INSIDE Looking back at the top local sports moments of 2020 > page 9
Volume 66 Number 1 • January 7, 2021
For local farmers,
A TOUGH ROW TO HOE
From increased competition to COVID-19, agricultural producers have been facing a bumper crop of challenges By Roslyn Ryan Editor
N
o one ever said farming was easy. But lately, for many producers in Goochland, what was once a tough job has gotten even tougher. After a presentation before the county Board of Supervisors late last year, Monacan Soil and Water Conservation district manager Keith Burgess was asked by District 2 representative Neil Spoonhower how he felt local farmers were faring. Burgess didn’t hesitate before delivering his assessment: Not great. “Our dairy farmers are struggling,” said Burgess, who has spent much of his life involved in agriculture in some form or another. As he told supervisors, the most significant issue he sees in the dairy industry typically comes when it’s time to see Farming > 3
Park set to be created in honor of Rosenwald His mission: to provide an equal education during segregation era By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Despite the many challenges of 2020, alumni and supporters of Goochland’s historic Second Union Rosenwald School was recently given at least one reason to celebrate. On Dec. 21, a bill that will create a National Historic Park in honor of Julius Rosenwald, a champion of providing educational opportunities for black students in the early part of the 20th century, was passed by the
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