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Staying Hydrated While Traveling for the Holidays
The holiday season is almost here, which brings me to the question, are we ever really ready for it? Probably not. Each year I think I...
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Oct 11, 20223 min read
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Sneak Peek: How to Use Essential Oils
Amy has been using doTerra Essential Oils to keep herself and her family healthy and active for years and is on a mission to help you do the
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Oct 4, 20223 min read
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Make With The Oom-Pah-Pah!
Thirsty for a good time? An Oktoberfest-shaped slice of Bavaria is coming to the farm on Saturday, October 15th from 10 am-2 pm.
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Sep 28, 20222 min read
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A Few Easy Fall Rituals
What is the Autumnal Equinox? The Autumnal Equinox is technically the first day of fall, which arrives this year on Thursday, September 22nd
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Sep 21, 20225 min read
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This Weekend! Classic Car Display and Farm Stand at Chickahominy Falls
Much like life here at Chickahominy Falls, there are some cars that only get better with age. That’s this Saturday's Pop-Up event is

Blair Doucette
Sep 13, 20221 min read
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What To Do With Extra Okra and Green Beans
We’re up to our eyeballs in okra and green beans here on the farm to the point where we almost can’t see an end in sight.
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Sep 8, 20226 min read
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Woodside Farms & Your Everyday Life
Since Woodside Farms opened its farm gates in 2018, there have been a lot of changes - a lot...
Update on Woodside Farms
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Aug 30, 20223 min read
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Optimal Nutrition & Real Food
So, if I were to boil everything that I learned in grad school about optimal nutrition down to just one small concept it would be: eat real
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Aug 23, 20224 min read
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Inflammation and Its Role In Chronic Diseases
By now, many of us know that inflammation is at the core of most chronic illnesses that plague us as Americans. And inflammation is...
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Aug 16, 20223 min read
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Natural Medicine Around the Farm
did you know that these tiny golden flowers that look as though they're tumbling out of the woods are actually filled with medicine? The pla
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Aug 9, 20223 min read
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Stop and Smell The Kale - The Health Benefits of Gardening
Gardening, along with volunteering on a farm (ahem, like at Woodside Farms), can have many health and therapeutic benefits.
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Aug 2, 20223 min read
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The Hanover Tomato, Central Virginia’s Most Famous Ingredient
Since these tomato seeds are planted deep into the Hanover soil, each and every tomato that is produced on this farm is a Hanover Tomato. No
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Jul 22, 20222 min read
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Our World and Microplastics - What can we do?
A few years ago, the world began to take note of the ever-more-present composition of plastics in our oceans. We began to notice what are...
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Jul 14, 20223 min read
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CSA Members: The Seeds That Grow Our Farm
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs blossomed in a post-Green Revolution world. The Green Revolution is a model of farming...
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Jul 6, 20223 min read
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Building Community Through Community Service
Being a part of such an intentional neighborhood has so many perks. One of them being the ability to belong to a community. Healthy...
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Jun 28, 20223 min read
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The heART of The Farm
Can you even believe the June we're having?! Yes, there have been a few sweaty days and buggy nights, but nothing like what a typical...
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Jun 21, 20222 min read
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Pause for Purslane
Here we go, I’m very excited! I was introduced to purslane as a somewhat beneficial weed while working here at Woodside Farms my first...
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Jun 14, 20222 min read
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Trust Your Gut
You know that gut feeling you get when something is wrong? Or those butterflies that flit around your stomach when you get nervous? There’s
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Jun 7, 20222 min read
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The Surprisingly Wonderful Benefits of Boredom
When was the last time you were bored? Not just sitting down to watch a re-run bored, but the type of bored where you have zero...
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Jun 1, 20223 min read
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Naturopathic-based Practices for Covid Care
Two years and some change into this global pandemic and it seems we've come to the understanding that this virus is here to stay. With...
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May 24, 20224 min read
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