Farm Happenings for March 7, 2020

March has rolled around again! Tomato babies are growing, more and more plants are going in the ground outside every week, and we have new farm staff members starting in two weeks. Things happen fast this time of year on the farm!

We have a nice selection of greens to harvest for you this week, plus carrots. Enjoy your options!

Reminder: THREE EVENTS THIS SPRING at our farm...
We are hosting three different events here this spring taught by amazing teachers. Read below for details and email us if you have any questions.

Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop - by Jim Moniz. Saturday, March 14, 10a-3p. Details found here.

Wood Fired Cooking Workshop - by Rebecca Sauerdieck. Saturday, April 25, 11a-4p. Details found here.

Wood, Leather, and Metal Crafting Workshop - by Peter Yencken and Paul Capriani. Friday, May 1st at 6pm - Sunday, May 3rd in the afternoon. Join these master craftsmen to make an item of your choosing - a leather satchel according to your specs, a knife with handle you carve for the shape of your hand, a pair of leather shoes for your own feet, a forged knife blade...the options abound. Details found here.

With gratitude,

Janet & Dan

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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