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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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Farmer John: On awareness and becoming Jefferson’s people

January 1, 2019 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — Don’t worry, political junkies, the space between elections seems to be getting shorter. Those who live for this should just

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Farmer John: An agriculture economy on our scale

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON VIRGINIA BEACH — Pop quiz: Which of the following terms does not fit with the others? GDP, trade wars, tariffs, short-term profit calculations,

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Farmer John: Waste not, want not by growing a recycling mindset

November 24, 2017November 24, 2017 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — The first law of thermodynamics, also called the law of conservation of energy, says energy cannot be created or destroyed

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Agriculture: Efforts continue to connect veterans, Virginia farmers to build food security, opportunity

November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE A gathering called American Farmer tonight in Hampton will benefit the Virginia chapter of the Farmer Veteran Coalition, which aims to

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Farmer John: Here’s the dirt about soil, a key to sustainable agriculture

November 9, 2017November 9, 2017 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — Please don’t call the soil “dirt.” Dirt is what you sweep off the kitchen floor. Soil is a glorious life-filled

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Farmer John: Farmers and consumers reap benefits from local food systems

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 The Independent News

“‘Ere long, the most valuable of all arts will be the art of deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of soil. No

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Essay: Making things grow in a Virginia Beach community garden

September 7, 2017 The Independent News

BY DENISE FINKBEINER HOLDEN VIRGINIA BEACH — I’m no farmer, but I can get stuff to grow. Whether I can get family to eat

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Biologist studies betterment of local berry crops through mason bee pollination

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 The Independent News

BY JIM WASHINGTON NORFOLK — When it comes to strawberries, why not bee fresh bee local? That’s what occurred to Lisa Horth, a research biologist

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