Victory Farms was busy importing compost from the nearby Hanover landfill.

Dragon Creek Farm, in Saluda, Virginia, is beginning commercial crop production this year. Jim Kavitz, the owner, will sell his produce at various farmers’ markets, including Williamsburg’s and Middlesex County’s. The farm has a variety of crops, 3 chicken breeds, two turkeys and a guinea fowl.
The birds help control pests and provide eggs, including turkey [...]

Dayspring Farm, in Cologne, is waiting for the ground to thaw thoroughly so that it can begin planting spring crops. That means the energy of owners Charlie and Miriam Maloney is concentrated on seedlings, greenhouses and their farm animals. When I arrived, Miriam had just finished milking and gathering eggs and Charlie was in the [...]

Early spring activities at Appalachia Star Farm

Photographs of oyster aquaculture at Eastfield Farms in Mathews, Virginia.

A letter describing my interests and plans for documenting sustainable farming in Virginia