Hosted by Hampton Roads AREC

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1 Hosted by Hampton Roads AREC Dr. Pete Schultz director and facilitator 1444 Diamond Springs Road Virginia Beach, VA Tel: Website:

2 September 12 th -15 th 2010 Sunday: Meeting at the Hampton Roads AREC Accomodations at Holiday Inn Sunspree 39 th and Atlantic Ave.,Virginia Beach, VA Monday: Eastern Shore area visit Tuesday: Western Tidewater area visit Wednesday: Virginia Beach Farm Tour Visit of Local Attractions

3 Meeting at Hampton Roads AREC Presentation 2010 Ag Tour Station highlights and visit Turf & ornamentals programs Faculty Introduction Dinner provided

4 Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort Virginia Beach Oceanfront

5 Eastern Shore Ag Facts 2 counties: Accomack and Northampton 143,000 agricultural usage acres $333 million ag industry 2 growing seasons - late February to October September crops: snap beans, tomatoes, soybeans, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, corn Crops grown: Vegetables: potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, squash, cucumbers, brassicas, specialty crops Grain: soybean, corn, wheat

6 Location1: Cherrystone Aquafarms Large aqua-farm industry, producer of Chesapeake Bay clams and oysters. Clams and oysters are planted in beds, harvested, immediately refrigerated after packing, and shipped fresh worldwide. Grown in the high-salinity waters of Cherrystone Creek.

7 Location 2: C&E Farms Largest fresh-market green beans operations in the US. Grader and processing sheds in Virginia and Florida. Post-harvest cooling (hydro-cooling process), grading and packaging using state-of-the-art equipment including a unique object-based imaging software that distinguishes color and shapes and defects of products.

8 Location 3: Quail Cove Farms Family owned and operated organic farm. Natural and organic foods producer and retailer. Crops grown: wheat, sweet potatoes, cucurbits, brassicas, tomatoes.

9 Location 4: 6L s Tomato Packing Automated packing house for fresh-market tomatoes (traditional and romas) Average acreage: 4,000 acres

10 Location 1: Virginia Seafood AREC Established in 1975 and located in Hampton, VA. Core research and extension programs on seafood safety and seafood quality providing support to aquaculture businesses International program in food safety, food quality, Good Aquaculture Practices (GAqPs), intensive recirculating aquaculture (RAS) larval production of marine species, RAS design, implementation, and development.

11 Location 2: Chippokes Farm and Forestry Museum Chippokes is one of the oldest continually farmed plantations in the country in Surry, VA. Exhibits, in a series of farm buildings, represent various stages of farm life. They include building a farm, preparing the soil, planting, cultivating and harvesting.

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13 Location 3: Felts Ham and Smithfield Foods Felts Ham: Country ham retail store. OR Darden s Smokehouse and Store Smithfield Foods: World s largest pork producer and processor. Located in Smithfield, VA Established in 1936 Annual revenue of $12,487,700,000 Staff: 52,400.

14 Location 4: Bennett s Creek Nursery Wholesale nursery in Suffolk, VA serving the Mid-Atlantic region. 4 locations in Virginia and North Carolina.

15 Cullipher Farm Family owned and operated by the fourth and fifth generations with the sixth in training. Located in Pungo, VA. supplies local stores, roadside stands and restaurants with homegrown produce. Uses Integrated Pest Management Grows 26 vegetable crops including broccoli, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, squash, peas, okra, eggplants, etc

16 Military Aviation Museum Norfolk Harbor Tour USS Wisconsin Commissionned in 1944 Displayed in 2000 in Norfolk, VA Nauticus NAUTICUS inspires and educates with engaging & interactive experiences that celebrate our connections with today's maritime world. Nauticus is a contemporary museum that uses the natural setting of Norfolk's harbor to showcase global maritime commerce and the world's largest Navy

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