Vendors
A Bowl of Good
Website: abowlofgood.com
Contact: Katrina Didot
Phone: 540.435.2674
Email: abowlofgood@gmail.com
Products: Soups, stews, baked goods and hummus.
Availability: A Bowl of Good, the Farmers Market and other locations. See website for info.
About Us: We make globally inspired, local goodness. It is our intent to provide convenient and easy, as well as healthful and delicious, foods for our customers. I collaborate with local farmers to use local ingredients whenever possible.
A Peace Of The Earth
Contact: Matthew Gingerich
Address: Keezletown, Virginia
Products: Fresh vegetables, including heirloom tomatoes, garlic, potatoes and much more. Fresh brown eggs from pastured chickens.
Availability: Saturdays, May through September
Farming practices and philosophy: A Peace of the Earth is a small-scale farm that focuses on sustainably producing fresh, healthy food. We strive to farm in a way that not only produces healthy food, but also protects the health of the land, creation and our broader community. We try to grow many different varieties of vegetables, including many heirloom or old-fashion varieties. By doing so, we help protect diversity, but also increase the pleasures of eating.
Ann Marie Leonard
Contact: Ann Marie Leonard
Address: Mt.Clinton Area
Products: Baked goods, jams, produce, plants, fruits
Availability: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Markets, Holiday Market, Seasonal
About Us: Garden flowers enhance our wild bouquets. Our jams are made from homegrown fruits.
Practices and philosophy: Over 18 years experience in jam making with seasonal fresh fruits such as gooseberries, red and black raspberries, peach, and pears. Some low sugar jams provided. Jams made within 24 hours of picking the fruit. Seasonal and holiday baked goods. Owner is eco-friendly and a good steward of the earth. Encourages everyone to eat healthy and also have something “really special.”
Avalon Farm
Contact: Lorinda Palin and Solly Walker
Phone: 540-896-1283
Email: mail@avalonfarmva.com
Address: 13433 Shepherd Lane Broadway, VA 22815
Products: Salad mix, greens, seasonal produce, eggs, floral bouquets, and a variety of herbal teas, rubs, and tinctures. Certified Naturally Grown
Availability: Saturday and Tuesday markets, April through November, special order lamb Nov-Jan , eggs and herbal tinctures by request year round
About Us: Farming is a lifestyle choice and more than full time for Lorinda. In addition to working on the farm, Solly has been doing massage work for 28 years. As Solly does in his bodywork, we look for imbalances in the farm, animals, plants, or soil and use gentle natural means to hold the right balance long enough for growth itself to re establish harmony.
Farming practices and philosophy: For 15 years Avalon has been lovingly tended using nature’s own processes to revitalize the soil – composted plant matter and manures, mulching, natural soil supplements, plant rotation, companion planting and cover crops. No chemical fertilizers or insecticides are used.
Our lambs are pasture-raised. We don’t rush their growth, use herbal/natural wormers, and take them directly to a meat processor on the morning they are butchered for a minimum of stress. Stress can put distasteful hormones into the meat. Sheep are an integral part of our farm as ecological mowers and fertilizers. We keep just enough sheep to be in balance with the rotated pasture.
Chickens are part of the overall plan also. They get all the weedings and kitchen scraps, insect pests hand-picked from the gardens, plus all they can gather when free-ranging the pasture in the afternoons. The poultry also have organic grain feed available with herbs and kelp added to winter rations. They produce bright-yoked eggs.
Bringing health to the soil and water, contentment to the animals and birds who share our lives, vitality to our food, freedom from pain for our bodies, and joy for our spirits – it is all part of Avalon dreams becoming reality.
Cause for Creation
Contact: Charlynn Turner
Website: causeforcreation.wordpress.com
Address: Turner Farms, Harrisonburg Va.
Phone: 540-433-3846
Email: cause4creation@yahoo.com
Products: Handmade paper items and hand carved relief print art.
About Us: The ‘cause’ is Liberian orphan relief- a church mission project to which I donate proceeds from the sale of my products. The ‘creation’ is handmade paper, art cards and handmade paper items such as ornaments and vessels (bowls, containers, etc.). My handmade paper is made with plant materials grown on our farm here in Harrisonburg, Va. Combined with recycled paper and cotton linter, plant materials include alfalfa, straw, mixed grasses, corn husk, and various kinds of flower petals. I formulate the pulp in small batches and hand process each sheet of paper by the centuries old method using a wooden mold and deckle with a wooden hand press. My relief prints are all hand carved and I use a variety of media and techniques such as batik and watercolor to create small works of art and cards. You will see that my favorite subjects are animals, nature scenes and primitive art. Making paper from scratch with renewable resources in addition to recycling is also very gratifying. Much more about my creative products and the Liberian orphan relief effort to which the proceeds are donated can be seen at my website.
