I’m David—this is my farm! When I was nineteen looking for a summer job while having no marketable skills, I saw a flyer for Wheatland Vegetable Farms and figured that would probably be the most interesting minimum-wage job around. I had no idea what I was getting into! But I liked the excitement of working 60-hour weeks & living with the crew here on that 20-acre farm, next door to several neighboring farms. For the next several summers I worked again on WVF and for other farms, learning how to work from the people I worked with, and how to farm from the people I worked for.

Since the farming neighbors here all made their living from farm income I assumed that was typical of a small farm, and after I graduated from Oberlin with a music degree I returned to start my own farm business here with the support of my neighbors to try and do the same. I liked farming, and I wanted to try out my own ideas about growing vegetables—but I knew that if this business didn't support my long-term livelihood, I'd go and do something else!

I like math, science, engineering, and figuring out how to build systems & solve problems to make things work. For me, growing crops and running a business is an endless opportunity for this sort of problem-solving, and a way to live with my neighbors in the wider rural community of people all engaged in a similar agricultural effort. Today I cultivate some of the same land that I worked that very first summer; those former employers are now my landlords and friends. We’re still here in Wheatland 20 years later, figuring out how to grow vegetables better this year than we did last year!

I’m Storm — A placeholder bio; A recent philosophy grad now turned towards physical work, he’ll be coming back for a second season here in 2026. He plays a key role in keeping the fieldwork up-to-date, and getting the CSA shares all packed and out the door.

I’m Becky—I worked at neighboring Potomac Vegetable Farms for 7 years, and then after having children I was glad to be able to stay involved with PVF by helping manage the CSA for them. When David started the CSA at SSF back in 2015 I was happy for another opportunity in our farming community, and I've been collecting recipes, editing and sending your CSA emails behind the scenes ever since! It's been wonderful to watch the growth and evolution of the farm and CSA over the last decade. Otherwise I spend time in my own garden and as a Fairfax County Master Gardener, and I knit whenever my hands are clean.