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Virginia Agriculture Week

Virginia Agriculture Week – June 24 – 30, 2024

Ways that you can support Virginia agriculture:

  • Support Virginia's farmers by buying Virginia products and visiting farms and agribusinesses.
  • Search for fresh Virginia produce, meats and seafood on VirginiaGrown.com
  • Search for Virginia specialty foods and beverages on Virginia's Finest 
  • Follow VDACS on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

Virginia Agriculture Week Photo Contest: April 21 – May 20, 2024

Do you appreciate Virginia agriculture? Do you have an eye for photography? Then submit your photos to the Virginia Agriculture Photo Contest. The photo contest has several categories you may enter. Winners will receive a Virginia's Finest gift basket (valued up to $100) and will be featured in the Virginia Agriculture magazine.

  • Fresh Catch – Images featuring Virginia seafood and aquaculture: oysters, fresh catch, on the water, pulling crab pots, to the people that bring the bounties to shore.
  • Faces Around the Barnyard – Whether human or animal, even a vegetable that looks like a face, show off the faces around the farm.
  • Fields – Fields of gold or green, to herds or flocks, entries should feature the bounty of Virginia agriculture in fields across the Commonwealth.
  • Seasons of Agriculture – Images of the first seed or seedlings being planted to Virginia crops being harvested.
  • Agricultural Technology – Images of technology at work in Virginia agriculture: automated feeders, controlled environment agriculture, milking equipment, drones, tractors, and more.

Entering is easy! Take photos that best detail Virginia agriculture in the five categories above, then submit your photos to webmaster.vdacs@vdacs.virginia.gov by 11:59 p.m. on May 20, 2024.

When submitting your photo entry, you must include:

  • The category you wish to enter
  • A caption describing the photo
  • The date it was taken
  • Your name
  • E-mail
  • Telephone number

For the complete Photo Contest Rules, please visit:

  • Virginia Ag Week Photo Contest Rules (pdf) 
  • Links:

    Contact
    Michael Wallace
    Media Relations/Media Contact
    Office of Communications
    804.786.1904
    michael.wallace@vdacs.virginia.gov


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