Founded in 1918, Chip Davis and his family have grown Whetstone Farm to more than 1,200 acres to include poultry, a cow-calf operation, hay, and timber. Chip and his wife Debbie are the third owners of the land, which was original to the the French & Indian War. In 2021, the farm was recognized as a […]
Preserving agricultural land in Hanover County is vitally important to the Newcomb family. They use biosolids as a critical tool to conserving Liberty Springs Farm as a natural space. Farming “is just something we’ve always done,” said Robbie Newcomb. “We need to keep the tradition going. Farming touches and affects everything,” he added. As a […]
The Virginia Biosolids Council is exhibiting once again at the State Fair of Virginia. After a brief pause in 2020 due to Covid-19, fair goers are returning to Meadow Event Park to take in the sites and learn about agriculture and forestry in Virginia. According to Marlene Joliffe, Executive Director of the State Fair of […]
New wastewater-treatment tech is cutting carbon emissions by converting our waste into garden-safe fertilizer — despite the ick factor. Let’s talk about gardening technology. Not some fancy gadget for monitoring water or sunlight, but technology that feeds the dirt itself. At Annie’s Ace Hardware in Washington, D.C., among the potting soil and ceramic planters and […]
The Annual Virginia Ag Expo returns to Corbin Hall Farm on August 5, 2021. Situated on nearly 2,000 acres in Middlesex County, Corbin Hall Farm is a wealth of history and an innovator of field days. From those early days it has now evolved into the annual Virginia Ag Expo. Corbin Hall Farm has increased […]
Title: How much soil carbon gets stored long-term after land application of biosolids? By Mike Badzmierowski, PhD (Dr. Mike Badzmierowski is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Virginia Tech. He received his PhD in 2019 from Virginia Tech, where he focused on the use of biosolids as a soil […]
The water and biosolids communities have been been looking forward to integrate organizational culture and water resource recovery to become a leader in sustainability. Specifically, wastewater treatment plants are transforming into water resource recovery facilities as a part of the Utilities of the Future program. Biosolids recycling contributes to the utilities’ greater goals. Beneficial biosolids reuse is […]
Top-ranked Virginia Tech Soil Judging team lead by PhD student and soil scientist Jacqlyn Fiola was looking for a challenge this year with the normal competition paused by COVID-19. Active in soil judging programs at University of Maryland and Ohio State, Fiola is committed to providing opportunities at Virginia Tech. Fiola came across the NASA […]
Hosted by the Virginia Grain Producers Association and Virginia Tech at the Eastern Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Warsaw, the 2021 Virginia Grains Field Day presented a wide array of small grains related research. Topics included soil fertility, ariel image mapping, variety development, and the challenges and opportunities of climate change. Building soil […]
