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Farm Happenings at Broadfork Farm
Farm Happenings, week of Jan 11th
Happy second week of 2021. We hope we provide you comfort through nourishing food!
Greens, Carrots, and a few herbs are available, plus Butternut Squash and our Breads.
Blessings on your meals ~
Janet & Dan, plus the winter crew (Karen, Rachel, and the farm kids) read more »
Here's to 2021!
The farm is fairly quiet right now (relative to the flurry of activity during most of the year) and very, very saturated with water. We are not happy nor surprised that 2020 ended up as the 3rd wettest year in recorded history for this area. Do you remember what year was the 2nd wettest year? That1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 17, 2020
Happy Last Farm Share of 2020! As we enter the darkest week of the entire year, and with the upcoming conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, we naturally spend more time reflecting and pondering. The universe is so large, but our daily actions and interactions ground us in the present and connect us wi1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 10, 2020
For some members, this is the first week of Winter Farm Share - Welcome! You'll receive an email like this each Tuesday morning before you have a share scheduled to pick up later in the week. NOTE: Individual members' schedules may be different due to how every-other-week shares fall on t1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 3, 2020
Welcome to our Winter Farm Share! You'll receive an email like this each Tuesday morning before you have a share scheduled to pick up later in the week. NOTE: Individual members' schedules may be different due to how every-other-week shares fall on the calendar, AND we are closed for Farm Shares fr1 read more »
Pick up is TODAY!
Happy Final Farm Share week for this season! Everything related to Farm Share happens 24 HOURS EARLIER than usual. Please remember to pick up on Tuesday, same times, same places.
Our Winter Farm Share starts Dec 3 and sign up is on Harvie.farm ...log in and click on "Place Order" to continue to hav1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 21, 2020
Our final Saturday Farm Share of this season is upon us! THANK YOU for enjoying what we've grown this season. We are truly a community supported farm and we are so grateful that you all have chosen us to grow food for you. It is an honor and a pleasure, and we look forward to great farming in 2021!1 read more »
Thanksgiving week p/u = TUESDAY
Please remember: NEXT WEEK everything about Farm Share happens 24 HOURS EARLIER. // Pick up is on Tuesday. Same times, same places. // Your customization email will arrive Sunday morning, etc.
And it's the last week of our main-season Farm Share! For the every-other-week shareholder1 read more »
Reminder: Final Shares Nov 14 or 21
This Saturday is the last Farm Share for SOME every-other-week members. Our final share for this season is Saturday, Nov 21. Remember: We grow year round! See below for details about how to get our vegetables December through April.
Pictured above: One particularly large donation of our veget1 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.