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AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE GROWERS
ASSOCIATION ARE PROUD SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM.
>> AGENDA FARMERS WORK YEAR ROUND TO HELP PUT FOOD ON YOUR
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FAMILY. LIFE, AUTO -- FARM FAMILY.
ANOTHER PERSONAL STORY ON FARMFAMILY.COM.
>> WELCOME TO "VIRGINIA FARMING ."
I'M AMY ROSCHER. FIRM ACTIVIST AND CONSTITUTIONAL
LAWYER, MARK FITZGIBBONS, JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT NEW LEGISLATION
TO PROTECT THE VIRGINIA FARMERS. AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT MULCH.
AND WE WILL HAVE THE CALENDAR AND A MINUTE IN THE FIELDS AND
VIDEO. --L THAT ON THIS EDITION THIS
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>> VIRGINIA OYSTERS ARE HEADED TO A HONG KONG SEAFOOD SHOW.
THERE WILL BE A SEAFOOD EXPO WOULD SAY GO TO GENERATE NEW
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT ASIA.
THIS COULD OPEN UP A NEW EXPORT MARKET FOR VIRGINIA SHELLFISH,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE OYSTER INDUSTRY WAS NEARLY DEAD
25 YEARS AGO. THIS DEVELOPMENT SHOWS THE
ECONOMIC BUT HEALTHY OF THE INDUSTRY CONTINUES UPWARD.
$9.5NDUSTRY SHUCKED MILLION IN OYSTERS LAST YEAR.
THE CONTRIBUTION OF SHELL FISH FARMERS IS APPROACHING $100
MILLION. THE ECONOMY IS NOT THE ONLY
THING BENEFITING FROM SHELL FISH.
OYSTERS CLEAN THE WATER AND ENHANCE WATER CLARITY, IMPROVING
THE QUALITY OF VIRGINIA'S WATER. HARD CIDER IS THE FAVORITE DRINK
OF VIRGINIA'S FOUNDING FATHERS. IT IS A BOOMING BUSINESS IN THE
COMMONWEALTH. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT TWO
VIRGINIA CIDERIES THAT TAKE TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES ABOUT
MAKING AND MARKETING CIDER. >> A BROAD RANGE OF PRODUCTS.
MAKES ITS OWND INSIDER OLD WORLD STYLE, MUCH
LIKE A CIDER THAT WAS A FAVORITE OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS.
>> WE ARE MAKING MOSTLY DRAFT CIEERS.
--CIDERS. WE ARE NOT PRESERVING ITS WOOD
PRESERVATIVES. IT IS MY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT
I DRANK GROWING UP. >> OUR PRODUCTION RUN WAS PRETTY
SMALL. WE SOLD OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
DERS ARE BOTTLED AND MARKETED IN HIGH END BOTTLE
S. >> WE USED BEER MAKING EQUIPMENT
TO FORCE-CARBONATE IT. >> THAT IS ALSO THE WAY BOLD
ROCK CIDERY MARKETS MOST OF THEIR SEIDERS.
-- CIDERS. >> WE WERE THE FOES -- FIRST TO
HAVE MADE THE INVESTMENT TO PACK INTO SIX TAX -- SIXPACKS.
THAT IS WHERE THE LARGEST OF GROWTH IN THE MARKET IS.
USES A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
WE PRESSED APPLES AND WE AT FERMENT THEWINE TO
APPLES. WE DO THAT IN ABOUT SEVEN DAYS.
THE PROTEINSOME OF THAT CAUSE BITTERNESS AND CAN
E IN THE PRODUCT. CIDER HASR MARKET --
GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
MARKET HAS GONE FROM VIRTUALLY AND VERY LITTLE ALL
THE WAY UP. SELLINGED LOOKING AT
8000 CASES. IN OUR FIRST SIX MONTHS, WE DID
35,000 CASES -- 45,000 CASES. WE ARE NOW ON TRACK TO DO
130,000 CASES. >> WHAT IS NEXT?
>> THE NEXT PHASE IS TO PUSH HARD WITH RESTAURANT AND GOURMET
SHOPS. >> WE HAVE PUSHED THE LIMITED
FACILITIES WE HAVE HERE. THE PROCESS OF
CONSTRUCTING A NEW BUILDING UP THE HILL.
