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 Times
March 4, 2008
Summary: Flexibility has kept Big Spring Mill going while other mills have gone out of business, co-owner Bob Long said.
Video: Making flour the old-fashioned way
ELLISTON — Dave Long can remember when Montgomery County had more than a dozen dairy farms and supported four family-owned feed and flour mills.
Today he [...]