Charis Eco-Farm
Contact: Sue & Guy Freesen
Website: www.localharvest.org/farms/M3985
Address: 3081 Shutterlee Mill Road, Staunton
Phone: (540) 886-8486
Email: Charisfarm@yahoo.com
Products: Poultry, Beef, Pork, Lamb, Eggs, limited Produce, Quiche, Granola, Cookies, Jams, Fruit Smoothies, Lamb Skins.
Availability: throughout the year at the farm and the duration of the market.
About Us: Charis is the greek word for grace/gift. We believe our farm is a gift to us from God and we are being good stewards of the land by raising our stock and flocks naturally on pasture. “You can find us on facebook at: “Charis Eco-Farm”
Farming practices and philosophy: We practice sustainable agriculture and humanely raise and care for our animals. We do not use growth hormones or synthetics in the feed. Our pastures and hay for winter feed are not sprayed. The sausage is msg free and the grain fed to pigs and poultry is gm-free.
Cosmic Earth
Contact: Krista Wilson Muldoon
Website:
Address: McGaheysville, VA
Email: kristashine@hotmail.com
Products: Handmade one of a kind clothing, professional hand worked tie-dyes for babies, children and adults, hand dyed and decorated tote bags and aprons, home baked dog cookies made from all organic, human grade ingredients, handmade dog and cat toys and items.
Availability: Most Saturdays, Thursdays, June through September
About Us: 15 years of experience shows in our well designed and constructed clothing. All items are securely stitched and surged so they are built to last. All of our clothing is washer dryer safe and requires no special care. Many of our items include stitched in art and designs as well as hand prepared appliqués adding to the originality of the item. I love fiber art and working with dyes. Many of the items we sell are constructed from fabric I dyed by hand. These fabrics as well as our tie dyes are prepared by hand using professional processes, dyes and chemicals. The process involves many steps and lots of hard work to guarantee the best possible outcome.
Our dog treats, ‘Cosmic Cookies’, are hand prepared in our home using an extensive list of all organic human grade ingredients. They are safe and healthy for human consumption although they are designed for the K9 palate
Designs By Melanie
Website
Contact: Melanie A. Lebel
Address: PO Box 385 Harrisonburg, VA 22803
Phone: (802) 345 8333
Products: One-of-a-kind Sterling Silver Wire-Wrapped Jewelry. Custom Special Occasion and formal jewelry. Simply Elegant for all Occasions. Fun and wearable for everyday.
Donuts and More
Contact: Rosalind Byler
Phone: 540-833-6105
Products: Yeast raised donuts with a sugared glaze, cinnamon rolls, danish pastries, pies, cookies, seasonal baked goods such as Hot Cross Buns, etc. Pie fillings are made from scratch and sugar-free pie fillings can be ordered on request.
Availability: Year round
About us: Rosalind lives on a farm in Singers Glen and is a Christian mother who home-schools her seven children.
Philosophy: Baked goods should be baked with the freshest ingredients and served as quickly as possible.
Double O Farm
Contact: Candy and Phil Olsen
Address: 323 South McDaniel Lane, Shenandoah VA 22849
Phone: 540-652-6008
Email: candysorchard@yahoo.com
Products: Strawberries, Blackberries, Peaches, Nectarines, Apples, Plums, Pears, Sweet Potatoes, Vegetables, Pumpkins and Fall Mums.
Availability: May through October. Finished for the 2009 Season.
About Us: We began planting our orchard in 2005. Our fruits include over 30 varieties of both peaches and apples, 10 varieties of plums and pears, strawberries, blackberries and blueberries. 2008 will be our first season to crop our fruits. We hope to become full time farmers by 2009 and provide our community with high quality local fruit.
Farming practices and philosophy: We use the integrated pest management program for our spray guide,using the lowest rate possible and extending the pre-harvest interval when we can. Leaf and soil analysis are used to determine fertilizer needs, using natural fertilizer products whenever possible. Our dogs are keeping the deer, groundhogs and rabbits under control. We hope to teach them to run the crow from the orchard as they are our most damaging pest. We hope to see you at the Market.
Over 18 years experience in jam making with seasonal fresh fruits such as gooseberries, red and black raspberries, peach, and pears. Some low sugar jams provided. Jams made within 24 hours of picking the fruit. Seasonal and holiday baked goods. Owner is eco-friendly and a good steward of the earth. Encourages everyone to eat healthy and also have something “really special.”
Dyepot
Contact: Christina Parham
Website: www.dyepot.com
Address: 220 Virginia Avenue, Timberville, VA 22853
Phone: 540-896-1078
Email: Dyepot@verizon.net
Products: Unique vibrant colored and designed knitted hats, scarves, sweaters, string bags, hand painted yarns, spinning fibers.
Availability: Holiday – Winter Market or phone/email vendor directly.
Practices and philosophy: Bringing color and quality knitted products into customer’s lives. Teaching adults and children about the magic and wonders of spinning and knitting.
Elk Run Farm
Contact: Jim & Susan Randall
Address: Fort Defiance,VA
Email: elkrunfarm@gmail.com
Products: Vegetables from asparagus to zucchini, herb,perennial and garden plants and goat meat.
