During budget work session talks on Friday, Jan. 24, at the Middlesex County Historic Courthouse in Saluda, Middlesex supervisors seemed surprised that of $1,587,778 in grant funds given out in 2024 to implement agriculture conservation practices, Middlesex farmers were awarded $800,853. That’s the highest amount of all counties in the Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District (TSWCD).
The TSWCD serves the counties of Middlesex, Gloucester and Mathews. “I am glad to see that our farmers are getting the bulk of the grant funds, but why is that?” asked Hartfield District Supervisor Bill Harris.
TSWCD spokesperson Meredith Rose said Middlesex County has some of the most productive and valuable farmland in the three county district and has more farmland available than either Gloucester or Mathews.
