by Ireland Hayes | Apr 7, 2025 | Agriculture, Top Story
Entering the world, fashionably It’s that time of year — farms across Rappahannock County are welcoming spring flocks of new lambs and goat kids. Four little lambs, only a few days old, took their first steps outside of a barn Tuesday morning, braving the cold in...
by Bob Hurley | Feb 10, 2025 | Agriculture, Business, doers, Education, Local Services, People, Top Story
Background: Co-owner, Waterpenny Farm in Sperryville; director, Rappahannock Nature Camp; member, Rappahannock County School Board representing the Piedmont District since 2008; member, Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection Education Committee; former vice...
by Bob Hurley | Sep 22, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Health, Politics
‘Mother Nature is 90% of the success of farming’; fall may bring relief The drought of 2024 is sticking around a while longer, even though local streams and rivers are beginning to return to normal seasonal levels, groundwater aquifers are slowly recharging, farmers...
by Bob Hurley | Jun 8, 2024 | Agriculture, Sidebar
Can new farming practices increase numbers? The call of the northern bobwhite, the trill of the eastern meadowlark, the sweet high notes of the grasshopper sparrow — imagine a walk down a quiet country lane without enjoying the beautiful songs of these and other...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Oct 25, 2022 | Agriculture
Cattle wrangler Pete Jones is on call to deal with rebellious Rapp bovines What better place than Rappahannock County – known to feature more cows than people – for two modern-day cattle wranglers like Pete and Kristen Jones to land? The married couple, who moved to...