Availability: Plants and produce available in season at the Tuesday Market and Winter Markets. Goat meat is available year round at the farm.
About Us: We are veteran small scale growers. We do the whole job from planting to harvest to delivering our produce to you ourselves.
Farming practices and philosophy: We grow organically, though we are not certified. We are dedicated to bringing you the freshest produce available.
Esther Ebey
Contact: Esther Ebey
Address: 6073 Rawley Pike, Hinton, VA 22831
Email: eebey@comcast.net
Products: Crafts, plants, garden produce, chestnuts (October), and holly (November till Christmas)
Availability: Most every Tuesday and Saturday from the end of April through the end of the market season.
Practices and philosophy: I am a hobby gardener. I grow fresh produce for my own table and sell my surplus at the market. I don’t use pesticides so my produce is always “no spray”. I compost from non-animal food scraps, and yard debris such as fall leaves and fertilize lightly.
Fly From the Heart Creations
Contact: Ashley French Sutt
Website: www.flyfromtheheart.com
Address: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Email: monarch@flyfromtheheart.com
Products: Fly From The Heart Creations specializes in personalized stationary featuring original artwork, drawn and printed locally. In addition, customers can choose to add monogramming or can create individual greetings for cards, which can be artistically written while you browse the market. One-of-a-kind designs can also be commissioned for invitations, announcements and logos.
The inspirational theme for most of the drawings is “growth.” Be it plants or animals, the constant current of change, supporting all things natural, continually amazes me. Occasionally, I depart from that theme to create special designs to welcome holidays and honor seasons.
Availability: Year round at the Harrisonburg Farmers Market and in Locally Owned Businesses: The Center: A Yoga, Pilates & Nia Studio, Greenberry’s & Organic Grounds (all in Harrisonburg, Virginia) and by appointment.
About me: My hope is to provide our local community with unique and playful stationary that inspires meaningful correspondence as a way for us to make, maintain and deepen our personal connections. For more please refer to my website.
Glen Eco Farm
Contact: Marlin Burkholder
Phone: 833-8802
Email: glenecofarm@planetcom.net
Address: Singers Glen
Products: Vegetables, berries, pasture produced eggs.
Availability: HFM-Saturday April-November On Farm-year round if available.
About Us: Family operated farm committed to sustainable agriculture principles and local marketing. Member of Virginia Association of Biological Farmers. Community Supported Agriculture shares available by signup in late winter.
Farming practices and philosophy: 1) Minimal use of toxic chemicals for pest control, 2) Use of animal manures, compost, organic mulches, and plowed down cover crops as primary means to maintain soil fertility. 3) Limited use of purchased organic and chemical fertilizers for starting plants, transplanting, and side dressing field crops, 4) Strip cropping and contour tillage to conserve water and to prevent soil erosion, 5) Crop rotation to control pests and plant diseases, 6) Mechanical cultivation, hand weeding, flaming, and use of plastic and organic mulches to control weeds, 7) Livestock and poultry kept on clean pasture.
Good Earth Gardens
Contact: Nate Clark
Email: clarkn7@gmail.com
Products: Greens, salad mix, spring onions, fresh herbs, sweet peas, radishes, carrots, cucumbers, peppers, eggplant, green beans, potatoes, and a variety of other veggies as well as apples and pears.
Availability: Seasonal
About Us: Started growing for market in 2008, because of a passion for local, sustainable food systems, and great tasting fresh produce. Currently growing vegetables and managing the orchard at Apple Hill Farm.
Farming practices and philosophy: Our farming goals are: To grow great tasting fruits and vegetables. Work with nature not against. Build healthy, living soil. Preserve biodiversity, save energy, and promote a healthy community for future generations.
Grains of Sense
Contact: Tom Hayman, Operations Manager
Email: contact@grainsofsense.com
Products: Fresh, hand-roasted Certified Fair Trade Organic, only, Artisan Coffees (whole bean, ground, flavored), fresh-Brewed, fresh-roasted coffee buy-the-cup (at the farmers markets), fresh-baked Artisan breads and bakery items made from organic grains, fresh-baked gluten-free breads and bakery items. Seasonally gourmet hot chocolate and hot chocolate mixes
Availability: All year
Practices and philosophy: We ascribe to produce and sell only products that are fresh, high quality, taste good and promote good health. Our bakery items are made, fresh, from organic grains and whole-grain flours (excluding Gluten-Free items) and do not include refined sugars, preservatives or conditioners. ALL of our coffees are fresh-roasted and, strictly, Certified Fair Trade Organic. For our Gluten-Free customers, so you may purchase and enjoy with total confidence, we follow strict procedures to ensure there is absolutely no contact between our GF and non-GF products.
Green Earth Garden
Contact: Karen Miller
Address: 1680 Virginia Avenue
Phone: 540-433-7993
Email: millerkemj@gmail.com
Products: Flower arrangements, container gardens, and plants for the vegetable and flower garden. I also take on special gardening projects – creating a container garden for a specific area, maintaining an existing garden, or designing and installing a new garden area.
