Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation works to address food system inequities
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Two major challenges are at the forefront of society this year: COVID-19 and social equity disparities.
Search Results for Virginia State University
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Female farmers’ involvement in agriculture is growing
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The 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 percent of American farmers were women in 2017.
Northam announces administration appointments
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.
McEachin announces winners of 2020 Black History Month Essay Contest
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Fourth District Congressman A. Donald McEachin announced Shea Dowling, an eighth-grade student at Albert Hill Middle School in Richmond, and Tobi Ojo, a junior at Grassfield High School in Chesapeake, as the winners of his second annual Black History Month Essay Contest.
Richmond Flying Squirrels announce initiatives to honor the Richmond 34
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Thirty-four Virginia Union University students were arrested following a peaceful sit-in protest at the whites-only lunch counter of Thalhimers Department Store in Downtown Richmond on Feb. 22, 1960.
Northam announces administration appointments
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Civica Inc. to create 186 jobs in Petersburg
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Civica Inc. will invest $124.5 million to establish its first in-house pharmaceutical manufacturing operation in the City of Petersburg.
VDACS commissioner tapped to serve as deputy secretary of USDA
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Dr. Jewel H. Bronaugh has been appointed deputy secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture.
MacKenzie Scott commits record donation to seven 1890 universities
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Seven 1890 land-grant universities are among the more than 300 non-profit entities that writer and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott selected to receive contributions from the multi-billion total she donated this year.
Ideas for creating new holiday traditions, memorable moments during a pandemic
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Even with social distancing and other COVID-19 protocols in place, it is still possible to create a memorable holiday season with traditions and memories that will extend beyond 2020.
