We had a bad brushfire on March 30th that destroyed a lot of pasture fencing, irrigation pipe and tanks, some crops and fruit trees, a few livestock, and a storage shed. Volunteers who want to come out and continue to assist can help: assess damage, collect burn debris into a waste bin, and clear fence lines this weekend again on both Saturday and Sunday afternoon from 4pm to 6pm. No tobacco users please, and bring your own water, mask, sturdy shoes and gloves, loppers and hand saws, chainsaws, pole saws, wheelbarrows and shovels if you have them. The air quality is improving. We have N95 masks available.

Links and information are available HERE and at the farmstand, for anyone who wishes to donate to our recovery directly OR in a fully tax deductible manner through the VI Good Food Coalition, a local non-profit farm advocacy organization who will redirect 100% of donated FARM FIRE campaign funds back to our recovery.

Huge thanks to the ARTfarm volunteers, fellow farmers, former employees, customers, neighbors and friends who dropped everything to join our family and members of the VI Fire Service during the initial aftermath of the blaze and dropping off meals and other kindnesses in the following days.

In case you missed the information: This was a more devastating fire than the one set five years ago. We lost a lot of wild and planted trees, our equipment storage shed where ALL of our backup fencing supplies were stored, large water tanks and fittings, irrigation equipment, electric sheep and deer netting and equipment, and (we are still assessing how many) gates, wooden posts, steel posts and hundreds of linear feet of barbed and page wire fencing destroyed.

The fire took about seven hours for the VIFS to extinguish and another several days of spot-treating flareups and embers, and smoldering gate posts. Two of our teen’s beloved turkeys died from bee stings and smoke inhalation the day after the fire. Countless bird nests, wild animals, beneficial insects and topsoil fauna and flora were destroyed. Deer were trapped in broken fencing as they tried to flee.

The farmstand will be first come first served Wednesday. No reservations. We recommend coming about halfway or later through the hour if you would like a shorter line. We really appreciate your support.

Plenty for All

• Sweet salad mix
• Sweet and spicy salad mix

Early Birds

• Cherry tomatoes
• Slicer tomatoes
• Heirloom tomatoes
• Teen arugula
• Yams
• Tomato seconds
• Chinese cabbage
• Baby bok choy
• Baby turmeric
• Carrots with green tops (for juicing if you like)
• Green and red hot peppers
• Sweet frying peppers
• Italian basil
• Thai basil
• Cilantro
• Dill
• Parsley
• Scallions
• Kaffir lime leaves

We appreciate you all! See ya Wednesday 5 – 6pm!