Availability: I am usually at the market Tuesdays and Saturdays, but call or email me for special requests at other times. I may be out gardening somewhere, but I’ll get back to you.
About Us: Green Earth Gardens was initiated in the spring of 2008 as a means of sharing my passion for gardening with others. I have always enjoyed combining vegetables and perennials in my own garden and it’s great fun to help others find plants that are best suited to their purpose and location.
Practices and philosophy: I have focused on building a business that reflects my commitment to “earth friendly” practices. I recycle whenever possible, use rainwater collected in a cistern, and focus on building soil through composting and adding locally available plant material whenever possible. I try to pay attention to finding the right plant for the location and pay attention to companion planting to promote plant health. I am not strictly organic in my approach- I use organic products when possible, but do use plant-based insecticides and glycosphate in some situations.
Green Haven Farm Cheeses
Contact: Pam Green
Address: 3456 St. Luke Rd. Woodstock, VA 22664
Phone: (540) 459-3783
Email: ghfarm@shentel.net
Products: Farm fresh goat cheeses: Feta, Soft Cheeses (Chives & Garlic, Western Ranch, Southern Ranch, & Plain) plus Cheddar & Jalapeno Cheddar style Hard Cheeses.
Availability: Our cheeses are mainly available during “market season”, which is April through October at the Harrisonburg Farmers Market. We will accept special orders for the soft cheeses during the winter months. Our soft cheeses are also available at The Market in Woodstock and North Mountain Vineyard year round.
About Us: We are located in the “Heart of the Shenandoah Valley” where we raise our purebred Nubian “girls”, which are very spoiled. Our babies are bottle raised so they make great pets. Our “girls” are milked twice a day and are fed orchard grass/alfalfa hay and grain feed which we mix ourselves. Our cheeses are all natural with no preservatives being used. We are licensed and permitted by the Department of Agriculture.
Besides the goats, we also raise purebred Black Angus cattle that Loren and Mary enjoy showing at local, state, and regional beef shows. We have also added two young Llamas to our family this winter which we greatly enjoy!
Farming practices and philosophy: We are a simple farm and try to be as conservative as possible. We have a love for our animals and our land and treat both with great respect. Our farm is a “family affair” with all four of us sharing in the responsibilities.
Gristmill Bakery
Contact: Ann Borgmann
Phone: 540-383-4677
Email: gristmillbakery@aol.com
Products: Artisan pastries (French & American), croissants, scones, seasonal fruit tarts, frosted decorated cookies, German Christmas pastries, Gingerbread cookies
Availability: April through December at the Market. Will do custom orders with a 3-day notice.
About Us: Owner trained in culinary schools in France and Italy, uses local seasonal fruits, high quality ingredients.
Hickory Hill Farm
Contact: Samuel Johnson
Website:hickoryhillfarm.wordpress.com
Email: blueberries.smwj@gmail.com
Address: Keezletown, VA
Products: Blueberries 3-4 weeks generally starting in June. Concord-type Grapes, fall vegetables. Concord-type grapes: Late August- late September. Fall vegetables: Late August- November
Availability: Seasonal
About Us: Hickory Hill Farm is run by the Johnson family (Samuel, Margaret, Bart, and Hannah) and crew (Grant, Jason, and Ryan). Celebrating over 30 years of living and farming near Keezletown, VA next to Massanutten Mountain!
Farming practices and philosophy: Farming practices and philosophy: We strive to use a sustainable approach to agriculture. We do this by working to minimize the use of sprays on the produce we sell and to use materials that are safer for ourselves, our customers, and the environment. Specifically, our goals are to use: no spray on the blueberries, fewer and safer sprays on grapes, and biological sprays on vegetables.
Jan Carter Designs
Contact: Jan Carter
horn beads from Africa, inlaid beads from Napal,Tibetan and Chinese beads. Turquoises used include browns,yellows and blues as well as purple turquoise from Peru, white turquoise from China and green turquoise from Africa. Jan has a knack for choosing unusual stones and beautifully incorporating multicultural items into stunning one of a kind pieces of jewelry. It is not unusual for one of her pieces to include materials from five or more different nationalities. All clasps and findings are either sterling silver or copper. Special orders are welcomed and prices begin at $20.00.
Jennercraft LLC at Checkertree Farm
Contact: Janette Brunk
Address: 158 Wayside Drive, Weyers Cave,
Phone: 540 421 5053
Email: brunk2jl@jmu.edu
Products: Foods: Quiches made with our own free range eggs, soups, cakes etc. Folkcrafts: Lumberjacks, topsy-turvey dolls, carved gourds, birdhouses and jewelry.
Availability: At the Market on Tuesdays. Special orders welcomed and event catering available.
About Us: Mini farming of angora rabbits and hedgehogs. Have lived in and loved the Valley almost my whole life.
Farming practices and philosophy: Simple and small. Natural free range, no spray.
