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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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Agriculture Back Bay Business Food & Drink Pungo Virginia Beach

Column: There may be no festival, but the strawberry season has been strong in Virginia Beach

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, May 14, print edition. BY GLEN MASON BACK BAY — The Pungo Strawberry Festival in Virginia Beach is a destination event

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Food & Drink Pungo Schools Virginia Beach

Column: We took a field trip to a Virginia Beach farm, where we met animals and picked berries

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, May 14, print edition. BY GRACE POCTA BACK BAY — It was a day just like any other day, just

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Agriculture Back Bay Public Safety Pungo Virginia Beach

No charges after car ran off road into local strawberry field

April 3, 2021 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS BACK BAY — Police said there were no charges related to an incident in which a driver ran off Princess Anne

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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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Virginia Beach

Where to find strawberries in Virginia Beach

April 30, 2020 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO — Strawberry season is here, and produce farmers have opened fields and farm stands with steps in place to address concerns about

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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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Virginia Beach

Column: Celebrating Virginia Beach’s agricultural heritage — and a leading modern industry

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 The Independent News

Ed. — This column originally ran in print on Friday, May 24, prior to the Pungo Strawberry Festival. BY DAVID TRIMMER COURTHOUSE — What a great

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Agriculture Pungo Virginia Beach

Farmer John: Spreading the strawberry love in Virginia Beach

April 24, 2019June 13, 2019 The Independent News

Ed. — Archived in June 2019. BY J.D. WILSON VIRGINIA BEACH — Oh, the glorious strawberry.  I suspect it will be a question on the test

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Agriculture Back Bay Blackwater Business Creeds Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Agriculture: Recent soggy weather can have a cost for Virginia Beach farmers

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — This year’s growing season got off to a soggy start with heavy rains that damaged the strawberry crops

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