LandCare Stewardship Fair
The Grayson Land Stewardship Fair was held on May 10, 2008 at the 1908 Courthouse in Independence, in conjunction with the first annual Earth Day celebration in Independence.
Welcome to Grayson LandCare
Grayson LandCare is a locally organized group of farmers, landowners, and residents concerned about economic and environmental problems in Grayson County and southwest Virginia. Grayson County has historically been a rural agricultural community based on small-town values and the unique cultural identity of our beautiful Appalachian landscape. Unfortunately, rising land prices, higher property taxes, and competition from corporate farming threaten to overcome family farms, fragment our country landscape, and destroy our rural way of life.
Stewardship Fair
“Land Stewardship Fair — what is your vision for the future?”
Benefits of LandCare
Putting communities in charge of their own local environment leads to preservation of the natural assets upon which rural economies depend. Landcare is highly replicable, and is a key element of sustainable development at the local, regional, state and national levels.
Origins of LandCare
Begun in Australia in 1989 to restore severely damaged ecosystems "one watershed at a time," landcare now is carried out by some 6,000 community landcare and coastcare groups in coastal, rural and urban areas of Australia. Eighty-five percent of Australians recognize the official landcare logo.