The week COVID-19 began reshaping “normal,” Chestnut Grove Baptist Church in Earlysville, VA gave birth to its first ever “pandemic-born” fruit-bearing partnership: the Pasture to Produce project.

Combining donated land, labor, and farming expertise, the growing partnership is slated to produce 4800-5200 lbs of calorie-rich vegetables which will supplement existing food pipelines serving our “food insecure” neighbors in the months ahead. 

Planting, fencing, weeding, watering, and harvesting are being coordinated by project co-captains Aaron & Mitzi Hammer of Hammered Inn Farm and Garden.  Jonathan Proffitt of Restoration Produce is the chief produce consultant, designing to maximize yield on land donated by the Philkill and Bailey families.  All who are interested are welcome to join the fun!

Help support the Pasture to Produce initiative by purchasing a t-shirt. Pasture to Produce will receive $10 for every shirt purchased. The campaign will close on June 6th and we expect shirts to be ready for pickup, delivery, or shipping o/a June 16th.