
Getting the Royal Treatment
Tucked away into the equestrian history of the James E. Swart Animal Center in Front Royal, Va., are ties to a world-famous World War I warhorse, a legendary Triple Crown winner and Gen. George S. Patton’s Lipizzaner stallions, to name but a few.
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VICE is a Good Thing for Cooperatives
Thirty-two students, many of them involved in 4-H and FFA, participated in the two-day Virginia Institute on Cooperative Education.

Rural Snapshots
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Small Changes, Big Impacts
When it comes to gardening for nature, big changes come in small packages and work best when approached with baby steps. That’s the message that ecologist Michelle Bertelsen, naturalist David Mizejewski and entomologist/conservationist Doug Tallamy all try to...

Where the Dirt Path Leads
Rachel Garnett’s essay, entitled “Dirt Path,” is the winner of the Cooperative Living Collegiate Undergraduate Writing Award, sponsored by the Virginia Outdoors Writers Association.

A Better Beef Business
Between 3 million and 4 million acres of Virginia farmland are not well-suited to crop production. But they suit more than half-a-million head of beef cattle just fine.

Give Your Clothes a Break
Did you know you can safely and effectively wash clothes in cold water? Yes, and doing so will keep them from shrinking and can extend their life. Many people grew up thinking you had to wash clothes in hot water to kill germs. Not anymore.

What to Expect in Travel in 2022
Post-pandemic, vacation patterns are changing Story Courtesy of Family Features After a couple of abnormal years, many families are eager and ready to travel together again, and there are indications that some pandemic-influenced travel behaviors will persist...

Pay Attention to the Chirps
Improve safety with smoke alarms and detector upgrades If that old smoke detector, discolored and stained with paint or years of household grime, could send you a message silently, it might say, “Please, replace me.” Those lifesaving warning devices designed to...

Juicing the Co-op Movement
As a member of an electric cooperative, you are part of one of 3 million co-ops worldwide. Here’s the story about one of them. Marcus Urann preferred to tromp through cranberry bogs than practice law. Think of that every time you wheel your cart down the juice aisle...

Judgment Day
By his nature, Clint Card is not one to judge others. Except, of course, when there’s serious competition going on. As competitors climb up and down utility poles in front of him like gymnasts in hardhats, Card’s keen eyes monitors their every move.

Being Wary On Rooftop Solar
Severe weather and natural disasters often result in extended power outages, leaving residents and businesses without electricity. In areas where these events occur regularly, the thought of installing solar panels may seem like an uncertain solution.

From Chasing To Climbing
Jacobs is always learning; now he is teaching, too by Jim Robertson, Staff Writer J.T. Jacobs’ mother raised him believing that he could do anything with hard work, dedication and an advanced degree. “Early on, the idea of successful careers was predisposed in my mind...

From Chasing To Climbing
Jacobs is always learning; now he is teaching, too by Jim Robertson, Staff Writer J.T. Jacobs’ mother raised him believing that he could do anything with hard work, dedication and an advanced degree. “Early on, the idea of successful careers was predisposed in my mind...