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Virginia State Agricultural Districts Enabling Statutes (Va. Code Ann. §§ 15.2-4300 to 15.2-4314 (2004).)

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Statistics
Farms	47,383
Land in farms (acres)	8,103,925
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)	2,906,188
Agricultural land developed between 1982 and 2007 (acres)	462,300
Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture and the 2007 National Resources Inventory

More Statistics
Glossary of NRI-related terms

Legislative Updates

Virginia House Bill 766 (2012)

Virginia Senate Bill 403 (2012)

Virginia House Bill 1549 (2011)

Sample Documents

Loudon County, VA: Comprehensive Plan

Virginia: Model Local TDR Ordinance

Clarke County, VA: PACE Ranking Criteria

Literature

FIC Fact Sheets

Review of the Effectiveness of Virginia Tax Preferences

Building Communities with Farms: Insights from Developers, Architects and Farmers on Integrating Agriculture and Development

Local Food System Assessment for Northern Virginia

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