>> ANYWAY YOU LOOK AT IT, HARD CIDER IS MAKING A COMEBACK USING
THE ABUNDANCE OF APPLE'S VIRGINIA HAS.
PLES VIRGINIA HAS. PREYT KILDEE CONTINUE TO
ON LIVESTOCK AND DAMAGE -- CONTINUE TO PREY ON
LIVESTOCK. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS
INCREASED FUNDING TO AT A LIVESTOCK PROTECTION SYSTEM TO A
PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH. THE PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY
USDA WILDLIFE SERVICES. THE DIRECTOR OF WILDLIFE
SERVICE'S SAYS THEIR SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ANY -- SERVICES
ARE AVAILABLE TO ANY LIVESTOCK FARMER.
JUST GIVE THEM A CALL. LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS EXPERIENCING
DAMAGE FROM PREDATORS SHOULD 3297.AT 866-487-
TODAY'S CATTLE PRODUCER SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH TWO THINGS.
SCOTT WILL SHOW WHY MARBLING IS ESSENTIAL.
CATTLENOWS WHAT KIND OF HIS CUSTOMERS NEED.
CATTLE NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO TRAVEL FOR THEIR FOOD.
>> WE HAVE BEEN IN THE MEAT BUSINESS.
WE HAVE DEALT WITH CONSUMERS AND WE UNDERSTAND MARBLING IS AN
IMPORTANT TRADE TO THE CONSUMER. AS WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT FROM THE
MATERNAL SIDE, WE THINK IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE
THERE IS NOTHING THAT MAKES A MONEY THAN A COW
THAT HAS A CALF THAT PRODUCES EFFICIENTLY.
THAT IS WHAT WE THINK MAKES MONEY.
>> SELECTING FOR QUALITY CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT.
>> I HAVE SENT NUMEROUS TIMES THAT I THINK MARBLING MAYBE A
MORE IMPORTANT MATERNAL TRAIT THAN CARCAS.
IT IS THAT A READY SOURCE OF ENERGY.
THAT COP CAN STORE IT UP QUICKLY AND USE IT QUICKLY WHEN SHE
STORE IT UPW CAN QUICKLY AND USE IT QUICKLY WHEN
SHE NEEDS IT. ANYONEING TOOLS LET
FINE-TUNED CATTLE TO FIT THEIR BUSINESS AND RESOURCES.
LOOKEDINK THEY HAVE NOT AT HIGH MARBLING CATTLE.
ANDRE PROUDLY IN AS HARSH AND BY MEN IN TEXAS AS THERE --
PROBABLY IN AS HARSH AND ENVIRONMENT IN TAXES AS THERE
IS. -- TEXAS AS THERE IS.
>> THANK YOU. THE LEADING ROASTER OF IN SHELL
PEANUTS IN THE UNITED STATES WILL ESTABLISH A PEANUT
PRODUCTION PLANT IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, CREATING 16 NEW JOBS.
GOVERNOR BOB MCDONNELL SAYS SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IS A PERFECT
FIT FOR THE COMPANY'S NEEDS. IT PROVIDES GREAT SPEED TO
MARKET AND ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES.
GOVERNOR MCDONNELL SAYS THE REASON WILL GAIN 60 NEW JOBS.
THE STRONG PITCHING AGRICULTURE SECTOR WILL BE UTILIZED.
THE COMPANY OPERATES FOUR STRATEGICALLY LOCATED ROASTING
PRODUCTION FACILITIES. THE COMPANY REMAINS FAMILY OWNED
AND REMAINS COMMITTED TO PRODUCING THE FINEST PEANUTS
AVAILABLE. VIRGINA'S SMALL FARMERS ARE
STILL IN NEED OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT COMMERCE AND THE RURAL
WAY OF LIFE. THAT IS STRAIGHT AHEAD ON AG
INSIGHTS.
LEGISLATION TO FURTHER PROTECT VIRGINIA SMALL FARMERS
WILL GO TO THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY.
THE VA FARM RIGHT PROTECTION ACT.
