We never use genetically modified seeds. We always purchase organically grown cover crop seeds. We start all of our seeds in Fort Vee, organic compost based potting soil for seed starting made in Montpelier, VT by Vermont Compost.

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We have a well for irrigation and greenhouse production

on the farm side of the road

We use town water for washing produce and for watering at the farmstand.

We use only OMRI certified products for pest management, including Bt and Neem. We strive for pest exclusion with the use of Reemay cloth, insect netting, and screen on the hoophouses.

We use OMRI certified granular fertilizer, including Nature Safe 10-2-8. Our fertility program varies according to annual soil tests

Seedlings are fed with Fish/Seaweed emulsion from Neptune’s Harvest every 7-10 days. We occasionally  use a backpack sprayer to feed crops in the field that need a fertility boost as well.

All harvesting at White Barn Farm is done by hand. We try to harvest greens first thing while it is cool. We have a wash station located at the barn where we dunk and/or spray the crops with town water to remove dirt and take the field heat out. Washed and packed crops are moved promptly to walk in refrigeration to keep them at peak freshness.

Cultivation is the practice of disturbing weeds when they are small and letting them dry out and die. Hand hoeing is often used at our farm. For certain crops, we use tractor cultivation with our Farmall Cub. Certain crops require handweeding. The ideal situation for farmers is to minimize handweeding and prevent weeds from setting seed in the field.