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Rep. Abigail Spanberger met last week in Orange County with producers from around the state as Farm Bill negotiations stretch into a second year.
The goal is to build a community of people descended from the enslaved in Amelia, "so that folks can actively participate in their repair or that healing that comes along with land-based reparations," Chavis said. Central Virginia Agrarian Commons is seeking a conservation easement that would prevent commercial development of the acreage.
The goal is to build a community of people descended from the enslaved in Amelia, "so that folks can actively participate in their repair or that healing that comes along with land-based reparations," Chavis said. Central Virginia Agrarian Commons is seeking a conservation easement that would prevent commercial development of the acreage.
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First Black woman in top USDA role talks about decades of loan discrimination. The Progress-Index Virginia State University welcomed home one of their own. Petersburg native Dr. Jewel Bronaugh made her first official appearance as USDA Deputy Secretary at a closed-session roundtable and public town hall meeting. “VSU is the Commonwealth’s leader in supporting socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers through its agricultural research and Cooperative Extension programs,” said Dr. M. Ray McKinnie, VSU College of Agriculture Dean and 1890 administrator. “It was truly an honor for Dep...