Just Dandy: Residents want rural county to ban farming Written by Reid Rosenthal on September 19, 2014 · Have a comment? YORK, Va. — Attempting to pre-empt Virginia’s freedom-to-farm law, residents in a York County community want local officials to ban agricultural activity in their neighborhood. More than 130 Dandy residents have signed a petition asking the Board of Supervisors to ban commercial farming — a move to thwart state legislation restricting local government’s power to […] Continue reading here »