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Something For Everyone

Something For Everyone

At the annual Virginia Farm Festival, you can marvel over a fluffy alpaca; delight in an antique tractor show; and learn how garden crops grow.

Bacon’s Castle Receives Grant

Bacon’s Castle Receives Grant

January 2023 The home is the oldest brick dwelling in North America by Preservation Virginia Preservation Virginia’s Bacon’s Castle, built in 1665, is the recipient of a $400,000 Save America’s Treasures challenge grant for its ongoing preservation. Funding through...

Facing Mental Health Issues Head On

Facing Mental Health Issues Head On

It was during busy harvest season when John became increasingly agitated over a seemingly inconsequential personal matter. Negative emotions he’d buried years in the past were triggered unknowingly and came barreling back with frightening intensity.

Farmers For Prosperity

Farmers For Prosperity

Every night, more than 800 million people go to bed hungry, with the number of severely food-insecure people more than doubling from 135 million before COVID-19 to 345 million today, according to the World Food Program.