Duron Chavis' path to horticulture was nurtured by black farmers he met through Happily Natural Day, an event he conceived in 2003 to promote holistic health, cultural wellness and social change. “One ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Two acres on Richmond’s Southside is Duron Chavis’ therapy. “I spend a lot of time here working, doing things in the space," Chavis said. "It helps soothes the pain to know that we ...

Strawberries and blackberries grow fat in the summer heat. An insectary buzzes with the good kind of creepy crawlies, the ones that protect the tomatoes and cucumbers thriving in a nearby high tunnel.

RICHMOND, Va. — Duron Chavis is trying to right an environmental wrong in his neighborhood that’s been generations in the making. In Richmond’s Southside neighborhood, heat radiates from the asphalt ...

During the 20th century, Black Americans lost 90 percent of their land across the U.S. Duron Chavis is Chairman of the Board of the Central Virginia Agrarian Commons - a non-profit that focuses on ...

Proponents of a unique development that would have merged affordable housing with a working farm have withdrawn their rezoning application and halted the project, charging racial discrimination on the ...