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DIRECTORY OF VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL & CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS

Agricultural Organizations — GENERAL

American Farmland Trust
Mid-Atlantic Region
1200 18th St, NW, Ste. 800
Washington, DC 20036
202.378.1235 ext. 235
jbaird@farmland.org

Chippokes Farm and Forestry Museum
757.294.3439

Federation of Virginia Food Banks
Leslie Van Horn, Executive Director
800 Tidewater Drive
Norfolk, VA 23504
757.314.4572, FAX: 757.314.4574
Cell: 757.580.8771
E-mail: leslie@vafoodbanks.org

Migrant & Seasonal Farmworkers Policy Committee
Dolores Esser, Commissioner
703 E. Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804.786.3001, FAX: 804.225.3923
Dee.Esser@vec.virginia.gov

Museum of American Frontier Culture
P. O. Box 810
Staunton, VA 24402-0810
540.332.7850, FAX: 540.332.9989
info@fcmv.virginia.gov

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
1156 15th Street, N. W. Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20005
202.296.9680, FAX: 202.296.9686
nasda@nasda.org

Stephen Haterius, Executive Director
DeWitt Ashby - Director U.S. Food Export Showcase

National Black Farmers Association
John W. Boyd, President
68 Wind Road
Baskerville, VA 23915
804.691.8528
johnwboyd2000@yahoo.com

National Institute for Animal Agriculture
Glenn N. Slack, President/CEO
1910 Lyda Avenue, Bowling Green, KY 42104-5809
270.782.9798, FAX: 270.782.0188
niaa@animalagriculture.org

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
David Hudgins, Director of Economic Development
P.O. Box 2310
Glen Allen, VA 23058-2310
804.968.4068; FAX: 804.968.4010
dhudgins@odec.com

Plant Pollination Advisory Board
Keith Tignor, Secretary-Treasurer
P.O. Box 1163
Richmond, VA 23218
804.786.3515; FAX: 804.371.7793
keith.tignor@vdacs.virginia.gov

Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture (SASDA)
Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture
Ellington Ag Center
Box 40627, Melrose Station
Nashville, TN 37204
615.837.5103
TN.Agriculture@tn.gov

Southern States Cooperative, Inc.
P.O. Box 26234
Richmond, VA 23260-6234
804.281.1000

Thomas Scribner, President & CEO
804.281.1305, FAX: 804.281.1383

Rich Schneider, Director of Corporate Communications,
Member Relations and Public Affairs
804.281.7726          

Southwest Virginia Agricultural Association, Inc.
121 Bagley Circle, Suite 434
Marion, VA 24354
276.783.5175, FAX: 276.783.9314

Ralph Puckett, President
Matthew Miller, Secretary
mamille6@vt.edu

Virginia Agribusiness Council
701 East Franklin Street, Suite 503
Richmond, VA 23218
804.643.3555, FAX: 804.643.3556
va.agribusiness@att.net

Donna Pugh Johnson, President
Katie Frazier, Vice President - Public Affairs

Virginia Agricultural Council Board
Donald B. Ayers, Executive Director
7163 Ayersby Drive
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
804.779.3742, FAX: 804.779.2581
Cell: 804.291.8946
don.ayers@vdacs.virginia.gov

Virginia Association for Biological Farming
Katherine Smith, President
P.O. Box 1003
Lexington, VA 24450
540.463.6363

Jean N. Harris, President of the VABF Foundation
1715 Blair St.
Christiansburg, VA 24073
540.633.0089
nyej@vt.edu

Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
7308 Hanover Green Drive, Suite 100
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
804.559.0324; 800.727.6354 FAX: 804.559.0325

Dr. Wilkie W. Chaffin, President
2747 Singleton Road
Pamplin, VA 23958
434.574.6803, FAX: 434.392.4577
drwwc@hughes.net

Kendall Elaine Tyree, Association Administrator
7308 Hanover Green Drive, Suite 100
Mechanicsville, VA  23111
804.559.0324; 800.727.6354 FAX: 804.559.0325
kendall.tyree@vaswcd.org

Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Roy Seward, Secretary
P.O. Box 1163
Richmond, VA 23218-1163
804.786.3538, FAX: 804.371.2945

Virginia Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
Larry Nichols, VDACS
102 Governor St., LL54
Richmond, VA 23219
804.786.3515, FAX: 804.371.7793
larry.nichols@vdacs.virginia.gov

Virginia Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Inc.
Hugh Harris, Executive Secretary
P.O. Box 26234
Richmond, VA 23260
804.281.1452, FAX: 804.281.1141
hugh.harris@sscoop.com

Virginia Crop Improvement Association
9225 Atlee Branch Lane
Mechanicsville, VA 23116
804.746.4884, FAX: 804.746.9447
virginiacrop.org

David Whitt, Program Manager
dwhitt@vt.edu

Bruce Beahm, Manager
VCIA Foundation Seed Farm
4200 Cople Highway
Mount Holly, VA 22524
804.472.3500, FAX: 804.472.4649
bbeahm@rivnet.net

Virginia Crop Production Association (VACPA)
Angela Phillips, Executive Secretary
6442 Cross Keys Road
Mt Crawford, VA 22841
540.234.9408, FAX: 540.234.8570
VACPA@earthlink.net

Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
P. O. Box 27552
Richmond, VA 23261-7552

Wayne F. Pryor, President
804.290.1007, FAX: 804.290.1098
wayne.pryor@vafb.com

Al Glass, Director of Commodity Marketing
804.290.1156, FAX: 804.290.1081
aglas@vafb.com

Martha Moore, Director of Public Affairs
804.290.1013, FAX: 804.290.1099
mmoor@vafb.com

Greg Hicks, Director of Communications
804.290.1139, FAX: 804.290.1096
ghick@vafb.com

Virginia Forage and Grassland Council
Jerry Swisher, President
873 Sterrett Road
Fairfield, VA 24435
jmswisher@netols.net

Margaret J. Kenny, Administrative Assistant
3599 Indian Oak Road
Crewe, VA 23930
434.645.9639
makenny@vt.edu

Virginia State Feed Association
Bob and Susan Threewitts, Executive Vice-President
2462 Mountain Valley Road
Keezletown, VA 22832
540.269.8321, FAX: 540.269.8320
Cell: 540.908.7767
vsfa@hotmail.com

Virginia’s Finest Trademark Program
Olivia Wilson, Manager
P. O. Box 1163
Richmond, VA 23218-1163
804.786.2112; 800.284.9452
olivia.wilson@vdacs.virginia.gov

Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives
P. O. Box 2340
Glen Allen, VA 23058-2340
804.346.3344, FAX: 804.346.3448

Richard Johnstone, Vice President
804.968.4087, FAX: 804.346.3448
rjohnstone@odec.com

Susan Rubin, Assistant Vice President
804.968.4084, FAX: 804.346.3448
srubin.odec.com

Virginia Meat Goat Association (VMGA)
Jesse E. Hodges, Secretary
232 Greenwood Farms Road
Barboursville, VA 22923
434.985.7916

Young Farmers of Virginia
Dr. Glenn Anderson, Executive Secretary
James Monroe Building, 21st Floor
P. O. Box 2120
Richmond, VA 23218-2120
804.225.2840, FAX: 804.371.2456
glenn.anderson@doe.virginia.gov

Jon McDonald, President
529 Walkers Creek Road
Rockbridge Baths, VA 24473
540.348.5485
jonjanemcd@aol.com

Virginia Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Board
c/o Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
Kenneth E. Annis, Chairman
2148 Clearview Road
Exmore, VA 23350
757.442.6355
kennya1@verizon.net

Virginia-North Carolina Select Sires, Inc.
C. Wayne Dudley, Manager
P. O. Box 370
Rocky Mount, VA 24151
540.483.5123, FAX: 540.483.7286
ssires@swva.net

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