Apr 17, 2009

New Regional Canning Facility Planned in Dryburg

Although commercial vegetable production is a viable alternative enterprise for Southside Virginia farmers looking to rebound from income lost through reduction in flue-cured tobacco, these producers peddling their wares at local farmers’ markets have had difficulty maximizing their profits, said Andy Hankins, alternative agriculture Extension specialist at Virginia State University. The Gazette-Virginian