Joe’s Sausage
Contact: Joe Pehan
Phone: 540-886-3632
Products: German Bratwurst
Availability: Full Season, Tuesdays only
About Us: Our bratwursts are made fresh from an old family recipe. We sell it cooked and ready to eat or fresh frozen to take home and enjoy.
Korner Lot Farm
Email: Egglady710@yahoo.com
Products: White and brown free-range eggs, decorated cakes, fruit breads, cookies, pimento cheese, hot chocolate (winter) fruit smoothies (summer)
About Us: Chickens raised on a 4.5 acre farm, range-free with no antibiotics.
Lincoln Homestead Farms
Contact: Randall Shank
Phone: 896-1205
Email: rndyshnk@msn.com
Products: Vegetables, herbs, bedding plants, flowers, occasional baked goods (Randall is owner of Shank’s Bakery) pottery (stoneware)
Availability: April – November
Farming practices and philosophy: Farming in a responsible manner is important to us because we “eat what we grow” and know what goes into the soil. We have farmed at the Lincoln Homestead for over 23 years.
Magellan’s Gift
Websites:
magellansgift.com
magellansgift.wordpress.com/
Contact: Lori Curry
Address: McGaheysville, Virginia
Email: lcurry@magellansgift.com
Products: Handcrafted soap made from exotic oils from around the world in the spirit of adventure & discovery. Cold process soap with no synthetic detergents, no animal fats or tallow, no artificial preservatives, only essential oils and natural fragrances. Magellan’s Gift soap is biodegradable and is wrapped in compostable deli tissue. Look for oils of avocado, babassu, castor, kukui nut, shea butter, mango butter, apricot kernel, evening primrose, rose hip along with olive, palm and coconut. Some bars feature clays, pale ale for bubbles and Mediterranean sea salt. All soaps recipes are designed, created by myself. They are tested on family and friends before any are sold. I am always striving for the finest ingredients for the perfect bar of soap!! Handcrafted SoapMakers Guild Member.
Availability: See website for days and availability.
Moonflower Baking and Catering
Contact: Angelina Gonzales
Website:moonflowerbakingcatering.com
Email: angelinagonzales@verizon.net
Phone: 540-209-3881
Address: Harrisonburg, VA
Products: My specialties are old-fashioned desserts and meals that taste like Grandma made them. And my Grandmother Anna Luckenbach is my longtime source and motivation for amazing desserts and meals. My favorite comment is “Wow this tastes like my Grandmother’s cooking/baking”.
I believe in preparing my dishes with the “Changing Seasons” as my inspiration. But I have been known to “cheat” and throw a fresh Raspberry on top of a Ganache Cake or at the center of my Pineapple Upside down cakes in the Winter months. (I prepare my cakes with fresh Pineapple rings). All my desserts are made with the freshest ingredients I can find. I buy local from farmers as much as I can.
I make everything with Love. My intention is that you will swoon over everything I bake and cook for you. If not I will gladly credit you for another item to try.
Availability: You can find me at the Market year round. I welcome special orders and would love to hear your ideas on what you would love to see featured in upcoming months.
Mountain View Farm Products, LLC
Website:
Contact: Fred and Christie Huger
Address: 85 Marmac Lane, Fairfield, VA 24435
Phone: 540-460-4161
Email: drnkmlk2@yahoo.com
Products: Farmstead cheeses, butter, eggs, and USDA inspected beef
Availability: Harrisonburg Farmers Market Thursdays (starting in June) and Saturdays
About Us: Mountain View Farm Products, LLC is family owned and operated by Fred and Christie Huger. We live on a 250 acre dairy farm in Fairfield, Virginia with our three children, Anderson, Everette and Isabelle. We milk around 120 cows twice daily and are a year round operation.
Farming practices and philosophy: We make all of our Farmstead cheeses using raw milk from our herd, cultures, rennet, sea salt and various herbs and spices. All of the cheeses are aged a minimum of 60 days. We currently make six different styles of cheese and then add flavors to some for more variety.
Muddy Bike Urban Garden Project
Contact: Beth Schermerhorn
Address: 910 Collicello Street, Harrisonburg, VA
Phone: 804-221-6655
Email: muddybikegardens@gmail.com
Products: A vast array of interesting and heirloom vegetable varieties including salad mix, potatoes, collards, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, beans (fresh and dried), and more!
Availability: May through October
About Us: Our Sustainable Living Homestead produces vegetables on less than 1 acre inside the City of Harrisonburg without the use of fossil fuels. We work with Our Community Works to provide employment in the garden for persons in difficult life circumstances. We teach gardening skills, provide job references and create meaningful, healing relationships with each other, ourselves, and the earth.
Practices and philosophy: We use all hand tools in our gardens and bring our produce to the market with special bike trailers. We create urban gardens that are abundant and creatively designed while focusing on restoring our damaged soils to produce strong, healthy plants. Our gardens look to nature for patterns in our design and we never use chemical sprays. Instead, we use companion planting, crop rotations, and plants that attract beneficial insects. We also experiment with different gardening techniques such as double digging, sheet mulching and forest gardening and are tracking how much food can be produced in an urban garden.
