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Virginia Tech, Virginia State University to lead USDA urban agriculture projects , articleThe Virginia Tech Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation and the Virginia State University Small Farm Outreach Program will support two urban agriculture projects from the department’s Farm Service Agency: the National Urban Agriculture Initiative and Advancing Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems in Virginia.
Date: Feb 23, 2024 -
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2023 Virginia Farm to Table Conference to be held Dec. 12-13 , articleThe theme for the annual conference in Weyers Cave, Virginia, is “Nourishing and (Re)Imagining Collaboration, Conservation, and Community.”
Date: Dec 11, 2023 -
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Growing more food with less land , articleThe Catawba Sustainability Center is implementing alley cropping — a farming practice that uses rows of trees and shrubs to protect crops, diversify farms, and build soil quality.
Date: Sep 18, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech, Virginia State University lead effort to ‘Come to the Table’ , articleTo address food system resilience and security, the commonwealth’s land-grant institutions partnered to study the food value chain in the state to affect positive change through Virginia Cooperative Extension’s vast network.
Date: Aug 23, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech’s sustainability efforts earn global recognition , articleTimes Higher Education released its 2023 Impact rankings for sustainability and Virginia Tech again earned a top-100 global ranking. The university's emphasis on eliminating hunger and food waste, sustainability research, and policies and procedures to help it become carbon neutral by 2030 all played a part in the strong showing
Date: Jun 01, 2023 -
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Acclaimed author to top off discussion series with look at food, gender, and identity , articleTranscending cultural, gender, political, and geographical divides, food is part of everyone's story. In a series of events in Blacksburg, Nina Mukerjee Furstenau will showcase how research can be guided through conversations in the kitchen.
Date: Mar 29, 2023 -
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Virginia Cooperative Extension fights food insecurity in the commonwealth , articleVirginia Cooperative Extension and the Family Nutrition Program work tirelessly to combat food insecurity and hunger across the commonwealth, with many causes brought to the forefront over the last two years as the pandemic gripped the state.
Date: Feb 02, 2022 -
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Conservation partners launch ‘4TheSoil’ awareness initiative , articleThe 4TheSoil campaign kicks off on Wednesday, June 23 – National Soil Health Day. This celebration recognizes soil professionals, farmers, and growers who are focused not only on conservation but also on feeding and enhancing our global soil health.
Date: Jun 14, 2021 -
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$1 million grant aims to identify and implement ecologically sound grazing practices , articleThe College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Virginia Cooperative Extension will help deliver research and information to Virginia producers.
Date: May 25, 2021 -
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Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation works to address food system inequities , articleSince its creation in 2019, the Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation has collaborated to offer a variety of resources and trainings.
Date: May 04, 2021