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Farm Happenings at Broadfork Farm
Farm Happenings for May 22, 2021
Here is your Farm Share email for this week! Spring is progressing nicely on the farm and we are happy with how most things are growing.
For some of our every-other-week members, this is your first share. Here's a repeat of information from last week's email to help everyone with the technica1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 19, 2021
Here is your Farm Share email for this week! Spring is progressing nicely on the farm and we are happy with how most things are growing.
For some of our every-other-week members, this is your first share. Here's a repeat of information from last week's email to help everyone with the technica1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 15, 2021
Happy First Farm Share!
MOST IMPORTANT Reminders: At our self-serve pick up sites, find the share WITH YOUR NAME ON IT, and then LEAVE US THE EMPTY GREEN BOX. You simply take the contents of the box, plus anything you've ordered that is packed separate from the green box (ie: Bread,1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 12, 2021
Happy First Farm Share!
MOST IMPORTANT Reminders: At our self-serve pick up sites, find the share WITH YOUR NAME ON IT, and then LEAVE US THE EMPTY GREEN BOX. You simply take the contents of the box, plus anything you've ordered that is packed separate from the green box (ie: Bread, Flowers,1 read more »
Digital FarmStand for Sat., May 8
The farm is bursting with abundance this week! Here is your chance to order a one-time share of vegetables, plus options for Breads, Herbal Gift Sets from Gathered Threads Farm in Nelson County, super delicious fermented vegetables from Gathered Threads, eggs from Steve Ault, and flowers from our f1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 15, 2021
Amazingly, this is the final week of our "Winter" Farm Share season. We shortened it by two weeks this year (and adjusted the price down accordingly) so that we could avoid the very-slim-harvest time we've run into during the end of April of year's past. We're just about finished harvesting our ove1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 8, 2021
For our every-other-week members that didn't get this message last week: Our brains and hearts are working hard to focus in on farming this week. We're grieving the loss of our friend's daughter, our weekly Saturday farmers' market companion: Lucia Bremer of Liberty Tree Farm was shot and kill1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 1, 2021
Our brains and hearts aren't much focused on farming this week. We're grieving the loss of our friend's daughter, our weekly Saturday farmers' market companion: Lucia Bremer of Liberty Tree Farm was shot and killed by a 14 year old school mate last Friday afternoon. We're angry and full of sorrow a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 25, 2021
For our every-other-week members that didn't get to see this last week:
Spring really feels like it's here now! Our new, inexperienced crew has arrived and started last week (see all of us, above!). We run an intensive educational program here on our farm, teaching new folks the science and t1 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.