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Rappahannock County could be designated a drought disaster area by the state, making its farmers eligible for compensation. The county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution at its monthly meeting Sept. 8 at the courthouse requesting a drought designation so that farmers can apply for drought relief. The board received a report from...
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Parents and students at Belle Meade School have launched “Growing Our Future,” the school’s first fundraising event, with activities timed to coincide with the Sept. 25-26 Rappahannock County Farm Tour. Food, fun, hayride tours of the farm, live music, a cook-off competition, beekeeping demonstration and visits with animals will be part of the mix...
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Your rescue squad needs your help. Ambulance drivers and Emergency Medical Technicians who are already certified or who would like to take free training are especially needed. So much goes into sustaining a volunteer team and advanced life support ambulances at a professional level and like many organizations, the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad has...
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Art and antique events; good news about apples; the Monarchs reign; and a new store to open in Sperryville.
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Details of the upcoming Flint Hill Carnival, school orientation news, a medicinal plants workshop, hay-hauling relief and a brush with Hollywood at Ballard's.
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This year's Rappahannock Farm Tour on Sept. 25 and 26 hopes to capitalize on the good showing during the 2009 farm tour when 500 visitors -- not including children -- attended.
Those encouraging results, prompted the Office of Tourism, the Virginia Extension Service and a few volunteers to organize this year's tour.
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What happens in the Valley doesn’t stay in the Valley. So it is that Del. Todd Gilbert’s recent comments in the Shenandoah Valley town of Woodstock found their way across the Blue Ridge to Rappahannock, the easternmost portion of his constituency. The Republican delegate was speaking at the fifth annual Farm Bureau Federation Young...
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Last week during the discussion as to scenic river designation for the Hazel, concern over our water resources finally clicked. At one time our rivers were our highways and produced all our power in Rappahannock County. But in the 1930s, electricity was brought into the county, and water power became less necessary. At one...
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From contributed reports The honors keep coming for Rappahannock County viticulture. Narmada Winery of Amissville recently was awarded a gold medal for its 2009 Viognier in the State Fair of Virginia Wine Competition. The winery also received first place for “Best Use of Whimsy on a Label” for its 2009 Dream wine. The winery...
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State Scenic River recommendations might be entering a period of drought in Rappahannock County.
At the end of a day during which it heard dismaying estimates of drought-related crop damage in the county, and heard others caution against “giving away” river-related rights to the state for a variety of reasons, the county Board of Supervisors...
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More than 80 local farmers attended a series of workshops and lectures at various sites on Woodville’s sprawling Eldon Farms last Thursday (July 29), a successful day by any measure.
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These were only some of the ingredients in a fun-filled week of clay and fiber camps on Main Street. Four separate groups at Sperryville Pottery were shaping clay, throwing pots on a wheel and glazing their cups, butter dishes, dinosaurs and other interesting creations.
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The heat is on. And the precipitation is not. That’s the story now and here in Rappahannock County. Things could be worse. Things can always be worse, of course: there’s consolation, if not rainfall, in that. Russia, for instance, is experiencing its worst drought in at least half a century. That country’s Hydrometeorological Center...
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Thank you for running The Rapp article about meat donations to the pantry. We would have acknowledged the donors then but only learned their names the day the newspaper appeared. I would like to thank them here. The pantry received nine hogs, five lambs, and a goat, donated by the following: Lileemzo Farm, Midland,...
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From contributed reports Forest landowners in Virginia will have greater access to state and federal programs and assistance as well as expanded market opportunities for their products now that an agreement has been signed that recognizes forest management plans — prepared under the auspices of three different agencies — equally. The Virginia Department of...
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AT&T might be considering cell towers in Rappahannock County; the Browns of Culpeper help the Food Pantry with livestock donations.
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Former Rappahannock County High School students do not have to leave the county to make a difference in the world. Carter Bruce, a 2006 graduate, is making his mark right here. After two years at Germanna Community College, where he earned a career studies certificate with four mechanical specialty certifications, Bruce determined to realize...
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The passing of Amissville 'cornerstone' Paul Poling; the impressive showing of Rappahannock County's 4-H Club at the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock Farm Show; a Hospice benefit July 31-Aug. 1 kicks off a new Rappahannock 'Artisanal Wineries Trail'
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, second from left, got a tour of the Narmada Winery’s vat room and vineyards Saturday during a brief visit to Rappahannock with his wife, Christie (not shown). Narmada’s owners (Pandit, left, and winemaker Sudha Patil, second from right) gave Vilsack the tour of the Amissville winery, accompanied by Washington resident...