Nature’s Homestead
Contact: Clarence Dellinger
Phone: 269-2612
Address: 3924 Rainbow Trail, Keezletown, VA 22832
Products: Many types of garden vegetables, strawberries and raspberries.
Availability: Seasonal at the Market
About Us: I have growing and selling chemical free vegetables and fruits since 1960. I believe in treating the land with great care and respect.
Farming practices and philosophy: I farm the old-fashioned way as did my father and grandfather. I do not use pesticides, herbicides, nitrates or any other chemicals. My family has been on this farm since 1943 so I can guarantee that the land has been chemical free since then. I have been on this farm for 65 years and am happy to still be caring for this farm.
Nellie’s Noodles
Contact: Derrick Cook
Phone: 828-467-5864
Address: 1333 Linconlshire Drive, Harrisonburg, VA
Email: blue1151982@yahoo.com
Products: Fresh and dried pastas, pesto
Availability: Year-round
About Us: I started making pasta about seven years ago. I taught myself the basics and then refined the process in culinary school. We use local ingredients, hand-make and cut the dough, and have fresh pasta and pesto every week.
Practices and philosophy: We are committed to supporting local farmers and providing quality products to the community.
North Mountain Produce
Contact: Philip & Sarah Hege
Phone: 540-421-8176
Email: pj.hege@gmail.com
Products: Green beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cucumbers, eggplant, salad greens, lettuces, onions, peas, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes, zucchini & summer squash, sweet potatoes, turnips, tomatoes, watermelons, winter squashes & more.
Availability: Year round
About Us: I (Phil) have been farming for nearly 10 years and have been interested in Market Gardening since I was a child. My parents have always had a garden and began to sell produce at a roadside stand in Indiana when I was 7. When we moved to Virginia in 1998, I worked full time off the farm and grew some vegetables during the summers on rented land along North Mountain Road – that is where the name ‘North Mountain Produce’ was born. My wife Sarah, who joined me in November of 2008, also has memories of a large garden in her home state of Minnesota and working at a local strawberry farm there. While she misses the strawberries she doesn’t miss the long winters!! Dreams do sometimes come true. My dream was always to eventually farm full time and 2010 will be my 5th season as a full time farmer!
Farming Practices & Philosophy: Beginning in 2010, we plan to use only natural or organic pest control methods & fertilizers. I have been working toward this the last few years by steadily reducing our use of commercial fertilizers and using natural methods of pest control when possible. We do not grow any genetically modified crops, and we use untreated seeds when available. We use drip irrigation on most of our irrigated crops because it uses significantly less water than traditional overhead irrigation. We also use mulch on many of our crops for water conservation and weed prevention.
Nu-Beginning Farm
Contact: John and Stella Matheny and Family
Address: P.O. Box 99, Greenville VA 24440
Phone: (540) 337-3867
Email: nubeginning1@aol.com
Products: Chemical-free vegetables, herbs and flowers. Handmade soap and bath salts. Home-baked goods.
Availability: Year round on Saturdays
Gallery
Website: www.oasisartgallery.org
Contact: Judith Ligon, co-op Member
Address: 103 South Main Street, Harrisonburg
Phone: 540-442-8188
Email: ligonart1951@hotmail.com.
Products: Fine arts and crafts by local artists. Mediums include pottery, woodwork, painting, jewelry, sculpture, linocuts, collage,photography, soaps, woven and painted clothing items, baskets and cards.
Availability: Saturdays as artists schedules allow.
About Us: OASIS, “Our space in Shenandoah”, is a co-op gallery of local and regional artists. Our mission is to support local artists, children, schools, teachers, musicians, authors and community programs. Various classes are offered, taught by co-op members, and we participate in many local community events. For images please visit our website. We appreciate this opportunity to partner with the Harrisonburg Farmers Market.
Peaceful Valley Farm
Contact: Ric Gullman
Address: Singers Glen
Products: Asparagus, beans, blueberries, cauliflower, cucumbers, eggs, lettuce, peas, peppers, potatoes, radishes, squash, strawberries, tomatoes
Farming practices and philosophy: Peaceful Valley Farm is a small, family farm specializing in fresh fruits and vegetables that are grown in an environmentally friendly way. The majority of our field work is done by hand labor and a team of mules. We utilize natural fertilizers, insecticides approved for organic growers and insect barriers whenever possible.
Port Farm
Contact: David and Mary Sutton
Address: Port Republic, VA
Phone: 540-908-8259
Email: port_farm@yahoo.com
Products: Vegetables, herbs, flowers, small fruits, and wood turnings.
Availability: Tuesdays and Saturdays depending on availability of products
About Us: After retiring, we were fortunate to find a small farm located on a ridge in the Port Republic area. We are constantly amazed to be able to look at the Blue Mountains while taking care of our plants. We are committed to being good stewards of the land.
