Cultivating a Progressive Foodprint for the Future
“Foodprints are the ecological footprints or impacts made on the environment - air, water, and soil- through a food’s production and distribution processes.” ~Nourished Planet: Sustainability in the Global Food System
Are you looking for certified organic, locally grown produce? How about a flexible CSA share that accommodates busy schedules or special diets? Do you want your family to know where their food comes from?
Welcome to April Joy Farm.
Great Food, Grown with Love.
What We Grow
Our 24 acre farm located southwest of Ridgefield, Washington, produces an astounding diversity of 100% certified organic vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs. With over 200 heirloom and unique varieties each year, and a growing selection of perennials including apples, plums, pears, and our very popular seedless dessert grapes, you’re sure to find a lot to love.
Who We Serve
Our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a produce subscription program for individuals, couples, families, even communities - across Clark County, WA. From May to October, each week our members select which items they want, then come to the farm to pick up their custom harvested share. Many families make time to ask questions, learn about farming practices, share recipes, and revel in being at the farm. Our transparent, farm direct model results in ultra-fresh, nutrient dense produce with no wasteful packaging. It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with real farmers on an authentic working farm.
How We Grow
For over a decade, April Joy Farm has led the way. We created from scratch our 100% choice-based CSA model, use no single use plastics in our CSA shares, are pursuing an advanced soil health initiative, and even tracking the carbon footprint of our farm. We’ve partnered with the USDA and our local Conservation District to plant thousands of native shrubs and trees to filter runoff from our neighbors, improve habitat for wild animals, and restore important field buffers. We’ve hosted regional researchers studying climate-smart farming practices, wild birds, and insects. We’ve devoted almost a half acre of our prime cropland to pollinator habitat. We are absolutely passionate about soil health because we know it is literally the basis of all health. We encourage you to read more about our philosophy and where we’re headed. Certified Organic? For us, that’s just the beginning.
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Community Voices
“April and Brad [are] a glowing example of the power held within small and mid-sized family farms to transform the current unsustainable, homogenized, over-industrialized food system into a community-focused, environmentally regenerative one.”