Consultant Mike Watkins speaks to attendees during the final day of a four-day charrette at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, designed to help plan for the Lakeside community's future. (Liana Hardy/Henrico Citizen)
“We needed this rain,” farmer and entrepreneur Graham Redfern said from his front porch in Caroline County Wednesday as U.S. Rep. Eugene Vindman, who represents Virginia’s 7th District in Congress, approached.
The lawmaker was there to learn about the crops and products at Redfern Hemp Co., one of