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The key to putting food on your table
By ELAINE LIDHOLM, Va. Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services 05/13/19 / Agriculture / Business / Good Eating / Health & Safety / State Government /
As you sit down to dinner this Agriculture Week, why not lift your glass in a Salute to Stick-To-Itiveness for those farmers who put food on your table day after day and year after year despite the weather, price drops, increased prices for seeds or fuel, labor shortages and changing public tastes.
M-m-m good snacking! Hershey to expand its candy-making operation & add 65 jobs in Augusta County
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05/09/19 / Breaking News / Business / Good Eating /
Governor Ralph Northam today announced that The Hershey Company, the leading North American chocolate producer and a global snacks company, will invest $104 million to grow its major manufacturing operation in Augusta County.
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Breakfast programs at 93 Prince William County schools bring gold award from state
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FROM Prince William County Schools 04/12/19 / Agriculture / Education / Good Eating / Health & Safety / State Government /
PWCS reports that it is the only school division in the state that attained the gold award for increased participation in their school breakfast programs.
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Beehive distribution program suspended due to demand for bee hives; applications due again July 1
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FROM Virginia Farm Bureau Federation 04/11/19 / Agriculture / Breaking News / Good Eating / Health & Safety / State Government /
Due to an overwhelming response to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Beehive Distribution Program, the program has been suspended. VDACS anticipates that the current volume of applications will utilize all funding allocated for the program.
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VDACS on how to solve the Easter egg dilemma
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By Elaine Lidholm, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Safety 04/11/19 / Agriculture / Breaking News / Good Eating / Health & Safety /
A common question this time of year is, is it safe to leave Easter eggs out overnight? The answer is no.
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Teens arrested in connections with masked robberies of a McDonald’s and a Chic-Fil-A
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FROM Prince William County Police Department Reports 04/08/19 / Good Eating / Health & Safety / Police & Fire Beat /
On April 6, detectives from the Robbery Unit concluded an investigation into two armed robberies that occurred on April 1 at the McDonald’s on Dale Blvd. and April 5 at the Chic-Fil-A on the Prince William Pkwy. in Woodbridge (22192).
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Closing US/Mexico border could wreak economic havoc for Virginia
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FROM the Offices of Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) 04/04/19 / Agriculture / Breaking News / Federal Government / Good Eating / Money & Taxes / Politics /
Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are sounding the alarm after President Donald Trump threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border to stop immigrant families from crossing the southwest border, no matter the economic impact.
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13 pallets of Virginia’s most requested food - peanut butter - donated to food banks
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FROM VA. Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services (VDACS) 03/04/19 / Good Eating / Health & Safety / Nonprofits / People & Places / State Government /
In honor of March being National Peanut Month, the Virginia Peanut Board and Virginia Peanut Growers Association are again teaming with Peanut Proud to contribute peanut butter to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks, a partner state association of Feeding America.
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Souper Bingo to aid Haymarket Food Pantry Jan. 26
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01/23/19 / Good Eating / Haymarket / Health & Safety / Nonprofits /
Soup-er Bingo to benefit the Haymarket Regional Food Pantry will be held this Saturday, Jan. 26, from 3 to 5 p..m. at Alvey Elementary School, 5300 Waverly Farm Drive, Haymarket, VA 20169.
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Driver killed in crash at Sudley Manor & Seymour Wednesday night in Manassas
On May 15 at 9:29PM, investigators from the Crash Investigation Unit responded to area of Sudley Manor Drive and Seymour Road in Manassas (20109) to investigate a crash.
