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 |