JOINING US TODAY IS CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER AND FARM
RIGHTS ACTIVIST, MARK FITZGIBBONS.
>> YOU WERE WITH US EARLIER BEFORE THE BILL TOOK OFF.
YOU WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES ACROSS YOUR COUNTY.
I AM ASSUMING THIS BILL CODE TELLS THAT BILL, WHICH WAS KIND
THATASSED LAST -- COATTAILS BILL, WHICH WAS KIND OF PASSED
LAST YEAR. FARMING INCLUDES COMMERCE.
THE OTHER BILL PROTECTED THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF FARMERS
AND PROVIDED REMEDIES WHEN COUNTIES VIOLATED THE RIGHTS OF
FARMERS. THIS HAS A THREE SAME ELEMENTS,
BUT IT ADDRESSES SOME OF THE CONCERNS PEOPLE RAISE.
SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THE BILL CONCERT FOR WOODSTOCK
OR WAL-MART. PRESUMPTIONS FOR
FARMERS THAT ALLOWS THE COUNTY TO REGULATE FOR CITIZENS.
ALL OF THEDRESSES CONCERNS AND INCLUDES THEM IN
THIS PACKAGE. SMALLT IS GOOD NEWS FOR
FARMERS. THERE WAS A LOT OF BACKING FOR
THE OTHER BELL AND A LOT OF OPPOSITION FOR IT AS WELL.
-- BILL AND THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPOSITION FOR IT AS WELL.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU REALLY TOOK YOUR TIME TO ADDRESS ALL OF
THOSE ISSUES. ONE OF THOSE ISSUES IS THAT IT
PROTECT THE FARMER OR THEY HAVE IN TURN IN THEIR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT IS NOT OPERATING THE RIGHT WAY.
EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. >> WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME, I
WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WINERY. THERE WAS A JUNIOR *** WE
STATUTE, BUT THE COUNTY VIOLATED THE STATUTE -- WINERY, BUT
COUNTY VIOLATED THAT STATUTE. 2.0 PROVIDES REMEDIES.
IF THE COUNTIES DO VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF FARMERS AND JUST PASS
ON THEIR RIGHTS OF COMMERCE, FARMERS WILL HAVE PRIVATE CAUSES
OF ACTION AGAINST THE COUNTY. ARE TWO THINGS THAT THE OTHER
BILL DID NOT DO. THERE ARE WHISTLE-BLOWER
PROTECTIONS SO THAT FARMERS CAN GO TO AUTHORITIES AND SAY, THE
COUNTY IS VIOLATING THE LAW. THEY MAY INTERVENE IN AN ACTION
BROUGHT BY A FARMER OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN BRING HIS
OR HER OWN CAUSE OF ACTION TO ENFORCE THE RIGHT TO FIRM AND --
FARM AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.
>> NOW THE FARMER HAS SOMEBODY TO TURN TO WHO IS ABOVE THEIR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT. >> THAT IS RIGHT.
NOBODY WANTS RICH MEN STICKING THEIR NOSES INTO COUNTY
BUSINESS. NOBODY WANTS COUNTIES TO BE
STICKING THEIR NOSES INTO FARMERS' MATTERS.
THIS PROVIDES PROTECTION FOR FARMERS WHO WANT TO ENGAGE IN
THEIR RIGHTS OF COMMERCE. WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH OVER
REGULATION THAT THE FIRM CULTURE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO
VIRGINIA AND -- FARM CULTURE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO VIRGINIA
AND AMERICA HAS BEEN RUINED BY OVER REGULATION.
THERE IS A STATUTE THAT REGULATES PUNCH IN PAST EVENTS.
EVENTS.IN PATCH CAN YOU IMAGINE?
THIS IS NOT RICH MEN IMPOSING ITSELF IN AN ORDINANCE ON
COUNTIES. IT IS ALLOWING FARMERS TO HAVE
REMEDIES TO PROTECT THEIR OWN RIGHTS.
>> THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN COME OUT OF
-- IENTIRE MESS THAT BEGAN THINK IT WENT ON IN OTHER
PLACES. I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR
IN -- AND OUR ATTENTION BY MARTHA.
PEOPLE DID NOT REALLY KNOW ABOUT IT.
