AGRICULTURE

Researchers from Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are working to combat Spotted Lanternflies with the help of canines and their citizen scientists.

The back and forth temperatures could lead to problems in crops.

Every great business idea starts by creating a solution to a problem, and that’s what Electric Iris owner Natalie Ashton is printing up.

A flock of commercial turkeys in Rockingham County, Virginia has tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Resources.

Hundreds of thousands of people visit farms across the Commonwealth each year, and students are learning where their food comes from.

He spoke with local farmers and members of the agriculture community on Wednesday

CEA Summit East is designed to help advance the controlled environment agriculture industry through research, learning and networking.

The center helps entrepreneurs in the early stages of their businesses

Farming might not be a glamorous job for many, but simply put, we might not exist without the hardworking farm owners and laborers out there.

The first frost of the season killed 75% of Irvington Spring Farm's crop overnight.

Chickens are now legal to own in Covington after leaders passed an ordinance on Monday.

If scaled up nationally, the program could help producers reduce agricultural emissions by 55 percent and total emissions in the United States by 8 percent after 10 years.

Franklin County Agriculture Fair returns to Recreation Park

The future of agriculture is planting roots in Southside.

“If you see it, kill it”, How Spotted Lanternflies could create growing concern for Virginia's Agriculture

The state’s oldest agricultural fair opened its gates on Friday, celebrating 87 years of fair fun.

Despite the Russia-Ukraine conflict being thousands of miles away, the economic effects are being felt right here at home.

A Virginia Tech workshop is putting the spotlight on racial inequities in our food systems, from who is growing your food to how to access it. The Virginia Tech Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation and R.E.A.L. (Racial Equity in Agriculture Lab) are hosting “Building Racial Equity in the Food System: From Individual Anti-Racism to Dismantling Institutional Systems” Wednesday, March 31. Niewolny is the associate professor of Virginia Tech’s Department of Agriculture Leadership and Community Education as well as the director of Virginia Tech’s Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation. The workshop is building from the Racial Justice in the Food System series the center hosted in summer 2020.