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Agriculture Back Bay Business Pungo Virginia Beach

So long, strawberries: A big year for iconic Virginia Beach crop

July 3, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — This spring may go down in local lore as one of the best strawberry seasons ever in southern

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Agriculture Virginia Beach

Farmer John: Building a garden starts with healthy, living soil

May 2, 2020 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — I call it the garden of eatin’.  I love that fresh food, and I love working – really, playing – in the

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Agriculture Business Pungo Virginia Beach

In Memoriam: Pungo’s Roy David Flanagan Jr., farmer and family man

April 30, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — Farmer Roy David Flanagan Jr., who died on Tuesday, April 7, in his Pungo home after a long illness, will

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Agriculture Environment Virginia Beach

Farmer John: We need to stop treating sustainable agriculture practices as edgy ideas

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — I read a book, Children of the Mind, by the science fiction writer Orson Scott Card, which used the terms “edge

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Agriculture: ‘Plow Day’ today at Bonney Bright’s farm in Creeds

November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE CREEDS — A nostalgia for the sight of freshly turned soil, an interest in retro machinery and a willingness to wear red

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2019 Virginia Beach Elections: Questions for candidates for Virginia Dare Soil & Water Conservation District Director

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS Ed. — The following are responses to questions posed by The Independent News to candidates for two seats as Virginia Dare Soil & Water

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Agriculture Back Bay Creeds Pungo Virginia Beach

Eying a storm, local farmers head into the corn fields for an early harvest

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 The Independent News

Ed. — This story originally ran in the Sept. 6 print edition. THE INDEPENDENT NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH — Over the Labor Day Weekend, well before Hurricane

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The dignitaries, theme for Pungo Strawberry Festival held over Memorial Day weekend in rural village

May 24, 2019May 25, 2019 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO – Memorial Day weekend will find Bob and Phoebe Braswell, the honorary mayor and first lady of Pungo, presiding

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Agriculture Pungo Virginia Beach

Strawberries: Where you can find — or pick — them in Virginia Beach

May 19, 2019 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO – Strawberry season is in full swing.  The following is a list of Virginia Beach U-pick and pre-picked strawberry farms,

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2018 Virginia Beach Elections: Questions for candidates for City Council, Princess Anne District

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS Ed. — The following are responses to questions posed by The Independent News to candidates for the Princess Anne District seat on

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