Our farm
A family farm in southern Nelson County.
Ara Avagyan studied agriculture in Armenia and came to Double H Farm as an intern in 2000, working for the couple who started it, and stayed on to manage it. Gayane and the family joined him in 2004. Since 2013, Ara and Gayane have run the farm themselves.
The work splits the way it always has. Ara's side is the meat: he mixes his own sausage recipes and links them by hand. Gayane's is the garden, from the trays of seedlings she transplants each spring to the basil she picks by hand.
In their daughter's words
“I've grown up hearing phrases like ‘here's an extra cucumber! Take this basil, no charge, our gift to you! We forgot your bacon, so sorry, try these sausages instead.’”
Ludi Avagyan
“Whether it's rising at 6am to harvest tomatoes for a restaurant or staying up past 12am to package sausages they promised to a customer, they will do it.”
Ludi Avagyan
Where to find us
Most Saturdays you'll find Ara and Gayane at the Nelson Farmers Market Cooperative in Nellysford, and Tony at the Farmers Market at IX in Charlottesville. Markets and pickup.