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Agriculture: Uncertainty for Virginia Beach growers as they ready next year’s strawberry crop

September 8, 2024October 15, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. — Archived from the Sunday, Sept. 8, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — A fungus that’s threatening strawberry plants in

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Estimated economic impact of farming industry in Virginia Beach is on the rise

May 28, 2022 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, May 22, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — Agriculture, the third-largest industry in Virginia Beach, showed overall significant

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Creeds Food & Drink Pungo Virginia Beach

Strawberry season going strong — and variety awaits in Virginia Beach fields

May 16, 2022 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, May 8, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — Strawberry season is in full swing now, and local growers are

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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 Back Bay Business Pungo Virginia Beach

Only 11, a future farmer loves LeBron James, karate and running the Morris family’s produce stand

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PLEASANT RIDGE — Ben Morris is hard at work on a recent Sunday at the Morris Farms produce stand at 1868 Pleasant

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Agriculture: A longtime farmer, a strawberry field and good neighbors

May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Douglas Munden, a third generation farmer, sat in his office across Princess Anne Road from the home in which

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