Farm Share is now a GO for 2023!

It's Farm Share time!

Thank you so very much for choosing to eat what we grow. We are honored to farm these vegetables (and bake bread) for you. We'll introduce ourselves and our crew next week. For now, we want to help you successfully navigate this First Farm Share week. Read on for details (reminders if you're a returning member or really digested the emails we sent with this info in April) and Pro Tips!

Need to check on or make changes to your pick up dates? Log in here.

Bread Share members: You'll get a SEPARATE email to customize your bread share in just a few moments.

To Customize Your Share:
Each time you are scheduled to have a share, you'll receive an email from us 2 days prior. It should have subject line "Time to Customize Your Share." The software will create a default share for you (based on your indicated preferences and what we have available to harvest) and list those default contents in the email. The email also contains a link saying "Want to make changes to your share or add extras?" Click on that link to customize your share! Customization ends at 6 am on the day before your pick up day.

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 and bags of Tomatoes during Tomato season, for those who have ordered them, will be near the green boxes, labeled with your name. Pick up your bag(s) if you are due one or more. (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 (eggs, fermented vegetables, etc...See below for more info.)

- 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.

Self-serve Pick Up looks something like these (with seasonal variation!):

Payment:
As indicated during your sign up process, if you did not pay in full, here is the payment schedule:

- 25% of the total share cost was charged to your credit card when you signed up (or maybe you paid by check).

- 25% of the total share cost will be charged to your card on file the first day you pick up a share. (Harvie and Stripe credit card processing handle this...we don't have your credit card info)

- After that, 50% of the share cost remains due. That 50% is then divided evenly between the number of shares you have signed up for. That fraction is charged to your credit card on file each day that you have a share, plus the charge for any extras you order in any particular week.

- You are welcome to pay your remaining balance in full or pay a portion at any time with cash, check, or charge. Hand your farmers cash, mail your farmers a check, or log in to your account and click on My Profile -> Payment Details to make a one-time credit card payment.

Vacations:
If you will be gone and can't pick up a particular week's share you can reschedule that week's share for a different week in the Harvie software, or you can have a friend or family member pick up for you. Just forward this email to them so they know the details.

Want more than just your Farm Share of vegetables?
Extras: Each time you get an email for a week's telling you it's "Time to Customize Your Share..." you will have the option to swap items as well as order "Extras." Extras are one time, a la carte items that you have to order if and when you want them.

Optional Extras:

BREAD: You can purchase a loaf of our amazing, 100% Certified Organic ingredients, wild-yeast risen, wood-fired-oven bread. There are multiple loaf varieties. You can also swap out items for bread in any week's share, or purchase bread as an "Extra" with any share. Note: Our Breads contain zero oil or preservatives. This contributes to their wonderfulness but makes the loaves very different than grocery store bread. Eat quickly, store in a plastic bag (maybe in the fridge), or freeze in order to best enjoy the bread. (Otherwise you will have hard and dry bread.)

HERBAL PRODUCTS: Our 15 year old daughter makes herbal products (salve, tea, etc.) from herbs on our farm and offers them for sale when available. We also offer products from Gathered Threads Farm in Nelson County. They cultivate over 150 varieties of herbs without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and then combine them in fantastic ways. Look for both in our self-serve FarmStand.

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EGGS: Steve Ault of Aults' Family Farm and Ring-a-Bell Farm in Pamplin offer their eggs for sale through us. Their chickens live on pasture and are fed supplemental non-gmo feed from Sunrise Farms. Their eggs are fabulous and we trust their farming practices completely. You can purchase their eggs in our self-serve FarmStand at our farm and you can order them through the Harvie system "Extras" when you customize your share.

Our FarmStand is at our farm and open every day of the week, 9am-dusk (or 7pm, whichever is earlier). Visit us to see where your vegetables grow and pick up some extras for yourself or a friend. We have vegetable and herb plants for your garden available in the Spring, in addition to a host of our vegetables, and we have flower bouquets most weeks of the summer. Driving directions here.

You are also invited to shop for our goods at the farmers' market where we vend on Saturdays: Farmers' Market @ St. Stephens.

Additionally, we send an e-newsletter a couple of times per season to let folks know what's growing and happening on the farm, what recipes we're digging, and any special events. We've added your email address to our list of recipients.

Finally, we have a Facebook group for our members to share recipes ideas, etc. Visit and join here.

Upcoming Farm Events: Join us on the farm for some creative carpentry, knife making, carving, weaving, and more! Choose your project and sign up by reading details about our June 3-4 Folk School workshops here. Project options include your own custom knife, pack basket, bow and arrows, leather bags, and more.

Any questions? Just reach out! And remember to log in and check your delivery days and location details.

Any questions? Reply to this email and let us know how we can help you. We so deeply appreciate the opportunity to farm for you.

Thank you for being the most important part of our farm! We love you!

With blessings on your meals ~
Janet, Dan, and the whole Broadfork crew (Julie, Tait, Alisa, Erica, Leah, Siera, Jen, Nicolette, and the farm kids)

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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