
Virginia Environmental Endowment announces $240K in natural resources, environment grants
The Virginia Environmental Endowment today announced awards of more than $240,000 to protect and improve the region’s natural resources and environment.

The Virginia Environmental Endowment today announced awards of more than $240,000 to protect and improve the region’s natural resources and environment.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today a new report from the USDA showing tremendous demand for recent college graduates with a degree in agricultural programs.

The Wayne Theatre Alliance will unveil its first-ever Garden Walk on Saturday, May 16. From 10 am to 4 pm guests will be welcomed at five private gardens and two public gardens. Master gardeners will be on hand at some of the gardens to offer advice.

Agriculture is the backbone of our economy in Virginia. Combined with forestry, agriculture represents the largest segment of Virginia’s economy, generating more than $70 billion annually and accounting for nearly 415,000 jobs across the Commonwealth.

Climate change impacts are already affecting temperatures, precipitation, weather, growing seasons, streams, forests, plants, animals and humans – and future impacts will be severe, unless global warming is reined in.

A group of Indigenous women are leading a 340-mile, 12-day Nibi Water Walk along the James River on Monday to honor the river and pray for its health.

The American Farm Bureau Federation is encouraging farmers across the country to speak out in favor of biotechnology through a just-launched advocacy campaign.

The American Red Cross asks eligible donors to help ensure blood is available for patients in need by giving blood in May before the busy summer season kicks in.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.

Unlike the Great Wall of China, a 5,000-mile fortification dating back to the 7th century BC that separates northern China from the Mongolian steppe, the Great Green Wall of China—otherwise known as the Three-North Shelter Forest Program—is the biggest tree planting project on the planet.
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