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Janet Aardema and Dan Gagnon, owners of Broadfork Farm, Certified Naturally Grown.
Mix in 2 biologist, spice it up with 4 kids, be sure to add 2 working acres as needed and that sounds like a recipe for Broadfork Farm.
In this local edition of the podcast, I had the pleasure of having a wonderful converstation with owners Janet and Dan of Broadfork Farm. As they describe it, they're growing 'intensively' on just two acres while harvesting and packing for 200 Farm Shares each week plus a robust farmers’ market stand, an on-site Farm Stand, and two local grocery stores.
Dan Gagnon has been growing vegetables for 25 years, first as a gardener and for the past 13 years as a professional market grower. Dan’s approach to teaching and presenting is to provide nuts and bolts tangible information that growers can apply to make their farm’s operations more profitable, efficient, and resilient.
Dan resists a one-size-fits-all approach to farming and tries to assist growers to leverage their gifts and resources while minimizing their deficiencies and liabilities. Dan has farmed as co-owner of Broadfork Farm with his wife and business partner Janet Aardema since 2011 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Dan and Janet have worked to build a resilient farm business that can handle both an unpredictable climate and an uncertain economy.
Janet describes farming success as 50% soil and 50% systems. Appropriately managing both allows one to meet their farming goals! As co-owner of Broadfork Farm with her husband and partner Dan Gagnon, Janet enjoys helping others learn practical farming information with her pragmatic approach grounded in realism.
Drawing on her experience growing vegetables for market customers since 2011, Janet teaches learners to adopt systems-based-thinking in order to apply knowledge to the unknown future events inherent in farming.
Learning from soil and plants while walking gently on the shared earth, living mindfully while surrounded by vegetables and flowers, and mothering four children in the context of both makes for a life simultaneously uber rich, challenging, and ceaselessly full of learning opportunities. With patient explanations and a strong attachment to honesty and integrity, Janet thrives on helping others learn about growing and selling vegetables and I was blessed to be able to share their story.
Facebook ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/broadforkfarmva
IG ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/broadfork_farm/
Website ➡️ https://broadforkfarm.net/
Shardan Sandoval is the dynamic host and creator of the Good Foods podcast. You might recognize his voice from a variety of commercials thanks to his role as a National Creative Production Designer for iHeartMedia.
With a talent for captivating crafting audio, Shardan has voiced and produced commercials that have resonated with audiences from Hartford to Hawaii. His extensive experience and passion for storytelling bring an engaging and informative touch to each episode of the Good Foods podcast.
My IG ➡️ https://rb.gy/n60br
My LinkedIn ➡️ https://rb.gy/9d31vk
Buy Me a Coffee ➡️https://buymeacoffee.com/shardansandoval
Comments, questions, partner, and topic suggestions can be sent to us below and we look forward to hearing from you!
Good Foods Grocery ➡️ http://www.goodfoodsgrocery.com/
X ➡️ @GoodFoodsGrocer
Email ➡️ [email protected]
Be safe. Be good. Be.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-good-foods-podcast--5864085/support.
In this local edition of the podcast, I had the pleasure of having a wonderful converstation with owners Janet and Dan of Broadfork Farm. As they describe it, they're growing 'intensively' on just two acres while harvesting and packing for 200 Farm Shares each week plus a robust farmers’ market stand, an on-site Farm Stand, and two local grocery stores.
Dan Gagnon has been growing vegetables for 25 years, first as a gardener and for the past 13 years as a professional market grower. Dan’s approach to teaching and presenting is to provide nuts and bolts tangible information that growers can apply to make their farm’s operations more profitable, efficient, and resilient.
Dan resists a one-size-fits-all approach to farming and tries to assist growers to leverage their gifts and resources while minimizing their deficiencies and liabilities. Dan has farmed as co-owner of Broadfork Farm with his wife and business partner Janet Aardema since 2011 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Dan and Janet have worked to build a resilient farm business that can handle both an unpredictable climate and an uncertain economy.
Janet describes farming success as 50% soil and 50% systems. Appropriately managing both allows one to meet their farming goals! As co-owner of Broadfork Farm with her husband and partner Dan Gagnon, Janet enjoys helping others learn practical farming information with her pragmatic approach grounded in realism.
Drawing on her experience growing vegetables for market customers since 2011, Janet teaches learners to adopt systems-based-thinking in order to apply knowledge to the unknown future events inherent in farming.
Learning from soil and plants while walking gently on the shared earth, living mindfully while surrounded by vegetables and flowers, and mothering four children in the context of both makes for a life simultaneously uber rich, challenging, and ceaselessly full of learning opportunities. With patient explanations and a strong attachment to honesty and integrity, Janet thrives on helping others learn about growing and selling vegetables and I was blessed to be able to share their story.
Facebook ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/broadforkfarmva
IG ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/broadfork_farm/
Website ➡️ https://broadforkfarm.net/
Shardan Sandoval is the dynamic host and creator of the Good Foods podcast. You might recognize his voice from a variety of commercials thanks to his role as a National Creative Production Designer for iHeartMedia.
With a talent for captivating crafting audio, Shardan has voiced and produced commercials that have resonated with audiences from Hartford to Hawaii. His extensive experience and passion for storytelling bring an engaging and informative touch to each episode of the Good Foods podcast.
My IG ➡️ https://rb.gy/n60br
My LinkedIn ➡️ https://rb.gy/9d31vk
Buy Me a Coffee ➡️https://buymeacoffee.com/shardansandoval
Comments, questions, partner, and topic suggestions can be sent to us below and we look forward to hearing from you!
Good Foods Grocery ➡️ http://www.goodfoodsgrocery.com/
X ➡️ @GoodFoodsGrocer
Email ➡️ [email protected]
Be safe. Be good. Be.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-good-foods-podcast--5864085/support.
