Pine Dell Farmstead

We are Josh & Lauren Jones and our family goes back many generations here in Williamsburg. We homeschool our 4 young children and both work off farm. We’ve had chickens and small gardens throughout our 17 years of marriage, but always had bigger dreams. While we’ve always wanted to farm, the real push came from wanting a healthier alternative to what we could find in the grocery store. When we started asking questions at local farmers markets, we quickly realized that not many of them grow their own produce, so they didn’t have answers to a lot of the questions we were asking. That’s when we realized we needed to take the plunge sooner, rather than later. So back in 2020, shortly before the shutdown, we finally took the leap - we ordered our first meat chickens and started fencing in our front yard for what would become Pine Dell Farmstead. We started slow, mainly just growing for our family; but, we knew we needed to make it possible for others in our community to know their farmer and know where their food was coming from. In 2022 we got our first 2 honey bee hives and have grown from there. CSA has been a passion of ours since 2023 and for our current busy life schedule, we decided this is the best market for us, for now. We take pride in our growing practices (although we are not certified organic, we don't use any sprays or fertilizers that are not certified organic) and we love the fact that we can walk out to the garden and eat something right off the plant without worrying about harmful chemicals!