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Victory Farms, Inc. is a family-run, Certified Naturally Grown farm in Hanover, Virginia. Owner/Operator Charlie Collins has been farming for a living since 1994. With a degree in Botany, he has spent years developing methods for growing fine-quality produce on a small urban farm. The five acres of land are compost-fed and pesticides are never used. Artisanally grown produce is hand-harvested and tended to daily by Charlie himself and arrives at the markets freshly picked, clean and ready to enjoy.

From 1994 to 2005, Victory Farms, Inc. was recognized for selling to 25 of Phoenix, Arizona's finest restaurants. Gina Collins, Vice President and co-owner, accepted a position with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in December 2006 (which she left in 2008 to work on the farm full-time) so the farm moved east. Since we've relocated to Hanover, Virginia, we have re-created our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) membership program for the Richmond metro area. We have grown from 100 members in 2007 to 200 members in 2008 and 400 in the 2009 season. We expect to hold around the 400 mark in 2010 with the goal of purchasing our own land to expand again in the near future.

The CSA movement in this country began in Massachusetts in the early 1980s when farmer Robyn Van Eyn forged a partnership with the community surrounding her Indian Line Farm to grow their winter storage vegetables. CSA’s serve a vital function in a community that is trying to hold onto its farming traditions in urban areas.

If you'd like to be on the waiting list, please email victoryfarms@comcast.net. You will receive information and coupons during the season as well as be in line for spaces in 2011!

Lastly, don't miss the Photo Gallery page (run your mouse over the CSA tab on the upper left and select Photo Gallery, then click on the first photo to start a Slide Show) to see images of the farm, the farm family and the markets! Thank you for your interest in Victory Farms!

Charlie, Gina, Mae & Conor Collins

Welcome to 2010! This will be our 4th CSA season here in Richmond, Virginia and we look forward to another successful year bringing the best veggies to market!

Where you'll find us this season:
Tuesdays (through October 26th) at the North of the James Market in Bryan Park from 3-7pm.

Saturdays (through end of November or early December) at the South of the James Market in Forest Hill Park from 8am-noon

Saturdays (through October 2nd) at the Monument Market on Monument and Robinson from 8am-noon

Due to very low turnout, we have made the tough decision to drop the 17th Street Market as a site as of May 4th, 2010. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please email victoryfarms@comcast.net to get on the waiting list!

Sign-up today!

With pre-payment for a season's share, this type of program provides the farmer with consistent support and the buyer with the freshest, locally-grown, "beyond organic" produce possible.
This is not a buying club where brokers gather produce from multiple farms or even other states – our vegetables are grown on our family farm right here in Hanover, with only occasional enrichment of items we cannot provide from very select local growers. If you are interested in joining our CSA, please visit our CSA Page.
During the season, members can debit anytime and non-members can buy many items throughout the market day, with the sales opening up to all in the last hour of each market. Post-season markets are open for sale to all.

Victory Farms also sells to area restaurants and specialty stores including Ellwood Thompson's, Belmont Butchery, Olio (formerly European Market), Savor, The Dining Room at the Berkeley Hotel, and Balliceaux. Victory Farms is proud to be a member of Slow Food and Local Harvest.
We are proud to be a Certified Naturally Grown farm.
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