It has been a relentlessly hot five weeks. Less than an inch of rain altogether. We are reaching the point of the season in which the garden looks tired and the weeds take over. Often times, in the midst of what may otherwise seem like chaos, pure beauty is revealed. And we stop, and smile, and contemplate, and become grateful. Today is one of those days. This sunflower popped on its own and with it a great deal of joy is filling our hearts. We are blessed.
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Mid-Summer Smiles
About the farm
We are a small family farm located in Grottoes, Virginia, serving the city of Harrisonburg and the counties of Rockingham, Augusta, and Greene. We produce high-quality food using sustainable practices and ethical principles of care for the common good. Having witnessed the healing power of good food in dealing with family health issues, we started farming in 2015 in an effort to sharing with others the benefits of fresh, nutritionally-dense food, grown in a clean environment, using integrative agricultural methods. We believe that in order for food to be healthful, the environment in which it grows has to be healthy. To that end, we integrate animal and plant systems in ways that, in their natural interactions, they create an ecological balance leading to abundance and quality.
We grow over 50 different vegetable crops, perennial vegetables and fruits, and raise pastured pork, as well as ducks and chickens, for meat and eggs.
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We grow over 50 different vegetable crops, perennial vegetables and fruits, and raise pastured pork, as well as ducks and chickens, for meat and eggs.