Trail’s End Farm is located in Montpelier, VA and provides produce at Richmond area farmers markets. The farm is owned and operated by the Cantrell’s.

Trail’s End is certified Naturally Grown and, in addition to growing vegetables, raises chickens and goats.

The goats are kept in their pen by a solar-powered electric fence. The goats are rotated [...]

Ashland’s farmers market is every saturday in downtown Ashland. The market is generally smaller than its counterparts in Richmond, and focuses on farmers’ food only.

The market is next to the Town Hall and they close off a parking lot to house all the vendors. The market provides a time to socialize, pick up fresh food [...]

One of the practices employed by almost every farm I have visited is the use of cover crops to regenerate the nutrients in the soil and prevent erosion. When I first visited Red Dog Farm, there was a field of buckwheat that was just beginning to bloom, you can see small white flowers throughout the [...]

Fertile Crescent Farm is located in Green Bay, Virginia and operated by Adam and Darbi. Fertile Crescent sells their produce at two markets in Richmond, the Byrd House Market and South of the James Market, and also operates a CSA.
Adam and his daughter showed me around the farm during a light drizzle.

The land that Adam [...]