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Agriculture: Words of caution about commercial hemp prospects in Virginia

January 13, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Dec. 17, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — Those dreaming of farming hemp should think long

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Farmer John: Plant a tree for a healthy ecosystem — or just a nice spot to nap

October 16, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — This originally ran in the Sunday, Aug. 23, print edition. BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — I woke up from a nap the other day,

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Farmer John: Plant a tree for a healthy ecosystem — or just a nice spot to nap

September 30, 2020 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — I woke up from a nap the other day, after reading about trees, and I had a visceral feeling of being

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Meals: Working to feed local students while schools remain closed due to the coronavirus

April 7, 2020April 17, 2020 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — On Friday, March 20, public school employees stood outside Birdneck Elementary School. Throughout the morning, families drove up

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Small family beef operations part of wider livestock piece of Virginia Beach’s agriculture industry

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 The Independent News

BY VENI FIELDS VIRGINIA BEACH — Under blue-gray thunderheads in a windy field at the far end of Princess Anne Road just this side of

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Farmer John: I learned to love the land, what it gives us — and sustaining it

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — I can still remember the smells of my first garden back home in small town Indiana. I walked into the garden,

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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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