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Farm Happenings at Broadfork Farm
Farm Happenings for May 17, 2023
For some of our every-other week members, this is Farm Share Week #1! For our every-week members, this is Week #2.
Thank you so very much for choosing to eat what we grow. We are honored to farm these vegetables (and bake bread) for you. Our crew for the year is pictured above!
This email wil1 read more »
Bread Shares for May 13, 2023
Welcome to your first Bread Share week!
This email is just for Bread Share members so that you can select your loaf variety through this software. You'll get an email like this each week that you have a Bread Share scheduled. Log in here and see your loaf options for this week. We'll default you to1 read more »
Farm Share is Starting! (for May 13, 2023)
It's Farm Share time!
Thank you so very much for choosing to eat what we grow. We are honored to farm these vegetables (and bake bread) for you. Our crew for the year is pictured above!
This email will help you successfully navigate this First Farm Share week. Read on for details (reminders i1 read more »
Bread Shares for May 10, 2023
Welcome to your first Bread Share week!
This email is just for Bread Share members so that you can select your loaf variety through this software. You'll get an email like this each week that you have a Bread Share scheduled. Log in here and see your loaf options for this week. We'll default you to1 read more »
Farm Share is now a GO for 2023!
It's Farm Share time!
Thank you so very much for choosing to eat what we grow. We are honored to farm these vegetables (and bake bread) for you. We'll introduce ourselves and our crew next week. For now, we want to help you successfully navigate this First Farm Share week. Read on for details1 read more »
Digital FarmStand for May 6, 2023- Vegetables and Eggs available!
We have grown so many delicious vegetables for you! This email lets you know that you can place an order for pick up this Saturday, May 6th, through our digital FarmStand here.
Our Farm Share starts next week, but our fields are already bursting with vegetables -- so you can pre-order them he1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 23, 2022
Our farm is bursting with delicious abundance for you! This warm, dry fall has allowed vegetables to grow beautifully, so we're opening up our digital FarmStand right here. You can place an order through this email and pick up on Wednesday, November 23rd at our farm. (If you would like our goo1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 19, 2022
Roasted Pepper & Onion loaf AND Pumpernickel are both available this weekend!
This week = our last shares for this season! We'll still have LOTS of produce available through mid-December, so please visit our self-serve FarmStand at our farm or our booth at the Farmers' Market at1 read more »
Last Farm Share week, but LOTS of vegetables still available thru Dec 10
Our last shares for this season are this weekend! We'll still have LOTS of produce available through mid-December, so please visit our self-serve FarmStand at our farm or our booth at the Farmers' Market at St. Stephens. We'll have vegetables (and bread) at both places through December 101 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.