May 4, 2009
Contact: Marion Horseley (804) 225-3820
The 2009 Virginia Grown Guide is hot off the press with almost 30 percent more listings than last year. It features 220 farms and markets that offer the Commonwealth's fresh agricultural products directly to the public. Published by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), the Guide is available free to consumers in a printed version and online at www.virginiagrown.com.
For a free copy of the Guide, or for information about listing your farm in the Guide, write "Virginia Grown Guide" VDACS, P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, VA 23218, call (804) 786-3530, or email vagrown@vdacs.virginia.gov. You may also submit information about your farm for the online Guide at www.virginiagrown.com, scroll down to the Virginia Grown Guide Application for Participation form.