Farm Happenings for April 4, 2020

*Reminders: Pick up at our Farm and Good Health Herbs is like 2 weeks ago: outside, bagged for you to grab and go. At the Farmers' Market @ St. Stephens - we are back at the St. Stephens' parking lot. Shares are bagged for you to grab and go from our booth, only one customer allowed near booth at a time. We will set your share out on the table for you when you walk up. Thank you! - J&D

Happy Thursday, dear Farm Share members -

We are beyond grateful to still be able to be growing food for you. Let this stay so! -------------

We are thankful for this warm early spring - plants are growing very nicely. We have a lovely assortment of options for you today! ---------------

We have saved the best of the harvest for your shares, as we always do for our Farm Share members. We have fewer "Extras" available currently due to an increase in number of community members who now wish to shop from us. We are thrilled to be wanted, and we thank you in advance for your patience as we learn a new way to juggle the "extra" harvest items. ----------------

Thank you for making our farm the vibrant place that it is. We love you! ----------

Blessings on your meals -

Janet & Dan and the rest of the Broadfork crew (Julie, Jessica, Caity, Diana, Mare, Ray, Rachel, and the children: Sylvie, Joren, Elletta, & Beckett)

Owned and operated by Janet Aardema and Dan Gagnon, Broadfork is a small family farm in Chesterfield, VA providing the metro-Richmond area with Certified Naturally Grown vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
We use traditional European methods of biointensive, raised bed production while maximizing soil and plant health for nutrition and sustainability. No synthetic/chemical fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, or fungicide is ever used in any part of the process of growing your food. Everything we sell is grown by us, and we farm full-time, supporting ourselves and our four children through our farm business.

Growing practices at Broadfork utilize only ecological methods: compost, cover crops, organic fertilizer, and minerals are used to feed the soil that feeds our plants. Raised beds are used to prevent soil-compaction, allowing for happier plant roots. We use organic potting soil and fertilizer, as well as amendments like fish emulsion and sea minerals. No chemical fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, or pesticides are ever used on your food and we are Certified Naturally Grown (which follows the same national standards used for Organic Certification). We are also proud members of the Virginia Association for Biological Farming and Slow Food RVA. Janet and Dan both hold Bachelor’s Degrees in Biology from Davidson and Lafayette Colleges, respectively. Janet holds a Master’s Degree in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. We both thrive on putting our biology backgrounds to use in a farm setting and share a passion for farm education.

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