Digital FarmStand for Sat., May 8

The farm is bursting with abundance this week! Here is your chance to order a one-time share of vegetables, plus options for Breads, Herbal Gift Sets from Gathered Threads Farm in Nelson County, super delicious fermented vegetables from Gathered Threads, eggs from Steve Ault, and flowers from our farm. (May we point out there is a very deserved holiday this weekend...) Pick up is this Saturday, May 8.

Choose what items you'd like, and choose your pick up location (our farm, Good Health Herbs, or the Farmers' Market @ St. Stephens). We'll harvest and pack everything for you on Friday. This is what your Salad Mix looks like before we cut it for you. :)

Enjoy your options, and thank you in advance for ordering! Your love of what we grow (and bake and offer) keeps our farm alive, regenerating the soil, capturing carbon, creating a biodiverse community of soil microbes, employing 8 people plus supporting our family of 6, and providing our community with nutritious and delicious food! We think it's a win-win.

Blessings on your meals -

– Janet, Dan, & the whole Broadfork crew (Julie, Karen, Rachel, Courtney, Maya, Nick, Parker, and the farm kids)
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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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