VIDEO SERIES hosted by Virginia Farm Bureau
Check out the excellent videos on a variety of topics currently airing on television  "From the Ground Up". The series is part of the "Real Virginia" part of the Farm Bureau website.  VABF's own Gary Scott hosts this segment about hoophouse lettuce production  http://bcove.me/jn40ec4c   

ONGOING RESEARCH
VABF has been actively researching methods of controlling powdery mildew damage in winter squash crops. The USDA-funded study is in its second season, and is being conducted on 10 farms across Virginia.
Read the report on the first year of the study, and see pictures in our Photo Gallery.

VABF INFORMATION SHEETS & PAST NEWSLETTERS
       See listing in VABF Document Library below
 

HELPFUL INFORMATION ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

       A wealth of information is available from the National Sustainable Agriculture and Information Service 

LOOKING FOR A FARMER'S MARKET, CSA, or LOCAL FARM?
       Check out our Farmer's Market Page

VIEW A DOCUMENTARY ON GENETIC ENGINEERING - The Future of Food (2004) can be viewed on your computer.  Produced by Deborah Koons Garcia and Lily Films, it is a lengthy investigation into the controversy surrounding the practices and consequences of manipulation of the genetic code of our foods.  See the video at www.thefutureoffood.com/onlinevideo.html   

 
VABF Document Library