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Ready for 2017 CSA!…and mkt 2.11.2017
Happy February! To us, this means an important step closer to Spring and the seasons of abundance here. Despite the frequently warm temperatures this winter, it has also been a winter of record-setting...
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Salad & Sunshine…& mkt 2.18.2017
Salad. It’s February and it was hot and we all just want a salad. Kale. Because it’s February and it’s cold again we all just want a hot bowl of soup with kale. Bread. Because it’s February and we’re...
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CSA Sign Up Week!
Signing up for a CSA in North America is most popular this week – the last week of February. It makes sense. On farms around the country it’s starting to look like this: And our fabulous CSA members...
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We love Vegetables, Bread, & CSA…plus mkt 3.4.2017
Photographs today by a 9 year old child or Janet. The above photo shows that our orchard is beautiful and our bees are active, but we do not have the photography smarts to get the bee in focus. A wise...
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The Footprint of Bread…plus mkt 3.11.2017
A friend (thanks, Katie!) recently brought our attention to this story on NPR: What’s the Environmental Footprint of a Loaf of Bread? Now We Know. From the article: “What is new about the study, says...
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Why Go Out of Your Way?…plus mkt 3.18.2017
Because, simply, this is the best tasting food. [above photo credit: Sara Clark] Why does it taste better? For lots of reasons… Varieties chosen, our soil management, the freshness, the love we infuse…...
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The Abundance Ahead…plus mkt 3.25.2017
Spring is now officially here. The forecast doesn’t predict more really cold days or freezing nights. (BUT we still aren’t going to plant tomatoes early!) And around here life is dominated by three...
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Plants for Your Garden…plus mkt 4.1.2017
No fooling, the outside market resumes at St. Stephens this Saturday, April 1. We’ll be there, along with many other amazing vendors, with Salad / Radishes / Spinach / Kale / and lots of PLANTS for...
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Radish + Baguette = Love…plus market 4.8.2017
Here at the farm today, we ate a lunch of baguette with a generous topping of Radish Salad. Behind this child wielding a baguette is a bed of radishes that we are picking on Friday for you! How does...
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Crop Rotations…plus mkt 4.15.2017
We love that our farm is near enough to our CSA members & market customers that we can have a self-serve farmstand and are able to have visitors stop by and see the plants growing. If you get a...
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Aging Out of Young Farmers…plus lots of goodness for 4.22.2017
This week saw Broadfork owners officially aging out of Young Farmer status, which the USDA sets as under the age of 40. You all may remember the news that Dan aged out of this group a year and a half...
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Farm Day this Saturday!…plus mkt 4.29.2017
SPRING PLANT SALE // OPEN BARN // FARM TOUR Saturday, April 29, 2017 10 am – 4 pm (pictured above: medicinal nettles in the foreground, capturing a swarm of bees in the background) Visit our Plant...
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CSA Season Begins, Brandermill Mkt Opens!…for 5.6.2017
The Farm Share CSA that we operate is truly what allows our farm to stay in business. (Why? Because farmers’ markets in this area see less shopping than what is required for a farm of our size to be...
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T-Shirts, Sweatshirts to order, & a Farm Cookout!…plus CSA & mkt 5.13.2017
You asked, we listen. You can now order your own t-shirts and sweatshirts from CustomInk! We love our new logo, we think we look mighty fine wearing it, and we’re delighted that some of you want to...
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Vegetables, Delicious…plus CSA & Mkt 5.20.2017
May is a gorgeous and delicious time here. Summer squash is just starting for us, which makes us remember that we need to get our family’s grill fixed, because grilled summer squash is a weekly...
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Taste-Testing…plus CSA & mkts for 5.27.2017
The cucumbers have recovered! There’s been big excitement around here because of this. If you have tasted our cucumbers, you can understand this enthusiasm. How does one describe the flavor of a...
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Hail of Gratitude…plus CSA & mkts 6.3.2017
Our region’s and nation’s food system is diverse. And for good reason. As nature shows us, there is strength in diversity. Last Saturday’s hail storm in our community was a tangible reminder of the...
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Vegetables, Protein, Fat, & Carbs…plus CSA & mkt for 6.10.2017
rom time to time we like to remind ourselves of the basics of healthy eating. We’re not nutritionists, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. As Michael Pollen has famously said “Eat food. Real food....
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Vegetables & Flowers & Bread!…Plus CSA & Mkt For 6.17.2017
Vegetables. Flowers. Bread. That sums us up. The week in review, as told by photos: The tiniest ones around here. The very first tomatoes! A lucky catch. What our Farm Share CSA pick up looks like. A...
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Pickles, Sauerkraut, & Tomatoes! …plus CSA & mkt 6.24.2017
It’s now officially summer and therefore time to start handling produce in big quantities! Our tomatoes have just started with a big BANG (they weren’t ready for Wednesday’s Farm Shares but today we...
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