Monday, January 30, 2012

This Place Augusta Series - Town and Country 1/31, 7pm

 

This Place Augusta Series
January 31, 2012
7:00PM
Augusta County Government Center

“Town and Country Augusta” gives the farmer’s
perspective on the rural lifestyle. Farms and forest
drive the economy and add to quality of life. What are
the changes and the challenges for those who work
the land? (Speaker Steve Saufley, Virginia Farm Bureau
Board Member)

FREE. Refreshments provided. All welcome.

Hosted by the Augusta Community Partnership and co-sponsored by the Augusta County Farm Bureau. Organized by Valley Conservation Council. Funding assistance from the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge and the USDA Forest Service – Urban and Community Forestry Program.

For more information call 540.886.3541 or email sara@valleyconservation.org.

more series info here

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Made In The USA: Saving The American Brand (NPR)

"We have to decide: Are we going to fight for jobs or are we going to let others take our jobs?" she says. "We cannot bring a knife to a gun fight, and that's what we have done."

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/28/146033135/made-in-the-usa-saving-the-american-brand?sc=17&f=1001

Made In The USA: Saving The American Brand by NPR Staff

Source: National Public Radio