Agriculture News

Chris on June 9th, 2011

Earlier this week, Jennie and I had the opportunity to talk with NBC 12 reporter Sunni Blevins about how farmers and the agricultural industry are increasingly using social media to connect with consumers and tell the agriculture story.  Whether it’s Facebook pages such as the Farmers of Southampton County, which has over 700 followers in [...]

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Chris on May 2nd, 2011

Agtually…  You may have recently seen Jennie and I on television!  That’s right, we were featured in a segment of Down Home Virginia discussing how we are a part of a growing agricultural community that is reaching out to consumers through social media to help put the  face of agriculture on the plate.  In a [...]

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Jennie on March 9th, 2011

 Agtually…I am troubled that many people don’t understand what the Save Our Food campaign is about and what it means to us as Americans.  The Save Our Food campaign means awareness that without our Farmers and Ranchers producing the safe and abundant foods that we’ve come to expect and enjoy; our foods will not be [...]

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Chris on January 20th, 2011

After numerous requests, we have finally been able to compile some video and pictures from the announcement of Jennie and I as the 2011 Excellence in Agriculture National Winners.  Though the video isn’t the best due to our state Farm Bureau Young Farmers Coordinator getting excited as the moment approached (Thanks for helping out Ron!) it is still [...]

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Chris on January 16th, 2011

Below is an article that was written by Matt Lohr, Commissioner of the Virginia Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and published in the Jan. 15, 2011 editon of the Lancaster Farming.  As Jennie and I shared with the 5,000 attendees at the 92nd Annual American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, 79% of the US adult [...]

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