Orange Rotary Club – Hosts Virginia Farm Bureau Guest Speaker Matt Nuckols.

Rotary Club of Orange County, VA – Virginia Farm Bureau – Created by Farmers, Working for Farmers

On August 6th, Rotarian Doug Harris hosted a program entitled Virginia Farm Bureau–Created by Farmers, Working for Farmers with guest speaker Matt Nuckols. Matt is the VFB District 7 Field Service Director, representing Orange, Culpeper, Fauquier, King George, Madison, Prince William-Fairfax, Spotsylvania, and Stafford.

Agriculture plays an important part of Orange Counties economy. Farmland in Orange County, VA covers 45,724 acres (1.5% of the state) total around 322 farms. Virginia alone has roughly 43,225 farms covering 7.8 million acres. Virginia farms are 90% owned by generational families, not corporations.

According to their web site at Virginia Farm Bureau www.vafb.com – Over 50 years ago Virginia farmers created the Virginia Farm Bureau Service Corporation to provide high quality, affordable products to Farm Bureau members.

Head on over to VAFB web page and “Become a Friend of the Farm” Being a member of VAFB is a great way to support farming, agriculture and the Virginia way of life.

Submitted By: Joan McGregor – Orange Club Public Image joanlmcgregor0@gmail.com

Photo – L to R: Rotarian Doug Harris, VAFB Matt Nuckols and Rotarian Crystal Hale – Outgoing President

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