Bug & Butterfly Experts During the recent Virginia Tech research center’s Family & Farm Day, (from left) Shirin Parizad, Paul Semtner, Grace Rogers, and Abderrahmane Boucherf guided visitors in hands-on exploration of insects and butterflies.
It was a beautiful September day, and more than 1,000 visitors attended Family & Farm Day, hosted by Virginia Tech’s Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research & Extension Center. UPPER LEFT: Lynsey Smith and friends, an Eastern Bearded Dragon and a corn snake, entertain visitors at Family and Farm Day. UPPER RIGHT: PJ Shepherd and grandson Colin Lightner make grain art. LOWER LEFT: Sandra Bennett from Thistle Cove Farm demonstrates how to hand churn butter. LOWER RIGHT: Mike Godwin talks with a guest about the craft of blacksmithing.
Photos by Suzanne Pruitt, Communications Associate, Virginia Tech Southern Piedmont and Tidewater Ag. Research & Extension Centers
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