Fauquier County Department of Agricultural Development and the Fauquier Livestock Exchange Board of Directors have been awarded a planning grant to aid in the development of a new abattoir in Marshall. The $9,800 grant, from the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development (AFID) Fund Planning Grant Program, will help to establish a management structure and strategic plan for the operation of the new meat-processing facility

Flowers and art abound at Gainesville's Lynn Vale Farm & Studio on the Wild Western Prince William County Farm Tour on Sept. 25 only.

This horse farm will be open Saturday only; it will reveal the work Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District specialists completed with Edith Kennedy, owner, and other partners. The Gainesville farm is open Sept. 24 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Prince William County Police Department’s crime report for Sept. 22, 2011.

Visitors to the Smith Family Farm, which has been in the Smith family for more than a hundred years, will get to see animals and taste some of the beef produced at the Gainesville farm.

Oak Dale Baptist Church will offer lunch and a place to relax and commune with nature on Sept. 24, for the 11th annual, free, Prince William County Farm Tour.

Blue Top horse farm in Nokesville will let visitors view vistas and horses too during the Sept. 24 and 25 farm tour.

Produce and farming local will be the focus of the Yankey Farms part of the 11th annual Wild Western Prince William County Farm Tour, Sept. 24-25.

Organic tomatoes, pumpkins and Christmas trees will wow Evergreen Acres’ farm tour visitors on the Wild Western Prince William County Farm Tour on Sept. 24 and 25.