2015 Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
§ 3.2-105. Century Farm Program
The Commissioner shall establish a century farm program to honor farm families in the Commonwealth whose property has been in the same family for 100 years or more. In order to be eligible for recognition under the program, a farm shall: (i) have been owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years; (ii) be lived on, or actually farmed by, a descendent of the original owners; and (iii) gross more than $2,500 annually from the sale of farm products. At the discretion of the Commissioner, a farm that does not gross more than $2,500 annually but is being used for a bona fide silvicultural purpose may be recognized under the program.
1997, c. 161, ยง 3.1-17.1; 1999, c. 346; 2008, c. 860.
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