Reminder: Farm Share Social & Tour - Sat Sept 24, 3-5pm - Farm Happenings at Broadfork Farm

We've really had a taste of fall weather recently! That puts an extra skip in our step and we get excited to show you around our farm! We invite you to an afternoon on the farm during our favorite time of year! Join us for a Farm Share Social on Saturday, September 24 from 3:00 - 5:00.

-> Bring some food to share if you'd like, but there's no pressure.

-> We'll have some light bites and beverages appropriate for the weather. (It will likely be warm so we'll have some iced drinks! But just in case there's a cold snap, we'll have the hot tea pot ready and waiting.)

-> We'll give a walking tour of the farm starting at 3:30, so dress accordingly. (I.e. shoes that you're willing to get dirty.)

-> Bring sunhat or raincoat as weather indicates, and leave all your pets at home.

We love meeting new Farm Share members and getting to see returning ones! We love allowing our community members the opportunity to see where their food (and flowers) are grown, where our bread is baked, and hear from us how we manage soil and plants. Curious how we grow so much food on just 2 acres and with only organic/biological/regenerative growing methods? Carve out a couple of hours to join us!

Our Rainbow Chard and Curly Kale are in their prime right now. Enjoy these leafy greens raw, cooked, or dry and powder them to add to smoothies and baked goods.

Not pictured above, but our Napa/Chinese Cabbage will be ready for us this week -- so long as the resident groundhog doesn't decide to eat them. We see signs of one chomping on various things - primarily the cantaloupe in Sylvie's garden. We haven't been able to trap it yet, and we never know where it will dine next. It's frustrating to say the least. All of our cabbage varieties are delicious as slaw or cooked.

If you've received this email, you have a share scheduled to pick up in two days. (Sudden need to be out of town? No problem -- log in and click on "Reschedule or Hold this Share" BEFORE 6am the day before pick up.)

For Pick Up:

- Please remember to bring your own bags each week.

- At Self Serve locations: Our vegetables are in green plastic boxes at the pick up location, labelled with members' names. Find the box with your name on it. - Empty the vegetables into your bag and leave the empty, green box for us to collect.

- Loaves of bread, for those who have ordered one, will be near the green boxes, labeled with your name. Pick up your loaf if you are due one. (Some people have purchased a Bread Share for a loaf each week of the season. Some people order a loaf when they please.)
- Same for cooler(s) at pick up locations with any cold items that aren't vegetables (fermented vegetables, etc...)

- At Staffed locations: One of us will be there to quickly gather your items for you to bag up and bring home.
- Preparation ideas and recipe suggestions are in your email. Also check out our Pinterest Page for lots of recipe ideas, organized by vegetable.

Thank you, once again, for being part of our Farm Share! Our farm wouldn't exist without you, and we're so happy to nourish you with what we grow (and bake).

With huge gratitude ~
Janet, Dan, and the whole Broadfork crew (Julie, Mia, Natalie, Sophie, Magda, S., Zach, 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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