In the News

Below are just a few of the local and national news stories that we’ve been featured in.

• CanvasREBEL:
  https://canvasrebel.com/meet-candace-monaghan/
• WDBJ7:
  https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/09/02/grown-here-home-beaver-dam-farm-sunflower-festival-returns-ninth-year/
• WDBJ7:
  https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/09/03/welding-student-projects-be-displayed-sold-beaver-dam-farm-sunflower-festival/
• WDBJ7:
  https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/09/15/9th-annual-beaver-dam-farm-sunflower-festival-wraps-up-with-fortunate-weather-vendor-success/
• WDBJ7:
  https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/10/01/hurricane-helenes-aftermath-leaves-sunflower-farm-flattened/

• State Fair of Virginia:
  https://www.statefairva.org/p/getinvolved/superag
• Farm Bureau Cultivate Magazine:
  https://issuu.com/virginiafarmbureau/docs/03_cultivate_summer_2023_final/18
• Valley Business FRONT: (page 22)
  http://vbfront.com/_vbFRONT_2023/vbFRONT_Aug23.pdf
• ABC 13 NEWS:
  https://wset.com/news/local/east-coasts-largest-sunflower-festival-set-to-return-at-beaver-dam-farm-buchanan-virginia-august-2023?fbclid=IwAR0Upqfv7XoE1rvoAT1AI6EprVeYyS7t4s5ufnXSYfXGO63nua4ifMAA818
• THE ROANOKE STAR:
  https://theroanokestar.com/2023/08/02/beaver-dam-farm-sunflower-festival-announces-2023-festival-dates/
• GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN’S VTC GRANT PRESS RELEASE:
  https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2023/may/name-1002629-en.html

• NBC NIGHTLY NEWS STORY:
  https://www.nbc.com/nbc-nightly-news/video/sunflowers-marking-support-for-ukraine/679621591
• SALON ARTICLE:
  https://www.salon.com/2022/03/04/sunflower-ukraine-symbol-resistance/
• GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN’S VTC GRANT PRESS RELEASE:
  https://theroanokestar.com/2022/05/11/beaver-dam-farm-sunflowers-receives-virginia-tourism-corporation-grant-for-tourism-marketing/?fbclid=IwAR0JQefblRJ1n9x8FN3tPM3cMOcEvA1foBPPtHFdzVAH8D3bQ6ClmJA9zqQ

2021:

• THE ROANOKER:
  https://theroanoker.com/blogging/behind-the-page/monaghan-emerges-victorious-from-the-gauntlet/
• WSLS NEWS STORY:
  https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/08/13/how-a-sunflower-festival-in-botetourt-county-blossomed-into-an-event-attended-by-thousands-nationwide/
• THE ROANOKE STAR ARTICLE:
  https://theroanokestar.com/2021/08/05/6th-annual-beaver-dam-farm-sunflower-festival-to-be-held-in-buchanan/
• WSLS NEWS STORY:
  https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/08/09/buchanan-sunflower-festival-rooted-in-success-expects-record-crowds-this-fall/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wsls10&fbclid=IwAR1uEFI9HPOgS0NgynvyWqN26zHxOLeLzFq8lQ6w1Pu1hfKTieIhoHVUOzQ&__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

2020:

• WFXR STORY:
  https://www.wfxrtv.com/digital-originals/beaver-dam-farm-gears-up-for-annual-sunflower-festival/
• LYNCHBURG LIVING ARTICLE:
  https://lynchburgliving.com/flowers-everywhere/
• THE DELMARVA FARMER ARTICLE:
  https://americanfarmpublications.com/expanding-sunflower-attraction-part-of-family-farm-transition-plan/

2019:

• WSLS STORY:
  https://www.wsls.com/news/2019/09/07/sunflower-festival-featuring-21-acres-of-flowers-expected-to-attract-thousands-of-visitors/
• THE BOTETOURT BEE ARTICLE:
  https://thebotetourtbee.com/2019/08/20/botetourts-sunflower-festival-dates-depend-on-sunflowers-growth/
• WDBJ7 – GROWN HERE AT HOME STORY:
  https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Grown-Here-at-Home-Harvesting-sunflower-seeds-505017121.html

2018:

• WDBJ7 STORY:
  https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Sunflower-Festival-492260021.html
• WDBJ7 – GROWN HERE AT HOME STORY:
  https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Grown-Here-at-Home–481334621.html
• WDBJ7 – 7 @ 4 STORY:
  https://www.wdbj7.com/content/misc/7four–491831631.html
• FINCASTLE HERALD:
  https://fincastleherald.com/sunflower-festival-expands-to-two-september-weekends/

2016:

• WDBJ7 STORY:
  https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/30-acre-field-of-sunflowers-turning-heads-in-Botetourt-County-393632771.html