Intern Intro: Eric Schumann

After returning from my fall semester abroad in the “Green City” of Germany, Freiburg im Breisgau, I was fueled with a passion for mixing business and sustainability. I had already accepted a position as a Development & Events intern at the West Michigan Environmental Action Council for the spring semester, so then I thought to […]

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Intern Intro: Martha Holland-Anderson

Hi! My name is Martha Holland-Anderson and I’m from here in Holland, Michigan, but I’ll be a Sophomore at North Park University in Chicago this year. I am studying studio art and Psychology with the hope of becoming a therapist someday. My family has had a CSA share at Eighth Day for the last several […]

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Urban Youth Growers 2019

     Can We Resurrect Urban Youth Growers?        The Urban Youth Growers is an exciting and integral program designed to empower youth in the Holland community with summer employment and hands-on learning at Eighth Day Farm in collaboration with Escape Career Connections. If this initiative gains the necessary funding ($8,000-$13,000), Urban Youth […]

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The Interns: Where’d they go?

A lot of wonderfully unique people end up going through the Eighth Day Farm Internship program.  Believe it or not, they don’t drop off the face of the Earth once their summer with us is up. I feel sonder thinking of how all our paths find odd spaces to connect, only to disperse into the […]

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Next Chapters

By Monica Elliott   In every book there are the fast chapters and the slow chapters.—those that whiz by in the blink of an eye, jam-packed with adventure and drama, or those that take a more leisurely route, full of the necessary relationship-building or character-development that eventually advances the plot. I feel like the last […]

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An Open Thank You Note to the Eighth Day Farm Community

  By Madison Ostrander   Dear Eighth Day Farm Community, At the beginning of summer, I wrote a blog admitting how little I knew about farming. Since then, I’ve learned an awful lot. First, I learned the basics: the difference between a turnip and a radish, smelly compost is the key to happy plants, and […]

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The Positives of Potlucks

By Karey Frink Weekly Eighth Day Farm potlucks— you may have heard about it through the grapevine or you might have not known about the existence of these small gatherings. Potlucks happen every Wednesday evening starting at 6:30 p.m. at Rosa Park. Weekly potlucks were introduced very early to the EDF interns as it gave […]

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Composting: New Life

By Monica Elliott Turning the compost is Andy’s favorite job on the farm. He told me he doesn’t know why, other than it “feels productive.” Honestly, I don’t get it. I’m sure the high school helpers agree with me, after their very first day on the farm was spent pulling weeds from the huge piles […]

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How to Keep Your Share Fresher For Longer

By Chelsey Geisz As an intern at EDF, I’ve had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to receive part of my paycheck in the form of veggies! After subsisting off limp carrot shavings and discolored lettuce from the college cafeteria for the last two years, I started the summer overjoyed at the prospect of unlimited access to fresh, […]

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Farm to Fork 2018

Come celebrate summer on the farm! Our annual party is hosted at our Town Center, urban farm location. Once a parking lot, now a vibrantfarm community, it’s a great spot for a celebration. We’re grateful that some of our finest and favoritest local establishments are providing food and drink, made with Eighth Day vegetables when possible. Come for food prepared […]

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