CONSUMER SERVICES

Mathews County

EASTFIELDS FARMS
Peter or Diane Perina
85 Preston Pt. Road, Mathews, VA 23109
804.725.3948
E-mail:  eastfields@rivnet.net

Directions:  From Highway 17 in Gloucester, take Route 14 toward Mathews.  Make a right on Route 611, right on Route 621, right on Route 622.  Go 1 mile and take a left on Route 623 (Thurston Road).  First right on dirt road (Preston Pt. Road) to end.  From I-64 exit at West Point, take Route 33 to Glenns intersection with Route 17.  Cross over Route 17.  Route 33 becomes Route 198.  Follow Route 198 to Mathews.  Turn right onto Route 621, right on 622, left on 623 (Thurston Road), first right on dirt road (Preston Pt. Road) to end.
Hours:  8 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Call ahead for confirmation of hours and picking conditions.  Aquaculture tours and talks by appointment.
Special Comments:  Quaint early 1800s waterfront farm.  Recipient of Clean Water Farm Award.  We initiated and helped establish the Virginia’s Finest label for blueberries.  Picnic area available.  All picking containers provided.  Please bring take-home containers (low, flat boxes suggested).
Products:  Pick-your-own spray-free blueberries.  Farm-raised clams and oysters grown and available on premises.  Local distributor offering discounts on oyster and clam cages and floats.  Aquaculture netting for fish cages.  Oyster and clam seed available on request.  Free aquaculture advisory service.

K & J FARMS
John or Karen Weaver
1191 Haven Beach Road, Diggs, VA 23045
804.725.5366; FAX 804.725.5397
E-mail: info@kjfarms.com

Directions:  From Gloucester Courthouse, take Route 14 to intersection with Route 198 at Zooms.  Turn right and follow Route 198 to end.  Turn left onto Haven Beach Road.  We are 0.6 mile up on left.  From Middlesex County, take Route 33 from Hartfield to Mathews County.  Turn left onto Route 198 at Get & Zip.  Travel to end of Route 198.  Turn left on Salem Church Road and then bear left onto Haven Beach Road.  We are 0.4 mile up on the left.
Hours:  Variable.  We pick seven days a week during the season, depending upon weather and field production.  Please call for times and availability.
Special Comments:  We sell from our truck parked on Main Street, Mathews, most days during season and by appointment at the farm.  Please call for times – 804.725.5366.
Products:  Fresh-picked, sweet, tender asparagus.