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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.

Biosolids important tool to preserving Liberty Springs Farm

Biosolids important tool to preserving Liberty Springs Farm


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VBC spreads the word about beneficial uses of biosolids at Virginia AG EXPO

August 3 was a beautiful day to meet and talk with hundreds of attendees at the 2023 Virginia AG EXPO at Land of Promise Farms in Virginia Beach. As one…

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Road Less Traveled Leads to National Corn Champion & Farmer of the Year Recognition

Cutrell Farms is nearly a century old; a 3rd generation farmer, Heath Cutrell played with his trucks as a boy and dreamed of farming, following in the footsteps of his…

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Potential for Biosolids Use on Solar Sites

W. Lee Daniels, Emeritus Professor of Soil Environmental Science, Virginia Tech, wdaniels@vt.edu Over the next several decades, conversion of existing agricultural and forested landscapes into utility scale solar (USS) facilities…

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Research

Good Neighbor Brochure: Healthy Crops. Knowledgeable Neighbors. Everything You Need To Know About Farming With Biosolids

The “Good Neighbor” brochure is a resource created by the VBC to provide information and resources for our farmers, landowners and anyone interested in biosolids. Farmers depend on the healthiness…

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VBC Eastern Virginia Research Project Under Consideration for National Study 

VBC members subscribe to a Code of Good Practice, which encourages them to go beyond the regulations.  The Code encourages members to establish their own performance objectives that support the…

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Information on PFAS added to VBC Web Resources

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are ubiquitous in our environment. Since PFAS is in so many products consumers use every day, trace amounts of PFAS can of course be found…

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