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Food Producer Technical Assistance Network

Food businesses and entrepreneurs: Virginia Tech's Food Producer Technical Assistance Network, formerly the Food Innovations Program, is hosting a virtual talk next Wednesday, September 14th. In the last 5 years, the program has assisted about 650 individuals and businesses by…
Alex Gonski
September 8, 2022

Peck of Dirt Speaker Series: Joel Salatin

Peck of Dirt, Inc. is a non-profit ag-education program set to launch in 2022! Our mission is to educate and empower generations to come by regenerating a connection between people, food, and farming within our Northern Virginia community. We are…
Omar Hernandez
January 5, 2022

USDOL to Review Federal Labor Laws in Webinar

If you are a new agricultural employer or you have questions about federal laws covering agricultural employment USDOL is offering a live webinar on November 18th.  This one-day, multi-session program by USDOL Wage and Hour Staff and hosted by the…
Omar Hernandez
November 9, 2021

Winter Vegetable School

Come and join your fellow grower to get updates on weeds, insect, and diseases as well as some interesting cover crop information. Agenda 8:30 REGISTRATION 8:50 WELCOME 9:00 Integrated Pest Management Approaches for Vegetables Dr. Thomas P. Kuhar, Extension Specialist,…
Alex Gonski
February 8, 2019

FAMACHA Certification Workshop

FAMACHA© CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP VCE is hosting a FAMACHA© certification workshop for adults, 4-H Youth members, FFA students, and other youths who raise small ruminants. Use of the FAMACHA© system allows producers to make deworming decisions based on an estimate of…
Alex Gonski
February 7, 2019

Ag Bio 2019

Virginia and North Carolina are uniting to transform the agricultural industry. We are combining strengths for an exceptional one-day conference to bring forth innovative bioscience and technology to the farms! Providing a toolkit of essential tools and proactive solutions to…
Alex Gonski
January 28, 2019