Ivy Brand Organic Farm


Farming Practices

We appologize for not offering very many shares
at this time.

We have taken a step back, and are transitioning
to a Permaculture based farm. Please learn more
about this here:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

Soil Management

We use cover crops, compost and rock powders to maintain soil fertility.  We also rotate crops to prevent depletion of the soil.

Pest Management

If we have a bug problem, we use botanicals and/or predators to bring the system back into balance.  Crop rotation and companion planting are other tools we use.

Growing Practices

*Many farms that follow organic practices choose not to become certified for financial reasons, time constraints (it is a long, complicated application) or just lack of faith in the government to oversee something so precious.  I wish that we could get back to close relationships with the people who produce food and thereby make the certification process less necessary, but that is tough in the modern world. 

 

   
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Sara Colhoun
Ivy Brand, LLC
P.O. Box 365,
Edgewater, MD 21037
ivybrand@gmail.com

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History of Ivy Neck Farm and Ivy Brand

Ivy Brand is located on Ivy Neck Farm in Harwood, Maryland. A 10th generation family farm. We are dedicated to preserving the environment, family farms and most importantly, our local community.

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