Farm Happenings at Broadfork Farm
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Farm Happenings at Broadfork Farm

Seeding & Drying Out!

Posted on February 23rd, 2021
It's now full-on seeding time here, and it's a time of dreaming of drying out! That will likely remain a dream for a while based on the abundance of rain still in the forecast. Please cross your fingers with us as spring approaches. A super-saturated farm in the early spring is a major cause of del1 read more »

Farm Happenings for February 18, 2021

Posted on February 16th, 2021
Today's photo is courtesy of the year 2011 and our 10th Farm Birthday! Ten years ago yesterday our farm business became legal, while Dan was building our first hoophouse, pictured above (which no longer exists...we re-worked our farm layout a few years later). We had a 3 year old child and a 1 year1 read more »

Farm Happenings for February 11, 2021

Posted on February 9th, 2021
We were honored to take part in the Virginia Regenerative Agriculture Forum last week. If you missed it, we encourage you to watch the two films on which it was based: Kiss the Ground and Living Soil. The films explain the role agriculture plays in climate change and how regenerative1 read more »

Regenerative Ag Forum this week! plus Farm Share details here -

Posted on February 2nd, 2021
Admittedly, vegetable farming in the snow isn't the most fun ever, but that's okay. It doesn't happen very often here in Virginia, and everything we are harvesting this week is in our hoophouses. This does put a damper on the field work we'd like to get done, and the decreased sunlight slows down p1 read more »