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Virginia farmers innovate to meet modern challenges

Legacy farms have had to shift focus and find new ways to be profitable

11/22/2022 | Rating TV-PG

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Virginia farmers innovate to meet modern challenges

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Legacy farms have had to shift focus and find new ways to be profitable

America has lost more than four million farms since the late 1940s. Large, factory-style farms have absorbed what used to be family operations. Generational family farmers and environmentally-aware specialty farms navigate a way forward in a shifting agricultural landscape.

11/22/2022 | Rating TV-PG

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