Highlights:
August 2004 Show
Organic
Beef and Egg Production
Guests: Sandy and Rossi Fisher–Brookview Farm,
854 Dover Road, Manakin-Sabot,
VA 23103
804.784.3131, email: bviewfarm@aol.com
 Brookview
is a certified organic farm located in Goochland County.
Farm produces
compost from leaves mixed with cow manure.
All pastures
are fertilized with compost.
Fertilizer
applications are based on the results of a soil analysis.
Chickens
are raised in movable, fenced-in areas. Chickens eat the clover, grass
and insects, in addition to a daily feeding of ground grain.
Brookview
products are available at the farm and at the 17th Street Farmers Market
in Richmond.
Growing
Heirloom Varieties
Guest: Peggy Cornett–Director, Thomas
Jefferson Center for Historic Plants (CHP)
email: pcornett@monticello.org
434.984.9816
CHP is located
at Tufton Farm, near Monticello. It was established in 1987 to collect,
preserve and distribute historic plant varieties.
Plants
are grown for sale at the Monticello Garden Shop and seeds are harvested
for sale at the Garden Shop and through mail order. Approximately 50,000
seed packets are sold each year.
Over 300
varieties of plants cultivated in America between Jefferson’s time
through the nineteenth century are grown at CHP.
CHP educates
the public through lectures, workshops and the annual journal and catalogue, Twinleaf. |
