THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — The city is looking for established farmers to lease city-owned land to grow agricultural crops. There are six sections available for
Category: Agriculture
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Sometimes, even among friends, it seems like English-speaking folk aren’t speaking the same language. Don’t worry. This isn’t about politics,
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO —Earlier this summer, before the sweet corn season faded, Winky Henley and Bill Skipper of Skipper Farms traded a few notes
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE LANDSTOWN — Some years ago, one of Fred Jordan’s sons came home with a Cub Scouts project. He had to build a
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE – Virginia Beach will impose a ceiling upon land use tax values for agricultural land of either $1,800 per acre
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — There was a cool breeze blowing across Cartwright Family Farms, and the resident hogs were in heaven. One
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS LANDSTOWN — On a recent Wednesday evening, people bought local sweet corn during the weekly produce auction at the Virginia Beach Farmers
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Youth from a leadership development camp visited the Virginia Beach Mounted Patrol Unit at its barn in Pungo on Wednesday,
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The city may consider a cap on land use tax rates on agricultural land, valuation that — using an example
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — Got mosquitoes? Get plants. That’s the advice of local outdoor enthusiasts, who swear by the insect-repelling properties of