I FEEL LIKE THIS WILL PROTECT THOSE FARMERS.
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE SOME -- SOMEONE ELSE TO GO TO IS SO IN
IMPORTANCE. -- SOMEONE ELSE TO
GO TO IS SO IMPORTANT. TO ME THAT HAVING THAT
OUT LAST OF THE WHISTLE -- OUTLET OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER CAN
PROTECT THESE FARMERS. OFY CAN GET THE YEAR -- EAR
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.
>> PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OF CRITICIZING THEIR COUNTY
GOVERNMENT OR THE GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL.
WHEN MARTHA STOOD UP AND THOUGHT THIS, SHE WAS SUBJECT TO ALL
KINDS OF ABUSES. -- FOUGHT THIS, WAS SUBJECT TO
ALL KINDS OF ABUSES. PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OF THE
REPERCUSSIONS. THIS BILL PROVIDES REMEDIES.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WE HAVE HEARD FROM WHO
ARE SAYING, WE ARE BEHIND YOU 100% BECAUSE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED
THIS. WE CANNOT GO FORWARD BECAUSE OUR
FAMILY BUSINESS DEPENDS ON US BEING QUIET AND NOT FIGHTING THE
SYSTEM. >> EXACTLY.
BUT IF MARTHA HAD NOT RAISED HER VOICE, WE WOULD STILL BE
EXPERIENCING A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS.
A LOT OF THE FARMERS WERE SILENT BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE
TO BE. THAT HAPPENED WITH
ALL OF THIS LEGISLATION FROM LAST YEAR IS THAT SOME OTHER
GROUPS WERE FORMED. ACTIVITIESE ON FARM
WORK GROUP. EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT IS AND
WHY THAT ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED.
>> FOLLOWING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION LAST YEAR AND
THE BILL THAT DID NOT PASS, A COMMISSIONER WAS ASKED TO FORM A
STUDY GROUP. HE PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF 15
FORM ATO STUDY AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THERE WERE MARVELOUS, GOOD PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND FARMING
AND HAVE FARMERS' BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.
THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION ARE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND
LOBBYISTS, WHO ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
THERE IS ONLY ONE GRASS-ROOTS FARMING GROUP AND ONLY ONE SMALL
FARMER, ONE FARMER HAS A FIRM UNDER THE AVERAGE SIZE.
FARM UNDER THE AVERAGE SIZE. THE PEOPLE OF THE BILL WERE
INTENDED TO -- THE BILL WAS INTENDED TO PROTECT.
WE ARE HOPING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT
WILL SEE THROUGH THE CORRECT ISSUES AND FORWARD GOES ON TO
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNDER THIS NEW BILL THAT HAS BEEN DRAFTED.
ANDDDRESSES ALL THE ISSUES MAKES A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO
ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE -- SMALL FARMERS NEED.
ARE YOU CURRENTLY THE SPEAKING, VIRGINIA
REPRESENTATIVE TO TAKE THIS BILL TO LOOK OVER IT AND GET BEHIND
IT? PEOPLEAVE A NUMBER OF
APPROACHING DELEGATES AND SENATORS.
THERE IS NO BILL THAT CAN BE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR UNTIL AFTER
THE ELECTION. WE HAD SOME TIME TO PROCEED LAST
YEAR. THE OTHER BILL WAS NOT CRAFTED
UNTIL LATE NOVEMBER AND WAS NOT PRESENTED TO ANYBODY UNTIL LATE
DECEMBER. WE HAD THE PROCESS AND STARTED
LATE. WE ASKED DELEGATES AND SENATORS
BECAUSE THE BILL WAS DRAFTED SO LATE.
THIS TIME, WE HAVE TIME. THERE IS A LOT OF POPULAR
SUPPORT FOR THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION.
WE WILL GO TO THE PROCESS THIS YEAR AND SEE WHO IS ON BOARD AND
WHO IS NOT. >> YOU WROTE THIS ACT AND I
THINK YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. YOU ADDRESS A LOT OF CONCERNS.
I REALLY HOPE OUR REPRESENTATIVES GET BEHIND IT
BECAUSE THE SMALL FARMERS NEED PROTECTION.
