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Shenandoah Growers taps ex-Starbucks exec as new CEO
Indoor agriculture company also hires new CFO
Rockingham County-based indoor agriculture company Shenandoah Growers Inc. has appointed former Starbucks Inc. Chief Marketing Officer Matthew Ryan as the company’s new CEO. And Mike Buckley, former senior vice president
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Shenandoah Growers taps new chief science officer
Tessa Pocock joins Rockingham-based greens grower
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Tessa Pocock has been named Shenandoah Growers Inc.’s new chief science officer effective immediately, coming to the Rockingham County-based indoor agriculture company from San Francisco-based Plenty Unlimited Inc., where she
Fairfax hydroponic farm expanding, creating 29 jobs in Herndon
Beanstalk plans to invest $2 million in project
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Beanstalk, an indoor hydroponic farm in Fairfax County, plans to expand its operation, investing $2 million and creating 29 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday. Owners Mike and Jack Ross,
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$59.6M hydroponic operation coming to Va. Beach
One of the East Coast's largest greenhouses, it will create 155 jobs
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Agriculture startup Sunny Farms LLC plans to build a $59.6 million, 32-acre hydroponic operation in Virginia Beach — creating 155 jobs and one of the largest greenhouses on the East
Rockingham County produce stand expands to 27-acre facility
Overlook Produce and Farm Adventures to invest $850,000+ on packing facility and retail pavilion
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Mount Crawford-based Overlook Produce and Farm Adventures will invest more than $850,000 to construct a produce packing facility and retail market pavilion on a 27-acre site in Rockingham County, according
Shenandoah Growers picks new COO
Cameron Geiger held senior leadership roles for Walmart
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Shenandoah Growers Inc. has hired former Walmart executive Cameron Geiger as the company’s chief operating officer, it announced this week. The Rockingham County-based agricultural products company says Geiger will help
Brothers build Shenandoah hemp empire
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Tanner Johnson, CEO of Pure Shenandoah LLC, says that his Elkton-based company is trying to bring hemp back to its Shenandoah Valley roots. After all, he explains, “back in the
Aquaculture proves big catch for region
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A Russell County native and a Singapore-based asset management firm are about to turn a corner of Virginia’s coalfields into an aquaculture center. Jake Musick’s Riverbound Trout Farms is building
Dominion Energy makes $1M donation to Virginia 4-H
Gift to help support in-person educational programming
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Dominion Energy Inc. has donated $1 million to Virginia 4-H, a nonprofit educational program for youth hosted by Virginia Tech, the university announced Thursday. The donation marks the largest cash
Virginia Cattlemen’s Association names executive director
Brandon Reeves joins organization
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The Virginia Cattlemen’s Association (VCA) announced Dec. 29, 2020 that Brandon Reeves has been named as its executive director. Organized in 1944 and chartered in 1953, the VCA promotes Virginia’s