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Farm Animals

Central Virginia’s Beekeepers Meeting

by Sue February 17, 2012

Central Virginia’s Beekeepers Meeting Ivy Creek Foundation Thursday, March 1, 2012 7:00PM Beginners welcome to the first meeting of the year. Mark Bennett from Dadant in Chatham, Va will talk about new beekeeping equipment trends. For more information visit the Central Virginia Beekeepers Association website.

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Take Good Care of Your Goat

by Staff January 20, 2012

I just love these guys. Those of you who follow our blog regularly will know that somehow the stars and moon aligned in a configuration in 2011 that pushed me into the company of goats…. repeatedly. In 2009 I didn’t know very much at all about goats and frankly hadn’t given them much thought. By [...]

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Tracking and the Earth Ivy Creek Nature Foundation

by Sue December 23, 2011

Tracking and the Earth Ivy Creek Nature Foundation January 8, 2012 9:00AM Join Hub Knott to search for signs of wildlife activity. Learn how to read the stories of animal life in the landscape of Ivy Creek. For more information visit the Ivy Creek Foundation website.

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What Do Bees, Probablilty & UVA Have in Common?

by Gayle December 18, 2011

More than you think! A math professor at UVA has developed a series of seminars to start this winter using bees and their habits to not only teach about bees but also computer-generated probablity models. These seminars were created through a grant from UVA’s Mead Endowment which strives to foster social and intellectual relationships between [...]

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Farmland Needed

by Gayle December 16, 2011

Farmers will need to produce 70% more food—approximately two hundred million more tons of beef and other meats as well as one billion tons more of rice, wheat and other grains to support the world’s population in 2050. That is—in less than 40 years! Productive farmland is increasingly being lost, not just to development and [...]

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1031 Exchanges Not Just for Real Estate

by Gayle December 14, 2011

Perhaps this is something that I should have known, but to be honest, I didn’t. In the real estate business, I have clients that utilize 1031 exchanges to defer capital gains taxes when they buy and sell their real estate holdings. I stumbed upon this posting on LandThink today and then followed the links to [...]

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Last updated by Gayle at December 14, 2011.