Here are images from another visit to Fertile Crescent in its fall growing season. In my earlier post the, the field pictured below was full of potato plants: The green house was noticeably empty: And melons and other late summer and early fall crops were being harvested:

Agriberry CSA, in Hanover County, is run by Anne and delivers berries and other fruit to the Richmond area. Below, Anne shows off one of the berry plants planted by a CSA member: Agriberry is in its initial establishment year and is still planting and building all the structures it will need to continue successfully. [...]

There are numerous community gardens throughout Richmond and they are run by numerous organizations for varying purposes–there is a student garden at VCU, another community garden at UR, a slew of gardens run by Tricycle Gardens, a garden run by the 17th St. Farmers Market, and on and on. Below are images from a Tricycle [...]

At Simply Abundant, all of the lambs, chickens and turkeys have matured to their full size and rabbits have been added to the family. When I visited, Emily was separating some of the lambs and sheep so that there would not be any accidental mating. After the separation some of the sheep sought out the [...]

Dave and Dee, in addition to growing and delivering mushrooms, also deliver produce to restaurants and the Fall Line co-op during the week. Their last stop on Thursday is Edible Gardens Restaurant on River Road just outside of Richmond. Edible Gardens focus is providing customers with dishes made only from local ingredients. Below, Chef Ed [...]

I have lots of images from markets, farm to family and farms to post, but I am waiting for my computer, which is getting fixed and has been out of commission for three weeks. Expect updates within 2 weeks from today (9/28/09).

Bill and Kim welcomed me into their home so that I could see how they used their Victory CSA and other local foods. The meal was mostly prepared by Bill, who is a trained chef. On the menu was a pesto chicken salad sandwich, tomato salad, chilled cucumber soup and fresh fruit. All of the [...]

Victory Farm is one of the many farms around Richmond that operates a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), where you purchase a farm share in advance and then receive a share of produce every week. Victory expanded their CSA this year and Bill and Kim are some of their new subscribers. They usually pick up their [...]

I have visited several farms in Green Bay, VA, and every time I visit the area I stop at the Green Bay Market to pick up local baked goods and fruit. The market, owned by Carolyn, sources local baked goods and pickled vegetables from the Amish community and fruits and vegetables from local farmers. The [...]

Faith Farm is operated by Paul and Brenda Lawler in Green Bay, VA. They primarily raise livestock, including cows, chickens, turkeys, pigs and ducks, for sale at farmers markets in Richmond and Lynchburg, VA. They also carry eggs, jams, preserves, butter and other items. Below are images of some of the animals on Faith Farm: [...]