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Many people are interested in knowing how to can food so they can preserve some of the harvest for the winter. If you have never canned before and want to learn, or if you need refresher, you might be interested in the canning workshops offered by Laughing Duck Gardens & Cookery in Washington.
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Before delaying for a month its vote on designating a stretch of the Hazel River as a State Scenic River, the county Board of Supervisors heard some unusual testimony from a Culpeper County landowner last Wednesday night. Ben and Rita Grace, who own land along the Hazel in Culpeper County, had nothing good to...
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Top basketmakers at the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock Farm Show; more work (and more play for you) at the Castleton Festival; local 12-and-under team heads to the state baseball tournament; and more.
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It might sound like a B-grade horror movie, with a title like “Killer Baby Bug Eats Victims Alive.” But it’s a true tale, and it’s unfolding now in Northern Virginia.
The insect’s prey is not human, but ash trees. The “killer” is the emerald ash borer, which is smaller than a penny and, as its...
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reports that the commonwealth’s farmers will increase barley acreage by 23,000 this year. Cotton and soybean acreages are up nine percent and two percent, respectively. Peanut and hay acreage has increased as well, according to a survey conducted in early June by the Virginia Field Office...
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A fab Fourth, "little" Washington's sure-to-be-the-next-great cartoonist Thomas Mullany, news of a small new vineyard and a large old yard sale.
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Are we blue? Kinda. The Rappahannock Food Pantry must move from its cozy quarters on Mt. Salem Avenue in Washington by late summer. So we’re looking for new space. We’d like to locate somewhere central in Rappahannock, so that no one has to travel too far to use the pantry, to volunteer, or to...
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Amissville medics gain national recognition for 20-plus years of EMT-paramedic service; rugby players sought; forage and beef tour; local graduate and honors students.
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From contributed reports When the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock (CMR) Farm Show takes place July 8 through July 12, families can take their children to watch 4-H members show and sell their animals, to participate in or watch the tractor driving and stockman’s contests, or compete to become Little Mr. or Ms. CMR. There is still time...
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A Rappahannock Fourth in Sperryville (and a patriotic reading in Washington), plus news of two wineries' achievements with Google and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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After a mid-June survey of major peach growers around the state, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has high expectations for a very good peach crop this year. From Cana to Winchester and from Charlottesville to Rappahannock, growers say the peach harvest is looking promising.
“All the growers that I know...
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Special to Rappahannock News The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has extended the deadline for applications for the 2010 conservation stewardship program to June 25 from June 11. The USDA has also released the final rule, which incorporates about half of the recommendations made by National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC). Prospective applicants who were...
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Rapp's Farm-to-Table is a national model; a Hunt and Habitat golf tournament; a RappCats event; more.
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Four wildlife-friendly farms are featured on a first-ever tour sponsored by Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) on Saturday, June 19. Meet some of the participants.
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Gray Ghost’s 2009 Vidal Blanc struck Double Gold and the Merlot Gold at the recent 23rd Annual Tasters Guild International Wine Competition in Grand Rapids, Mich. At the same competition, Gadino Cellars’ estate Cabernet Franc was awarded a Gold Medal. The Washington winery’s 2008 Franc achieved a gold for the second consecutive vintage, its...
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Mark Reinhardt, co-founder of The Local Flavor, a direct farm-to-consumer distribution service based in Amissville, partnered with Chuck Ebbets of Kit-Digital to produce a webcast of the Farm to Table to Kid conference in Atlanta, Ga., last weekend.
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Calendar items -- including those you can submit to us online || Rae auctions off everything || You can be an extra in a film being shot in the county || Farm-to-Table news
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Sheriff Connie Smith deserves great accolades for her recent decision to have the inmates put in a garden at the Rappahannock County Jail in Washington. Not only will the garden provide fresh produce for the inmates, but it will save taxpayer money. The garden will be an opportunity for trusted inmates to do something...
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Sylvie Rowand, left, of Washington, and Nina Moore, right, of Sperryville seemed to know exactly what they were looking for at Waterpenny Farm’s annual spring plant sale on Saturday, May 1. Several hundred showed up – especially between 9 and 11 a.m., when it’s most likely you’ll find what you need — to buy...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an initiative to help agricultural producers trim their energy costs. State Conservationist Jack Bricker says the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is providing $2 million for on-farm energy audits in 29 states, including Virginia.
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District Conservationist Rex Rexrode says there is still time for farmers to sign up for the Conservation Stewardship Program that is administered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Producers may apply at anytime for CSP; however, the second period for evaluating applications for this year’s funding runs until May 14.
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