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Gov. Gerald Baliles has asked Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to broaden the scope of its study of the “Future of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Industries in Virginia.” The study was initiated in January 1986 and a completed report will be delivered to the governor by the end of the year.
Baliles told a crowd of more than 1,000 people at Agri-Tech ’86, “The report I have commissioned should examine the future of agriculture in the broadest terms possible — to consider all aspects of agriculture — both national and international. The report should secure a definition of Virginia agriculture commensurate with the realities of the global economic market and agriculture’s contribution to Virginia’s fiscal well being.”
“Virginia must take charge of its own destiny,” the governor said. “I have asked Virginia Tech, as the next stage in its futures study, to critically analyze how Virginia’s state government contributes to, or detracts from, the success of the commonwealth’s agricultural community.”
The phase one report included an overview of global issues, a rundown of challenges and opportunities in each region, a summary of statewide challenges and opportunities, and an
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