Farming practices and philosophy: Port Farm uses cover crops of annual rye and clover to help prevent erosion, reduce weed growth, and provide organic matter for crop production. Clover captures nitrogen from the atmosphere and releases it in the ground as the plant dies resulting in less requirements for fossil fuel based synthetic fertilizers. Green mulch of clover and orchard grass are placed around crop plants to help control weeds and retain moisture. As the green mulch decays, it provides organic nutrients to enrich the soil for plant growth. Annual rye grass is also used as a protective border around crop plants to help protect young, tender plants from wind damage. Safe and approved herbicides, insecticides, and synthetic fertilizers are used only as a last resort. Wood from Appalachian trees are used as much as possible for wood turnings.
Portwood Acres
Contact: Evan and Judith Showalter
Address: Port Republic, VA
Phone: 540-271-2145
Products: Sweet corn (“Ambrosia” & “Incredible”), Fall Broccoli and Romanesco
About Us: The Showalters operate a 100 acre farm located near the South Fork of the Shenandoah River between Port Republic and Lynwood, Va. The farm’s soil is balanced and biologically active which produces high quality, wholesome food. The use of cover crops, crop rotation and natural fertilizers help promote soil health.
Pure & Simple Farm, llc.
Contact: Stuart and Inger Brown
Location: New Market, VA
Phone: 540.740.8807
Email: honey@shentel.net
Products: Raw honey and raw infused honey. “The local bar” handcrafted tallow soap from mostly local ingredients. Lotion bars and lip balms. Coming this year we plan to have creamed and comb honey as well!
Availability: Saturday Market year round, Tuesday and Thursday Markets, June through September.
Farming Practices and Philosophy: Our bees receive no antibiotics or synthetic chemical treatments. Through a selective breeding program we are endeavoring to raise survivor bees. The honey is not heated, preserving its beneficial enzymes. Our herbs and produce are grown organically, though we are not certified.
We place an emphasis on sustainability and do our best to find ingredients in addition to our own that are local, fair trade, organic, wild crafted and/or cultivated without chemicals.
Bring your honey jars and caps back for a 25¢ return deposit! We sterilize them using less energy than recycling the conventional way and reducing the “mileage” on the jar that holds your local honey.
Radical Roots Community Farm
Contact: Dave & Lee O’Neill
Email: info@radicalrootsfarm.com
Website: www.radicalrootsfarm.com
Address: Keezletown, Va
Phone: 540-810-2587
Products: Ecologically grown vegetables, including mesclun salad mix, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, peppers, fresh herbs and spring plants
Availability: April through October
About Us: Radical Roots Community Farm is catalyzing positive change by growing high quality ecologically grown vegetables, educating about sustainable agriculture and living this example. Customers can receive our produce through the local farmer’s market and through our community supported agriculture program, which runs from June through October.
Farming practices and philosophy: Ecologically grown is a way of gardening that is modeled on the forest ecosystem. At Radical Roots Farm we fertilize with compost, use cover cropping and integrate animals and tree crops with our vegetable rotations. We never use pesticides or herbicides and have planted over 500 trees and shrubs to provide habitat and attract beneficial insects.
Ryan’s Orchard
Contact Person: Patrick Ryan
Location: Timberville, VA
Phone: 540-896-2229 or 540-896-2181
Products: 15 varieties of apples, apple butter and cider in season, cherries, peaches, tomatoes, vegetables
Availability: Seasonal
About Us: Patrick Ryan is the 8th generation Ryan to farm at Ryan’s Orchards, a 40 acre farm that has operated since the Revolutionary War.
Season’s Bounty Farm & CSA
Contact: Radell Schrock
Phone: 540.908.5399
Email: radellschrock@yahoo.com
Products: A wide variety of vegetables including unusual tomatoes, colorful peppers, fresh greens, new red potatoes, lots of melons, green beans, and fall ornamentals.
Availability: Middle of May through the end of September.
Farming practices and philosophy: All my vegetables and melons are sustainably grown without any pesticides or other sprays. The farm is located only 2 miles north of Harrisonburg.
Sherry Richardi
Contact: Sherry Richardi
Address: 325 East Wolfe Street
Phone: 540 442 6825
Products: Perennials, wreaths, plaques and dream catchers. Occasional assorted houseplants.
Availability: Year round at the Market
About Us: Valley Landscaping is my Monday through Friday business name. At the Market, I’m simply a vendor who enjoys the camaraderie.
Staff of Life Baking Company
Contact: Abbey
Address: Broadway, Virginia
Email: Abbey@staffoflifebread.com
Products: We offer several types of bread, as well as yeasted sweet rolls on a rotational basis each Tuesday and Saturday.
About Us: Staff of Life Baking Company was started with one kitchen oven and a thirty-year-old Kitchenaid mixer in the spring of 2006. We sold our first breads at the Broadway Farmers Market in the summer of 2006. During the winter of 2006-07, we continued to work at the craft of artisan breads. We expanded to four ovens, which we keep humming on baking days. The Spring of 2007 saw us move to the Harrisonburg Farmers Market.
