By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
March 01, 2009
Summary: Alec and Sarah Bradford join a growing list of small family farms across the New River Valley that use environmentally conscious practices to raise their livestock.
ALLEGHANY SPRING — Alec Bradford stood in muddy boots on a recent Thursday morning, huddling against a cutting winter wind as he [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Jan. 10, 2009
Summary: Shooting Creek Farm Brewery will not open a tasting room to appease concerns about traffic.
There will be beer.
A compromise struck between the owners of Shooting Creek Farm Brewery and neighbors opposed to its licensing has finally opened the taps for Floyd County’s first commercial microbrewing operation.
If all [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Jan. 4, 2009
Summary: People who came of age during the Great Depression will tell you it’s part common sense, part determination and part creativity.
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BLACKSBURG — A question was asked recently at a book club gathering where some attendees [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Jan. 1, 2009
Summary: Bull & Bones Brewhaus and Grill officially opens today amid fanfare for the $1.8 million business
BLACKSBURG — Today the keen anticipation of microbrew fanatics will end when Bull & Bones Brewhaus and Grill opens for its first lunch service at 11 a.m., several hours before the Virginia [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
August 13, 2008
Summary: Four neighbors and a pastor have contested the licensing of Shooting Creek Farm Brewery.
Pour a pint and listen to the story of Shooting Creek Farm Brewery, some concerned neighbors and the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Ray Jones and Brett Nichols had hoped this summer to [...]