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Summertime’s sweet cornucopia in Virginia Beach

August 3, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, July 23, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — Despite a sluggish start because of the cool spring, the summer produce

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Column: Local food shines during Virginia Beach Excellence in Agriculture banquet

April 19, 2023April 20, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, April 2, print edition. BY GLEN MASON BACK BAY — The Excellence in Agriculture banquet resumed this year as Virginia Beach’s preeminent

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Creeds Food & Drink Pungo Virginia Beach

Column: Farmers in Virginia Beach are still at work in the cold days of winter

February 7, 2022 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Jan. 16, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — The fields are fallow, grasses are brown and cold-burned, and

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Agriculture Business Food & Drink North Carolina Pungo Virginia Beach

Farmer John: Commune shows Virginia Beach can have a thriving local food system — if we back up those growing it

February 6, 2022February 6, 2022 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON OCEANFRONT — For many years, I ran New Earth Farm in Pungo, which I eventually sold to Kevin Jamison, who worked with

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Column: Late spring offerings at Virginia Beach farm stands

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — When strawberry season starts to wind down, local food afficionados look forward to sweet corn and homegrown tomatoes

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Agriculture Business Virginia Beach

Late-year crops at local produce markets — brussel sprouts, greens, squash, even bok choy

December 6, 2019 The Independent News

Ed. — This originally ran in the Nov. 1 print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — Now that the weather’s finally changing, locals are looking

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Creeds Food & Drink Pungo Virginia Beach

Pungo Pantry in Virginia Beach is a rising business which focuses upon fresh, local ingredients

October 7, 2018 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — You have to love to cook to channel your passion for home-baked goods into a career – and

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Creeds Cafe is back in business with a focus on fresh Southern fare

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE CREEDS — It may have been raw and blustery outside, but when customers walked into Creeds Café one recent day, they were

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Agriculture Creeds Knotts Island North Carolina Pungo Virginia Beach

Heritage: Efforts to document private cemeteries continue in Virginia Beach

March 24, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE SIGMA — On a February Sunday afternoon, Barbara Henley, a farmer who represents the Princess Anne District on the Virginia Beach City

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Agriculture Business Pungo Virginia Beach

Peanut patch in Pungo has folks picking plenty

October 30, 2015 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Farmer John Cromwell has peanuts alongside the pumpkins available at the family farm stand, Cromwell’s Produce on New Bridge Road.

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