Rockbridge Feeds launches website to help combat food insecurity within local community
The group hopes to make it easier to access food
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ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. – A new coalition is teaming up with local non-profits to fight food insecurity in Rockbridge County.
The Rockbridge Feeds Coalition is a partnership with various local agencies all aiming to provide fresh food to those in need across the county.
Those needing access to food can now access information on resources in the community in one place.
“A lot of people think, you know, I’m just skipping a meal or so I’m not hungry enough we want to say there’s enough food for everyone and it’s not just enough calories like enough nutrition,” Administrative Lead Jen Handy said.
Along with the rising temperatures, blooming trees and growing grass, something else is supposed to sprout from the earth this spring—a swarm of cicada nymphs.
Along with the rising temperatures, blooming trees and growing grass, something else is supposed to sprout from the earth this springâa swarm of cicada nymphs.
After 17 years underground feeding on roots, the insects of Brood X are ready to come out in droves to shed some skin, sing, have sex and dieâthough not necessarily in that order.
Any day now, the white nymphs will wriggle free from the soil and race for survival in 15 states, including Virginia and some parts of the Fredericksburg area.
Billions of cicadas will soon appear in the eastern US, the biggest emergence event since 2004. CNN s Tom Foreman reports.
The number of women in farming is on the rise.
The 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture, which has been surveying the gender, race and ethnic origin of principal farm operators since 2007, reported more than 36% of American farmers are women. Twenty-nine percent are principal operators, and 78% of all female producers are involved in daily decisions.
In Virginia, female farmers are involved with 23,575 farms, and they are principal operators of 16,456 of them.
Joanne Jones, who manages Dark Leaf Farm in Appomattox County, is one of them.
âI feel like women always have played more of a role than whatâs been recognized,â she said.