Promise Land Pastures
a sustainable farm serving as a community outreach center In Charles City, Virginia
Four Centuries
Three Cultures
Two Rivers
One Community
Our Mission
We love our community! Charles City, Virginia is a special place with three cultures that go back to the beginning of the nation. Our mission farm is a place where these three cultures can be woven together in a three-stranded cord that cannot be easily broken. Our mission is to use this property as a place where people can be helped, trained, and empowered to team up and serve others.
Our Programs
Farm production
Community missions
Mentoring and education
Innovations
Latest Posts
Firewood Ministry finishes strong!
Promise, Land Pastures Has had another successful Firewood, ministry season. We have had men from men’s ministry groups from several different area churches Help us split stack and deliver over 30 truckloads of firewood to folks in need!
Roofing project a big success
We met Helen Graham at the ROC cookout which was held at the Ruthville gym complex in March. Promise land was teaming up with the ROC crew as part of the volunteer prayer team. We introduced ourselves to
New Full-time Intern
David Foeckler, had just graduated high school, and was considering working as an intern on a farm for a temporary first experience away from home before starting college.
Fall After School Workshops
After school classes open up a vast potential of student impact. The idea is to bring in volunteer experts who will be instructors in a class on their field of expertise once a week for four to six weeks. Then we open up these opportunities to students to come and gain valuable experience and knowledge. There is no limit to what we may be able to teach with this new system.
Promise Land Farm is a real working farm with LOTS of animals. It’s a great place to gain knowledge and enjoy participating in actual livestock business ventures.
Goats
Goats Projects. Would you love to learn how to build a herd of some of the most adorable farm creatures of all. These guys are loaded with personality and hilarious antics, but most importantly the milk these darlings provide is super rich and creamy. It is the basis for a host of micro-dairy business opportunities!
Bees & Honey
Bees & Honey Operation. Suit up and experience the thrill of getting up close and personal with 60,000 honey bees in a colony of Promise Land Farm’s growing apiary project. You will experience the joy of harvesting the sweet liquid gold that these tiny livestock partners produce for us, and you will be in awe of the magnificent secrets to be discovered in this fascinating discipline that is a mixture of science, art, and relationship with nature.
Chicken & Eggs
A tiny packet of golden treasure! Promise Land’s eggs are the top-tier food product known as local pasture raised eggs. Help us discover which comes first, the chicken or the egg as we incubate, brood up chicks, manage a layer flock, and harvest hundreds of dozens of our beautiful eggs for eager customers! Our unique systems will inspire you to see just how many innovative things can be done with every agri-business venture.
Sheep
Sheep Projects. Come learn one of the most effective ways to manage ruminants (grass eating creatures). It’s a technique called rotational grazing. It heals the land, improves pastures, prevents disease and parasites, and it maximizes profit from livestock. Promise Land Pastures is a place where you can discover the secrets of rotational grazing with an extraordinary breed of low maintenance Caribbean hair sheep- The Barbados Blackbelly.2
Diesel Mechanics
Build it! Ever wanted to rebuild a diesel engine? One of the departments of our training program is diesel engine reconditioning. If you’re serious about learning rebuild engines. We’re serious about training you.
