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Southern States Cooperative was founded in 1923 as the Virginia Seed Service by 150 farmers in Richmond, Virginia to help develop seeds. It expanded to distribution of feed in 1925, fertilizer in 1926 and farm supplies and petroleum shortly after. At the time, farmers in Virginia were unable to buy seed guaranteed to grow in the Commonwealth ...
History of Virginia The proposed and accepted dates for the beginning of native habitation in Virginia vary widely; traditionally the assumed date was somewhere between 12,000–10,000 B.C. The recent archaeological excavations at Cactus Hill, however, have challenged those dates with hard evidence of far earlier habitation within the state.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
The agency quickly announced a project to artificially plant seedlings from nurseries. But this has raised serious concerns that nursery-grown seedlings can accidentally introduce diseases that ...
Built in 1840, the plantation was purchased in 1843 by Edmund Ruffin, a Virginia planter and a pioneer in agricultural improvements; he also published an agricultural journal in the 1840s named the Farmer's Register.
Sharswood includes the 3,200 square-foot manor house and a 10.5-acre estate with various small buildings, [15] including an overseer's office and a cabin that previously served as a kitchen, laundry, and slave quarters. [7] [16] There is also a slave cemetery on the Sharswood estate. [8] [17]
During the mid-18th century, John Pleasants donated the first Quaker meeting house at Curles Neck and was one of the trustees appointed to represent the newly formed Town of Richmond. In 1771, his slaves were granted their freedom under the terms of his will. In 1852 Charles Senff, a New York sugar merchant, purchased the then 3,250 acre Curles ...
This Virginia woman bought an ‘unlivable’ house for $16,500 in 2020 and transformed it into her dream home — here's how to invest in real estate in 2024 without all the hard work Moneywise ...