The Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development fund supports economic development and requires recipients to purchase 30% of their raw products from Virginia producers. In the last decade, businesses who received AFID grants invested $1.1 billion and created more than 3,700 new jobs.
Todd Haymore
Todd P. Haymore is managing director of Hunton Andrews Kurth’s public affairs consultancy. He served as secretary of commerce and trade for Gov. Terry McAuliffe; secretary of agriculture and forestry for McAuliffe as well as Gov. Bob McDonnell; and commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for Gov. Tim Kaine.