THEY NEED TO HOLD ONTO THEIR RIGHTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE HOPED THE ASSEMBLY WILL TAKE
CARE OF THIS ISSUE AND MAKE THIS ISSUE GO AWAY.
LET'S GET ON TO OTHER BUSINESS. IF WE CANNOT GET THINGS RIGHT
FOR FARMERS, WE CANNOT GET ANYTHING RIGHT.
THAT IS WHY THIS LEGISLATION IS IMPORTANT.
IT IS FARM COMMERCE AND FARM CULTURES.
WE NEED TO PRESERVE FARMLANDS AND THE WAY OF LIFE THAT SMALL
FARMERS WANT TO ENGAGE IN THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH.
>> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR IT JOINING
US. GOOD LUCK IN GETTING THIS PAST
AND PRESENT IT TO EVERYONE. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
CHING AS NATURAL BEAUTY TO YOUR LANDSCAPE.
LET'S GO TO THE GARDEN. US HAVE EXPERIENCED
DROPS. -- DOUGHTS.
-- DROUGHTS. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE PUTTING
DOWN A LONG TERM, DURABLE MUCH DS ORGANICH THAT AD
MATERIAL TO THE SOIL. IT RETAINS A LOT OF THE MOISTURE
IN THE SOIL. IT ACTS AS A PROTECTIVE BARRIER
SO MOISTURE STAYS IN THE SOIL A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELF, WHERE YOU FIND A GOOD MULCH?
I LIKE TO USE LIKEPINE, WHICH -- IS THE USE THIS PINE,
RUBBER -- DOUBLE HAMMERMILL. IT THIS IS PARTLY DECOMPOSED.
YOU CAN ALSO POLLED -- PURCHASE IT FRESH.
WHICH ISRCHASE MULCH NATURALLY BE COMPOSED, YOU GET A
MORE NATURAL AND DARKER GARDEN. I REALLY LIKED THE SHREDDED.
THE CHIPS ARE GREAT, TOO. SOMETIMES THE CHIPS WILL WASH
AWAY IN HEAVY RAIN STORMS. IT IS WORTH YOUR INVESTMENT.
IT WILL GIVE YOU BEAUTY IN YOUR GARDEN FOR YEARS TO COME.
ONE OF THE GREAT ADVANTAGES TO A MULCH KEEPING WEEDS OUT.
THE KEY TO KEEPING WEEDS OUT IS KEEPING THEM OUT OF THE GARDEN
FROM THE BEGINNING. IF THEY GET INTO THE GARDEN, IT
IS A NEVER ENDING BATTLE DAY AFTER DAY.
OVER-MULCH.ANT TO SOMETIMES YOU SEE MULCH THIS
DEEP. THAT IS INJURIOUS.
WHAT I WANT TO DO IS REALLY SPREAD IT.
SOMETIMES I HAVE A STICK. YOU MIGHT WANT TO MEASURE ON THE
STICK AND MARKET A LINE SO YOU DO NOT MULCH TOO DEEPLY.
IT WILL SMOTHER THE PLANT AND WILL NOT ALLOW ENOUGH AIR TO
GET THROUGH THEIR ROOTS. IF YOU DO THIS ONCE EVERY TWO
YEARS, THIS WILL REALLY HELP CONSERVE MULCH SAVE ON YOUR
WATER BILL AND KEEP YOUR WEEDS OUT OF THE GARDEN.
JOINING ME NEXT TIME IN THE GARDEN.
WINEE SEVENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER
21 AND 22. IN ADDITION TO VIRGINIA WINE,
YOU CAN TASTE OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL OR ORDER STEAMED
SHRIMP AND CLAMS. THERE WILL BE OTHER SPECIALTY
FOOD, ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND CHILDREN'S ARCADES.
THAT DOES IT FOR OUR SHOW. THANKS FOR WATCHING.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK, EVERYONE. I'M AMY ROSCHER.
>> THIS PROGRAM IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU
-- FARM BUREAU. FARMING, IT IS OF GOOD.
BY FARMHT TO YOU FAMILY.
LIFE, AUTOMOBILE, BUSINESS, FARM.
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