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Farm Happenings at Broadfork Farm
Renewal for 2024 HAPPENS NEXT WEEK - Pls read email and prepare
It's time to reserve your spot for the 2024 Farm Share season!
As a convenience to you, your Farm Share will automatically renew into the 2024 season and will take place on Friday, October 20th.(unless you've already opted out of auto-renew)
What to expect:
You will receive an email about your mem1 read more »
Renewal for 2024 HAPPENS NEXT WEEK - Pls read email and prepare
It's time to reserve your spot for the 2024 Farm Share season!
As a convenience to you, your Farm Share will automatically renew into the 2024 season and will take place on Friday, October 20th.(unless you've already opted out of auto-renew)
What to expect:
You will receive an email about your mem1 read more »
Renewal for 2024 HAPPENS NEXT WEEK - Pls read email and prepare
It's time to reserve your spot for the 2024 Farm Share season!
As a convenience to you, your Farm Share will automatically renew into the 2024 season and will take place on Friday, October 20th.(unless you've already opted out of auto-renew)
What to expect:
You will receive an email about your mem1 read more »
St Stephens pick up: Market now opens at 9:00. Please try to pick up no earlier than then.
St Stephens pick up: Market now opens at 9:00. Please try to pick up no earlier than then.
Here is your Bread Share email!
This email is just for Bread Share members so that you can select your loaf variety through this software. You'll get an email like this each week that you have a Bread Share s1 read more »
St Stephens pick up: Market now opens at 9:00. Please try to pick up no earlier than then.
St Stephens pick up: Market now opens at 9:00. Please try your hardest to pick up no earlier than then.
--> Hard to read this email? Tough to customize on your phone? BOTH of these issues are solved by opening this email on a laptop/desktop. (And switching to "Dark Theme" on your phone makes it1 read more »
Bread Shares for October 4, 2023
Here is your Bread Share email!
This email is just for Bread Share members so that you can select your loaf variety through this software. You'll get an email like this each week that you have a Bread Share scheduled. Log in below or with this link and see your loaf options for this week1 read more »
Thank You for attending the Social & Farm Tour! ...plus Farm Shares for October 4, 2023
--> Hard to read this email? Tough to customize on your phone? BOTH of these issues are solved by opening this email on a laptop/desktop. (And switching to "Dark Theme" on your phone makes it more able to be read.)
THANK YOU to everyone who joined us (and also to those who WANTED to join us but1 read more »
MEMBER SOCIAL @ our farm: Sept 30th... plus Bread Shares for September 30, 2023
YOU'RE INVITED! Our annual Farm Share Member Social is Saturday, September 30th from 2:00-4:00 here at our farm. Please join us to see where your food is grown, ask us any questions you have, and enjoy a guided tour of our fields. We'll have some humble farm snacks and beverages. Meet ot1 read more »
MEMBER SOCIAL: Sept 30th @ our farm... plus Farm Shares for September 30, 2023
YOU'RE INVITED! Our annual Farm Share Member Social is Saturday, September 30th from 2:00-4:00 here at our farm. Please join us to see where your food is grown, ask us any questions you have, and enjoy a guided tour of our fields. We'll have some humble farm snacks and beverages. Meet ot1 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.