Our most recent VALOR session landed us in historic Richmond, VA, where we had the opportunity to witness our Commonwealth legislature in action. Virginia’s legislature is unique in that it holds to the principles of our founding, where political leaders remain citizen legislators. Our leaders still get to pack up their lunchpail and go to… Continue reading Great Debate & Defining Decisions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRpyjnWDLQs Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Timothy Busfield, this in-depth disquisition on the mental state of urbanized feral cats provides the viewer with answers to our most fundamental question, "Are you willing to sacrifice your children to the roving clowder that lives near you?" As obscure as this may seem, or as simple as a… Continue reading Dr. Straylove, or How I Came To Love The Ag Sub-Committee
Lest you think I'm nearly a year and a half early, I'm not talking about those polls. But while you're in the ballots mindset, let me tell you about another opportunity to cast a vote. The director of the VALOR program, Dr. Megan Seibel, was recently selected from over 1,400 applications as the Southeast regional… Continue reading A Call to Vote
Here we are looking right into the face of the 2015 spring planting season! Exciting! Mostly because farmers like to see things grow, but another thing that makes it exciting is the fact that we don't know the outcome. We hardly know the weather for next week much less the weather for the summer. We… Continue reading Eliminating Risk
Richmond during the General Assembly Session is an interesting place. So much hurry up and wait. So much current events and history as old as our Nation. So much that seems trivial and so much that is vitally important. All of this jammed together in the organized chaos that is government in action. Definitely a… Continue reading Agriculture and History – A Woman’s Place
I’m always captivated by a good story. I think that most of us are; when you hear humor, or details, or just plain emotion, you connect with the storyteller at a deeper level. Let’s take this to a deeper level. I meet you. You meet me. I tell you that I’m from Virginia, have 2… Continue reading A Great Story
As an undergraduate, I was tasked with a reading from the provocatively titled book Saving the Planet With Pesticides and Plastics by Dennis Avery. Despite my farm upbringing, I was solidly convinced that pesticides were a “necessary evil”. No question – this was an established, irrefutable fact. I delved into the chapters with a great… Continue reading 360 Degrees: Advocating for Agriculture
In 2010, I was fortunate enough to work with a great group of people at the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development on a project called “Fields of Gold”. The Fields of Gold initiative is a project designed to coordinate, market and promote agritourism and economic development in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I… Continue reading The Shenandoah Valley Gets It!
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing." Revelation 5:12 Our trip to the Valley was great! We visited television stations, turkey farms, and saw first hand just how important agriculture is to our state. The most noteworthy visit to me,… Continue reading Worthy is the Lamb
When most people here "valley", the automatically think of the geographical area between two mountain ranges. Sometimes I find myself in a valley however when I'm a bit "down in the dumps". According to http://www.dictionary.com, a valley could be "any place, period, or situation filled with fear, gloom,.....". So have you ever been in a Valley?!… Continue reading Ever been in a “Valley”?!
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