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Farm Happenings at Broadfork Farm
Farm Shares for July 2, 2022
EMINDER: Your TOMATOES will almost always be separate from the rest of your vegetables at pick up. Look in the crate located with shares.
On our farm, for most vegetables with seeds inside of them (botanically speaking they are "fruits") we harvest 3 times per week. For greens (lettuces and k1 read more »
Bread Shares for July 2, 2022
This email is just for Bread Share members so that you can select your loaf variety through this software. (No more clipboard like in past years!) You'll get an email like this each week that you have a Bread Share scheduled. Log in here and see your loaf options for this week. We'll defau1 read more »
Bread Shares for June 29, 2022
This email is just for Bread Share members so that you can select your loaf variety through this software. (No more clipboard like in past years!) You'll get an email like this each week that you have a Bread Share scheduled. Log in here and see your loaf options for this week. We'll default y1 read more »
Farm Shares for June 29, 2022
REMINDER: Your TOMATOES will almost always be separate from the rest of your vegetables at pick up. Look in the crate located with shares.
On our farm, for most vegetables with seeds inside of them (botanically speaking they are "fruits") we harvest 3 times per week. For greens (lettuces and1 read more »
Bread Shares for June 25, 2022
This email is just for Bread Share members so that you can select your loaf variety through this software. (No more clipboard like in past years!) You'll get an email like this each week that you have a Bread Share scheduled. Log in here and see your loaf options for this week. We'll default y1 read more »
Farm Shares for June 25, 2022
Summer officially began this week and our Tomato yields are becoming more abundant with every harvest! (They pair so nicely with our Basil, pictured in the photo above.)
REMINDER: Your TOMATOES will almost always be separate from the rest of your vegetables at pick up. Look in the crate loca1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 22, 2022
Summer officially begins *tomorrow* and our Tomato yields are becoming more abundant with every harvest!
REMINDER: Your TOMATOES will almost always be separate from the rest of your vegetables at pick up. Look in the crate located with shares.
On our farm, for most vegetables wit1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 22, 2022
This email is just for Bread Share members so that you can select your loaf variety through this software. (No more clipboard like in past years!) You'll get an email like this each week that you have a Bread Share scheduled. Log in here and see your loaf options for this week. We'll default y1 read more »
Bread Shares for June 18, 2022
This email is just for Bread Share members so that you can select your loaf variety through this software. (No more clipboard like in past years!) You'll get an email like this each week that you have a Bread Share scheduled. Log in here and see your loaf options for this week. We'll default y1 read more »
About the farm
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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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.