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Welcome to Fall Line Farms & Local Roots!

The Center for Rural Culture's Fall Line Farms and Local Roots is designed to connect family owned and operated farms and businesses with customers in search of local food year round. It's Richmond Virginia's non-profit online farmers market!

If you are new to us and would like to give us a try, use the Membership Code: "ONE_month_free" We are real people supporting real local Producers all within 100 miles of Richmond. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to give us a call 804-878-2166.

Our Producers

FARMS
Verde Natural Florals
Village Garden
Trails End Farm
Thistledowne Farm
Rockcastle Farm
Rain or Shine Greenhouse Gardens
PigCrafters
Peacemeal Farm
Night Sky Farm
Owl Orchard
Misty Morning Sunrise Farm
Mickey&Ann's Farmette
Manakintowne Specialty Growers
Liberty Tree Farm
Lar-Lyn Farms
HaaShrooms
Grassbelly Farm
Goats R Us
Forrest Green Farm
Elk Island Produce
Dragonfly Farm
Deer Run Farm
Burkeville-Waverly Farms
Brookview Farm
Broadfork Farm
Authenticity Farms

OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES
Zen Beekeeping
Woodson's Mill
Wild Earth Farms
Vegtabowl Foods
Truly Scrumptious
Three Hens Candle Co
Steve’s Succulents
Honey's Homemade Stuff
Hobby Hill Farm Fresh
Great Harvest Bread Co
Good Health Herbs
Farmstead Ferments
Cumberland Middle School
Black Hand Coffee Co
A Local Pie Company

From Dragonfly Farm

When we started farming in northern New Mexico in 1984, I put out a sign "Organic Produce." People would stop in and ask ... what does organic mean? Sustainable farming has come a long way since then. Back in 1972 the head of USDA asked If America goes organic, who decides which 50 percent of the people starve to death?

We have come a long way, but new threats ... GMOs, unscrupulous procedures and 3000 mile carrots are still with us.

Fall Line Farms & Local Roots which Judi and Doug are proudly associated with provide us with the ability to sell our crops for a fair price and to serve our customers in a totally transparent system. We have planted hundreds of blackberry blueberry plants in the past dozen years and many rows of asparagus all of which are perennial crops, easy on the earth as well as tasty and nutritious.

BUY Fresh Buy Local ... KNOW YOUR FARMER!!

Doug and Judi Reid
Dragonfly Berry Farm

About Fall Line Farms & Local Roots

New Customers -- Try us with a one month free membership: use the promotion code "ONE_Month_Free"

Fall Line Farms & Local Roots is a non-profit online farmers market in Central Virginia. We are a producers' co-op of small family farms and local businesses providing fresh local food year round to our members.

As a member you order when you want - there is no requirement to order every week. You shop by the item and there is NO MINIMUM ORDER. With one order and one payment, you are able to order directly from 40+ producers.

Our farmers share with you details about their products and their practices so you can make the best decisions for your family's health and nutrition needs. Completely transparent, you will know exactly where your food is coming from and are encouraged to contact your farmers directly with questions.

How Fall Line Farms & Local Roots Works

Each week our producers post the products they have available, setting their own prices, uploading their own descriptions and photos. You can read about their farming practices and contact them directly with questions.

Using our Buying Pages, you shop online with us any time between Friday at noon to Monday at midnight. You pay for your order online and then pick it up on the following Thursday afternoon between 3:00 and 6:00 pm at one of our Richmond area pickup locations.

Orders are delivered fresh, straight from the farms on Thursdays. Our producers share in the delivery process and we rely on volunteers to sort the orders at the pickup locations. This cooperative system allows us to keep delivery costs down to a minimum meaning more money goes back to the producers.

How we are different

Fall Line Farms and Local Roots opened in the fall of 2008 with one goal in mind, to help small farms through the challenging season ahead. Since then, we have grown and developed but never wavered from this basic focus.

Our innovative online buying program allows small farms to sell their products as they come available at a competitive fair price that is set by them.

There is no minimum supply required for them to sell, allowing very small start up farms to grow and expand into a larger marketplace. We like to think of ourselves as an incubator for small sustainable farms.

Because our producers share in the delivery, we are able to keep our costs low. That means more money goes back to the farms.

We are not a reseller. When you order you are buying directly from the producers in our market.