Did You Know.....?

DID YOU KNOW.....

• Virginia has lost over 45,000 of farm and forest land annually to development and land since 1987, and that figure is increasing each year

DID YOU KNOW.....

• It requires 0.2 to 1.2 acres of farmland per person to support a typical American diet

DID YOU KNOW.....

• 54% of Virginia farms report a net loss of income

DID YOU KNOW.....

• If each household in the 11-county Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia spent $10 per week on locally produced foods and farm products, it would generate $113.2 million annual dollars of direct economic investment to our region's economy, farms, and communities!

I wonder what the statistics would be for your area?