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The patrols will take place for the rest of the summer on the approximately 30 mile stretch between Epping and Milton looking for impaired, distracted and speeding drivers.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) developed the Virginia Grown domestic marketing program in 1995 to promote items grown or raised in the Commonwealth. Since then, the marketing program has grown to provide additional assistance to farmers, farmers markets, growers, and producers throughout Virginia. In March of 2022, VDACS rebranded the Virginia Grown logo and program.
When the calendar hits mid-June, all eyes in the produce industry turns to the Eastern Shore, as farmers are readying crops like cabbage, green beans, potatoes, sweet corn and more. The Eastern Shore companies will start shipping produce at the end of June and go through the month of July, filling the important time slot between North Florida’s end and Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and the others that don’t start harvesting until late July.
