Did you know that we begin to digest our food before the first bite ever even touches our lips? Using our senses to cook and eat our...

Have you met the Burgess Buttercup squash yet? If you haven’t, you should. With a beautiful blend of flavors reminiscent of a blend...

Over the last several months, it seems as though the topic of health and healthy lifestyles has become an increasing consideration for...

Going for a stroll is a healing activity by itself. It helps support healthy heart function, improves balance and coordination, and if...

Edamam-YAY! Edamame, what is it? Have you seen this beautiful legume that has recently been added to the farm stands? Edamame is a type...

As the calendar pages flip by, it might be a good time to share a little end-of-summer update from the farm. Although the sun is high,...

Learning about beneficial herbs and their medicinal properties is probably one of my favorite things to do (I know, I’m wild). Most of...

As the days meander on like a soft summer breeze, the season becomes hotter and hotter, with more intense storms and longer periods...

Okra may very well be one of the most glamorous crops we have here on the farm. This diva of a vegetable grows so tall that I (a person...

Food is so much more than just food. It’s community, it’s love, it’s often even a time capsule, holding on to memories of the past. This...

Taking a weeklong break from our Virginia Farm Flavors series, I wanted to talk about one of the smallest, but hardest working employees...

I’d like to take the next few blog posts to continue on with our series on Virginia farm flavors for those neighbors of ours who may be...

So many Chickahominy Falls neighbors and Woodside Farms friends are new to the Richmond area, or even new to Virginia as a whole. This...

We all know we shouldn’t indulge in processed foods. But many of us might not know why we shouldn’t. Did you know that there are...

Has there ever been a week in the history of weeks that felt more winter-like than this past week? I mean, sure... probably, but this...

February, among many other things, is American Heart Month. And while I could astonish you with several heart-health-related statistics...

Here we are, mid-January and I don’t feel too dramatic when I say I’M SO TIRED. The short window of winter daylight hours along with the...

With the new year, there is often a renewed sense of focus on starting new projects or finishing up old ones. If you’re like me, you...

Happy New Year! We made it! 2020: the year that kept on giving, even though we begged and begged it to stop, is finally over and we can...