Producer
Wood's Market Garden
Contact: Dan and Elyse
Address: 93 Wood Lane, Brandon Brandon, VT, 05733
Website: https://woodsmarketgarden.com/
About Us
The Farm
Woods Market Garden is a 165-acre farm, producing roughly 30 acres of certified organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers every year. The farm has been an iconic destination and mainstay of the local community for generations, dating back to the early 1900s when the Wood Family first started farming here. Bob and Sally Wood first opened the farmstand in the 1970s, and ever since the farm has been known for its fresh and outstanding products, attention to quality, and deep commitment to serving the local community. The farm is rich with prime agricultural soils, and an abundance of available water from Jones Brook and Jones Mill Pond. In addition to the fields, we manage roughly 1 acre of greenhouses in order to produce the highest quality crops possible, grow a wider selection of crops, and extend our growing season.
The Farmers
Dan and Elyse both hail from Massachusetts, where they met while attending UMass. Dan has been farming since he was a teenager, working on his first farm in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, and has a degree in Plant, Soil, and Insect Science. Elyse worked for many years in Natural Resource Conservation, living and working all across the country including Hawaii, Alaska, Idaho, Washington, and New York. Dan and Elyse spent close to 10 years living and working in western Washington state on the Olympic Peninsula, where they had their two young children, Clara and Theo, before moving back east to purchase the farm. We are excited to help provide our community with delicious and nutritious food and beautiful plants for their gardens and landscape.
Woods Market Garden is a 165-acre farm, producing roughly 30 acres of certified organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers every year. The farm has been an iconic destination and mainstay of the local community for generations, dating back to the early 1900s when the Wood Family first started farming here. Bob and Sally Wood first opened the farmstand in the 1970s, and ever since the farm has been known for its fresh and outstanding products, attention to quality, and deep commitment to serving the local community. The farm is rich with prime agricultural soils, and an abundance of available water from Jones Brook and Jones Mill Pond. In addition to the fields, we manage roughly 1 acre of greenhouses in order to produce the highest quality crops possible, grow a wider selection of crops, and extend our growing season.
The Farmers
Dan and Elyse both hail from Massachusetts, where they met while attending UMass. Dan has been farming since he was a teenager, working on his first farm in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, and has a degree in Plant, Soil, and Insect Science. Elyse worked for many years in Natural Resource Conservation, living and working all across the country including Hawaii, Alaska, Idaho, Washington, and New York. Dan and Elyse spent close to 10 years living and working in western Washington state on the Olympic Peninsula, where they had their two young children, Clara and Theo, before moving back east to purchase the farm. We are excited to help provide our community with delicious and nutritious food and beautiful plants for their gardens and landscape.
Practices
Our Farming Practices
Our vegetables and fruit and all of our farm fields are certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers Association (VOF). We practice crop rotation, use no synthetic herbicides or pesticides, cover crop all our fields annually, and select varieties that taste the best and are the best suited to our region and growing conditions. Every year we strive to improve our farming systems, so that we are the best possible stewards of the land, can produce the best crops possible, and can provide the best work environment for our wonderful employees. If you have any questions about our farming practices, please don’t hesitate to reach out and ask us directly, we are always more than happy to share.
Our vegetables and fruit and all of our farm fields are certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers Association (VOF). We practice crop rotation, use no synthetic herbicides or pesticides, cover crop all our fields annually, and select varieties that taste the best and are the best suited to our region and growing conditions. Every year we strive to improve our farming systems, so that we are the best possible stewards of the land, can produce the best crops possible, and can provide the best work environment for our wonderful employees. If you have any questions about our farming practices, please don’t hesitate to reach out and ask us directly, we are always more than happy to share.