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Farm Happenings at Broadfork Farm
Special Notes about Eggplant!
Options are fantastic this week! Watermelons, Green Beans, Onions (red and yellow), Potatoes (purple and gold), Carrots, Golden Beets, delicious tomatoes and even Salad greens!
But first...please read: We forgot to tell you all about how to store Eggplant! With apologies for not pointing it ou1 read more »
Special Notes about Eggplant!
We forgot to tell you all about how to store Eggplant! With apologies for not pointing it out until now, Eggplant is damaged by refrigerator temps. Keep it on your kitchen counter! It also should be used fairly quickly. It doesn't have as long as a life after harvest as most of our veggies.
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Farm Happenings for July 17, 2021
Good morning from your vegetable farmers! We get so busy in our work with soil and plants and the business end of planning and selling what we grow that we often forget to tell you important things about how we grow food (and flowers) for you! We are a small scale, diversified, regenerative, soil-b1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 14, 2021
Good morning from your vegetable farmers! We get so busy in our work with soil and plants and the business end of planning and selling what we grow that we often forget to tell you important things about how we grow food (and flowers) for you! We are a small scale, diversified, regenerative, soil-b1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 10, 2021
Remember to collect Tomatoes in paper bags with your name on them! - (We don't put them in cold storage with the other vegetables that we keep in our walk in cooler for the night before your pick up day.) They are in a crate right beside the green boxes/cold vegetables. (Same for breads, flowe1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 7, 2021
Remember to collect Tomatoes in paper bags with your name on them! - (We don't put them in cold storage with the other vegetables that we keep in our walk in cooler for the night before your pick up day.) They are in a crate right beside the green boxes/cold vegetables. (Same for breads, flowe1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 3, 2021
Remember to collect Tomatoes in paper bags with your name on them! - (We don't put them in cold storage with the other vegetables that we keep in our walk in cooler for the night before your pick up day.) They are in a crate right beside the green boxes/cold vegetables. (Same for breads, flowe1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 30, 2021
Remember to collect Tomatoes in paper bags with your name on it! - (We don't put them in cold storage with the other vegetables that we keep in our walk in cooler for the night before your pick up day.) They are in a crate right beside the green boxes/cold vegetables. (Same for breads, flowers1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 26, 2021
Remember to collect Tomatoes in paper bags with your name on it! - (We don't put them in cold storage with the other vegetables that we keep in our walk in cooler for the night before your pick up day.) They are in a crate right beside the green boxes/cold vegetables. (Same for breads, flowers1 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.