS toured @ArcadiaFood, a recent VFAIF funding recipient. This funding will support a new community farm market, veteran farmer outreach, and grow customer buying power through SNAP and Virginia Fresh Match. bit.ly/3b0bYrL #VaAgWeek #FoodAccess
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16 Jun 2022
Not only is it #VaAgWeek, it's also #DairyMonth! @GovernorVA, @AgForestryVA & Commissioner Guthrie visited Winding River Farms in Weyers Cave, accompanied by @VSDAOnline. They met with the Kent family (& two very special cows) and enjoyed delicious #Virginia milk! #VirginiaGrown
14 Jun 2022
In addition to being #NationalDairyMonth, it's also #VAAgWeek.
Governor Glenn Youngkin, Secretary of Agriculture Matt Lohr and VDACS Commissioner Joe Guthrie visited member Wes Kent's farm in the Shenandoah Valley to learn more today.
#MDVAMilk #MDVAFamilyFarms
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16 Jun 2022
Dep. Sec. of Ag & Forestry Beth Green visited the Ashland Strawberry Faire, which celebrated its' 40th Anniversary! She sampled delicious #VirginiaGrown berries and visited with Hanover Farm Bureau. Have a "berry" good #VaAgWeek! @VaFarmBureau
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15 Jun 2022
@GovernorVA visited the VDACS Lab in #Harrisonburg, where he presented Commissioner Guthrie and Virginia ag industry leaders with the Virginia Agriculture Week Proclamation. He met VDACS staff, toured the laboratories and even conducted an experiment! #VaAgWeek @AgForestryVA
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15 Jun 2022
.@VTDairyScience graduate Erin Saacke is ‘mooving’ up in the agriculture industry by learning the art of cheesemaking & in her role as a sales manager for @homesteadcream.
#VirginiaAgWeek #VaAgWeek #Agriculture #DairyMonth #Dairy
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15 Jun 2022
Congratulations to Whitney Terry on winning the "Livestock" category in the VA Agriculture Photo Contest. She is an Ag Education teacher at Dan River High School who also raises & shows sheep & lambs. This pic is of her daughter & a lamb just before shearing. #VaAgWeek
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