Farming practices and philosophy: We are a home-based business in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Our mission is to make available to the people of Rockingham County and surrounding areas, the most wholesome, flavorful, and heartiest artisan breads at an affordable price.
Valley Touches
Contact: David Pauley
Email Address: valley.touches@gmail.com
Products: Hand decorated candles using Valley wildflowers; stationary items with Valley photographs or decoupaged Valley flowers; selected photographs matted for framing (fit standard size frames).
Availability: Year Round
About Us: David Pauley, the principal behind Valley Touches, has a strong attraction to both the east and west coasts with 2 rotations in the west and 3 in the east. Perhaps the specialness of the Shenandoah Valley will be the deciding factor in tipping the scales in favor of the east. David’s attention to detail, his problem solving skills and his creativity are evident in this newest adventure as they were in earlier experiences as an organic chemist and a chef. David and his cat Ellie live on the west bank of the Shenandoah River’s South Fork; near the town of Shenandoah.
Philosophy: We feel the specialness of the Shenandoah Valley should be treasured and remembered. We focus on reproducing an essence of the Valley to be shared with friends, both near and far.
White Oak Lavender
Website: www.whiteoaklavender.com
Contact: Julie Haushalter
Address: 5060 Newcomer Lane
Phone: (540) 432-0561
Email: whiteoaklavender@gmail.com
Products: Lavender! Lavender! Lavender! Fresh cut (in season)dried bouquets; bath and beauty products; crafts; culinary blends
Availability: Finished for the 2009 Season. Look for us at the Market next spring!
About Us: White Oak Lavender Farm, LLC is “growing” with each new season. We are adding products,culinary blends and crafts as we expand the creative use of our lavender buds!
Farming practices and philosophy: We use organic practices in growing our lavender and are working toward certification.
Wildwood Gardens
Contact: Rich McDonough
Website: www.localharvest.com/farms/M13738
Email: doveofonelove@aol.com
Phone: (540)778-2531
Address: Stanley, VA
Products: Candles, Crafts, Produce, Plants, Honey, Bee Pollen
About Us: Wildwood Gardens is a crafting studio and small vegetable, herb, and honeybee farm nestled on the southeastern slopes of the Massanutten Mountains. We are committed to environmental and cultural sustainability – fostering and encouraging healthy relationships among humans and our ecosystems that provide food, water, shelter, and energy.
Farming practices and philosophy: Certified Naturally Grown. We use no synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or GMO’s. Crop rotation, natural fertilizers, composting, mulching, and cover cropping are used to nourish the soil. Beneficial insects, well-provisioned wildlife habitat, and companion planting create a balanced system for our gardens.
Willow Run Bakery
Contact: Candace Willis
Phone: 433-9203
Email: bluerockfarm@hughes.net
Products: Breads include: Challah, sprouted grains, whole wheat, Sun Dried Tomato Basil, Potato Rosemary, Oatmeal, Cranberry Walnut. Also: Pizza crusts, Scones, Bear Claws, Ginger-Molasses cookies, Baked Oatmeal, seasonal breads and cookies.
Availability: Year round, Saturdays only
Farming practices and philosophy: After years of baking contemporary white flour-based breads, I became enlightened to the nutritional value of whole grain-long fermentation breads. As the old grandmother’s saying goes, “The whiter the bread, the sooner you’ll be dead.” With a few years of experimenting, I have come up with these recipes. All my breads are made with 100% fresh ground whole wheat flour. The long fermentation process results in a shelf stable loaf with deep, complex flavors and superior nutritional value. For those watching carbs, we also offer a sprouted grain bread and a multi-grain bread made with some sprouted grains. Sprouting the grain increases the protein content and creates a unique texture and chew. Stop by for samples!
Willow Spring Farm
Contact: Mary Jo Swartzendruber
Address: Harrisonburg, VA
Phone: 540-908-5819
Email: maryjoswartz@yahoo.com
Products: Fresh Cut Flowers: Locally-grown & Chemical-free. Handmade photo cards: Flowers grown & photographed by Mary Jo.
Availability: Colorful bouquets, bunches, and single stems available mid-May through mid-October.
Woods Edge Nursery
Contact: Elaine and Stacey Nolt
Address: 8050 Frank Lane, Singers Glen, VA 22850
Phone: 540-820-6494
Email: ehn101307@yahoo.com
Products: Perennials, flowering shrubs, lilacs, roses, spirea, clematis, hydrangea etc. Boxwood, service berry, redbuds and other trees. Flower bouquets, blackberries and raspberries.
Availability: Trees and Plants: March through October. Berries: July into September, as in season.
About Us: We are a mother and daughter team committed to sustainable horticulture. We regularly attend related workshops and classes to expand our knowledge and improve our growing methods.
Farming practices and philosophy: We stay with plants that are native to our region or are acclimated to our Region 6 area. We do not use chemicals for insect control or fertilization. We concentrate on alternative fertilizers and integrated pest management. We use collected rainwater for irrigation.
Website by: Ernie Didot
