First recipients of Virginia Farm Business Development grants
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VDACS will award approximately grants of up to $5,000 annually.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) will award approximately 30 Virginia Farm Business Development Program grants of up to $5,000 annually to qualified applicants.
For farmers with no more than 20 full-time employees
Small agribusinesses must have no more than 20 full-time employees.
Joe’s Trees of Craig County recevied $5,000 and Benjamin B. Ellis Jr. Farms of Essex County also received $5,000. ■