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Farm Happenings at Broadfork Farm
Farm Happenings for July 26, 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. It's WATERMELON TIME! We've had some staff members out for vacation, and I (Janet) have an injured hand, so that means we brought in our capable children1 read more »
Deep into Summer for July 22, 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. The food is delicious, the flowers are beautiful, the weeds are thriving, and it's HOT and WET. And it's WATERMELON TIME! We've had some staff members ou1 read more »
Bread Shares for July 22, 2023
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Farm Happenings for July 19, 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. The food is delicious, the flowers are beautiful, the weeds are thriving, and it's HOT and WET.
Our Tomatoes are rolling now! (This is somewhat sur1 read more »
Bread Shares for July 19, 2023
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Bread Shares for July 15, 2023
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Beet & Summer Squash GLORY... for July 15, 2023
The food is delicious, the flowers are beautiful, the weeds are thriving, and it's HOT and WET.
We need to give a shout out to our BEET crop this season!
We grow both Red Beets and Gold Beets and they are so fantastic right now. We have hundreds of them for you! They are so good roaste1 read more »
Bread Shares for July 12, 2023
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Beet & Summer Squash GLORY... for July 12, 2023
As you can tell from the photos below, we're hitting stay-silly-to-stay-sane mode through the hot farm work days. Combine this with delicious food, dips in cold water, and vacation time for some staff members = this is how we make it through the peak of the farming season!
The food is1 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.