Woodsong Naturals
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Woodsong Naturals, located in Caroline County, is a 50 acre farm with a multi-acre market garden (including vegetables, herbs, and flowers), pasture raised broilers, free range chemical free eggs, lamb, and baked goods. Bob earned a Master's degree in Crop and Soils Environmental Science from Virginia Tech in order to go overseas and do international development work. Unfortunately, in his last year of graduate school, 9/11 occurred and those plans were derailed, He followed his love for internationals by serving at VCU in their international admissions and recruitment department. After 20 years in higher education, he has left to pursue full-time vegetable production.. His wife, Neila, has spent those years raising their ten children, in addition to caring for aging parents on the farm. We have been growing the farm for years and gearing up for this pursuit., as we add more greenhouses and open up more space for growing vegetables, herbs and flowers, We grow what we want to feed our family: chemical free, all natural, "real" food, grown sustainably with cover crops and wood chips to protect the soil and enrich the nutrition of what we grow. We are excited to share the results with you!
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Integrated Pest Management Antibiotic And Hormone Free Free Range Pastured Extended Growing Season Use Only Organic Materials Non Gmo 100 Percent Grass Fed Perennial Crops Cover Crops Crop Rotation No Till Low Till Thermal Composting
Location
Ruther Glen, VA
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Bob Wood was interested in International Development at a young age, and so studied Crop and Soil Science as an undergraduate at Va Tech, and completed his Masters in Forages and Agroforestry. He worked in agricultural development with war refugees in Belize, and in Brazil. He has also done consulting work in Egypt and Asia. The event of 9/11 derailed his plans to work long term in Afghanistan his last year of graduate school. Upon graduation , Bob and his family purchased land in Caroline county, built their home and started developing the land to a farm. in 2019, Bob left his off farm job and began farming full-time.
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