About Timbercreek Organics

Timbercreek Farm is located in Charlottesville, Virginia 5 miles from the Barracks Road shopping center. The Timbercreek Organics project is an effort to revitalize active cultivation of the farm which has functioned primarily as a horse boarding facility since the 1970’s. Inspired by the work of Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms, we have undertaken the Timbercreek Organics project to help provide the Piedmont area with healthy organic foods raised via practices that guarantee the vitality of our farm and our customers. We are committed to bringing you good foods that are good for you. In doing so, we hope to reconnect our customers to the source of their meals. It is our sincere conviction that knowing where your food comes from and how it has been cared for is the most important guarantee you can have. We take great pride in our work so that our customers may rest assured that the food they are eating is not only great tasting but clean and safe.

Timbercreek Organics is dedicated to responsible agriculture that celebrates natural diversity and promotes ecological stewardship. Our method is based on the agricultural practices of the permaculture movement. We strive to go beyond the requirements of the USDA Organic standards. Unlike the monoculture abstractions that have replaced American farms, Timbercreek utilizes the complimentary interactions of species to benefit one another and the land. By farming in accordance with the wisdom of nature we are able to keep Timbercreek Farm pesticide, herbicide, fertilizer, antibiotic, and hormone free. Our animals are raised on healthy pasture in a stress-free environment. Our rotational grazing method keeps all of our stock on fresh grass while preventing the soil depletion and erosion common to “free-range” operations. The net result is a neighborhood friendly, sustainable system that continually renews the fertility of our farm.

Timbercreek Organics is focused on local. We believe that local businesses are an important facet of a strong community and part and parcel to environmental conservation. Local businesses are run and staffed by people who have a vested interest in the future of our area. By relying on local businesses to provide the materials for our farm we are investing our dollars in people who are accountable to our community. Buying local reduces the carbon footprint of our farm and allows us to be better educated about the environmental practices of the businesses we deal with and the origins of the products we buy. Our focus on local also means that our products are marketed exclusively to the Central Virginia area. We believe that we should provide the same accountability to our customers that we seek in our vendors.

We invite any and all to come out and see the farm in action. Our doors are always open. Come see the community driven and environmentally responsible future of agriculture.