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Mix in 2 biologist, spice it up with 4 kids, be sure to add 2 working acres as needed and that sounds like a recipe for Broadfork Farm.
In this local edition of the podcast, I had the pleasure of having a wonderful converstation with owners Janet and Dan of Broadfork Farm. As they describe it, they're growing 'intensively' on just two acres while harvesting and packing for 200 Farm Shares each week plus a robust farmers’ market stand, an on-site Farm Stand, and two local grocery stores.
Dan Gagnon has been growing vegetables for 25 years, first as a gardener and for the past 13 years as a professional market grower. Dan’s approach to teaching and presenting is to provide nuts and bolts tangible information that growers can apply to make their farm’s operations more profitable, efficient, and resilient.
Dan resists a one-size-fits-all approach to farming and tries to assist growers to leverage their gifts and resources while minimizing their deficiencies and liabilities. Dan has farmed as co-owner of Broadfork Farm with his wife and business partner Janet Aardema since 2011 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Dan and Janet have worked to build a resilient farm business that can handle both an unpredictable climate and an uncertain economy.
Janet describes farming success as 50% soil and 50% systems. Appropriately managing both allows one to meet their farming goals! As co-owner of Broadfork Farm with her husband and partner Dan Gagnon, Janet enjoys helping others learn practical farming information with her pragmatic approach grounded in realism.
Drawing on her experience growing vegetables for market customers since 2011, Janet teaches learners to adopt systems-based-thinking in order to apply knowledge to the unknown future events inherent in farming.
Learning from soil and plants while walking gently on the shared earth, living mindfully while surrounded by vegetables and flowers, and mothering four children in the context of both makes for a life simultaneously uber rich, challenging, and ceaselessly full of learning opportunities. With patient explanations and a strong attachment to honesty and integrity, Janet thrives on helping others learn about growing and selling vegetables and I was blessed to be able to share their story.
Facebook ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/broadforkfarmva
IG ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/broadfork_farm/
Website ➡️ https://broadforkfarm.net/
Shardan Sandoval is the dynamic host and creator of the Good Foods podcast. You might recognize his voice from a variety of commercials thanks to his role as a National Creative Production Designer for iHeartMedia.
With a talent for captivating crafting audio, Shardan has voiced and produced commercials that have resonated with audiences from Hartford to Hawaii. His extensive experience and passion for storytelling bring an engaging and informative touch to each episode of the Good Foods podcast.
My IG ➡️ https://rb.gy/n60br
My LinkedIn ➡️ https://rb.gy/9d31vk
Buy Me a Coffee ➡️https://buymeacoffee.com/shardansandoval
Comments, questions, partner, and topic suggestions can be sent to us below and we look forward to hearing from you!
Good Foods Grocery ➡️ http://www.goodfoodsgrocery.com/
X ➡️ @GoodFoodsGrocer
Email ➡️ [email protected]
Be safe. Be good. Be.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-good-foods-podcast--5864085/support.
In this local edition of the podcast, I had the pleasure of having a wonderful converstation with owners Janet and Dan of Broadfork Farm. As they describe it, they're growing 'intensively' on just two acres while harvesting and packing for 200 Farm Shares each week plus a robust farmers’ market stand, an on-site Farm Stand, and two local grocery stores.
Dan Gagnon has been growing vegetables for 25 years, first as a gardener and for the past 13 years as a professional market grower. Dan’s approach to teaching and presenting is to provide nuts and bolts tangible information that growers can apply to make their farm’s operations more profitable, efficient, and resilient.
Dan resists a one-size-fits-all approach to farming and tries to assist growers to leverage their gifts and resources while minimizing their deficiencies and liabilities. Dan has farmed as co-owner of Broadfork Farm with his wife and business partner Janet Aardema since 2011 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Dan and Janet have worked to build a resilient farm business that can handle both an unpredictable climate and an uncertain economy.
Janet describes farming success as 50% soil and 50% systems. Appropriately managing both allows one to meet their farming goals! As co-owner of Broadfork Farm with her husband and partner Dan Gagnon, Janet enjoys helping others learn practical farming information with her pragmatic approach grounded in realism.
Drawing on her experience growing vegetables for market customers since 2011, Janet teaches learners to adopt systems-based-thinking in order to apply knowledge to the unknown future events inherent in farming.
Learning from soil and plants while walking gently on the shared earth, living mindfully while surrounded by vegetables and flowers, and mothering four children in the context of both makes for a life simultaneously uber rich, challenging, and ceaselessly full of learning opportunities. With patient explanations and a strong attachment to honesty and integrity, Janet thrives on helping others learn about growing and selling vegetables and I was blessed to be able to share their story.
Facebook ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/broadforkfarmva
IG ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/broadfork_farm/
Website ➡️ https://broadforkfarm.net/
Shardan Sandoval is the dynamic host and creator of the Good Foods podcast. You might recognize his voice from a variety of commercials thanks to his role as a National Creative Production Designer for iHeartMedia.
With a talent for captivating crafting audio, Shardan has voiced and produced commercials that have resonated with audiences from Hartford to Hawaii. His extensive experience and passion for storytelling bring an engaging and informative touch to each episode of the Good Foods podcast.
My IG ➡️ https://rb.gy/n60br
My LinkedIn ➡️ https://rb.gy/9d31vk
Buy Me a Coffee ➡️https://buymeacoffee.com/shardansandoval
Comments, questions, partner, and topic suggestions can be sent to us below and we look forward to hearing from you!
Good Foods Grocery ➡️ http://www.goodfoodsgrocery.com/
X ➡️ @GoodFoodsGrocer
Email ➡️ [email protected]
Be safe. Be good. Be.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-good-foods-podcast--5864085/support.