Growing Heart Farm is a small, diversified vegetable  farm specializing in year-round greens production in the Harlem Valley of New York. We grow nutrient dense food on 2.5 acres with two high-tunnels, without the use of any chemicals or petroleum-based fertilizers. Our priority as small farmers is to sustain and build the health of the land by producing nutritious food for our community using regenerative methods.

We intensively rotate our crops, extensively cover crop parts of the farm not immediately in production, and remineralize our soils, replenishing the nutrients and biology each year with strictly OMRI-approved amendments. We are a regenerative farm following organic standards towards eventual certification. We use a walk-behind BCS tractor and power harrow for ground prep, which has a lighter impact on soil life and structure than a conventional rototiller. We interplant small sections of flowering herbs like tulsi into our production area throughout the season to steward pollinators and favor working by hand and with hand tools whenever possible.

What we grow

SUMMER SEASON WINTER SEASON
spring – summer – early fall late fall – winter – early spring
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asparagus cippolini onions – yellow, red
fresh onions yellow & red onions
giant scallions shallots – banana, globe
sprouting broccoli giant scallions
radishes winter radishes
hakurei turnip hakurei turnips
kale bunches winter squash
spicy mustards kale bunches
bok choy spicy mustards
chard bok choy
head lettuce chard
radicchio parsley
escarole potatoes
snow pea radicchio
snap pea escarole
carrots
cucumbers
summer squash & zucchini
rattlesnake beans
sweet peppers
heirloom tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
hot peppers
tomatillos
eggplant
potatoes
celery
ginger
herbs
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SUMMER GREENS WINTER GREENS
spinach spinach
spring mix spring mix
kale mix kale mix
crunch mix crunch mix
arugula arugula
en-dicchio mix big greens
big greens