Good news bad news

Okay bad news first. Ready? Our hoop house plastic got ripped to shreds by the wind… twice. It was indeed a moment of despair to see a 72-ft long piece of metal conduit flapping fifty feet up in the air. Thankfully no people or plants were damaged in the process and we finally managed to […]

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Seedlings

Many of our seedlings have sprouted their first true leaves, meaning it’s time to welcome the baby plants into the world! Although it’s been an unpredictable spring so far, these guys have been protected from the harsh elements with our double-layered greenhouse, a necessity for extending the short growing season in Michigan. Now, we’re in the process of […]

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Kale yeah, coming to a farmers market near you

Since 2012, we have been on a list to join the Holland Farmers Market and this is the year we received the call! While this is an exciting story to advance our mission and engage a wider audience, the decision to join the Saturday market was not an easy one. The CSA distribution of veggies […]

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Meet some friends

For an eyewitness account of bok choy innovation and to provide some insights into the CSA experience, we asked some friends and long-time farm supporters, Kip and Christa, some questions. Tell us a bit about yourselves. We’re the Holland-Anderson family – Christa, Kip, Martha, Henri, and Chloe. We’ve lived here in the core city of […]

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Another new farmer!? Meet John.

For those of you who don’t know me, I’m John Puttrich.  I interned at the farm a couple years ago and now I’m the new program manager. Though I know my way around the Holland area quite well, my wife, Jenna, and I moved back from Philadelphia just last Sunday. In addition to helping Andy with the CSA and the internship, I’ll […]

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Brown Bags, etcetera

What else does Eighth Day Farm do? Eighth Day Farm is a local, agricultural non-profit organization with this purpose: to practice gospel inspired creation care. It’s the time of year for CSA signup, so we’ve been busy posting some updates about our CSA, which takes good care of people and the land through sustainable, regenerative […]

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Andy’s Winter Forecast

What do you do all winter? That’s often the first question people ask when I tell them what I do for a living. Winter allows farmers to rest and refresh a little bit. We rest from a long year of labor. We attend conferences to learn new farm and leadership skills. The work never really […]

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CSA budget

What goes into the cost of a CSA share? The number of shares we need to sell is based on a budget of $60,000. Our budget items include: ·        Staffing: fair salaries and benefits, including housing expense for interns ($45,000) ·        Capital expenses: land, equipment, tools, irrigation, etc. ($5,000) ·        Operating expenses: seeds, plants, transportation […]

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2017 Year-End News

Big thanks to the Eighth Day community for a great 2017. We’ve got a lot of news to share – new farmers we’re enormously excited to introduce and farewells to Jeff, Kyle, and Brooke who will be missed immensely. Here’s a link to our newsletter. https://www.eighthdayfarm.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-Newsletter.pdf We’re passionate about expanding access to local options for food that is healthy and […]

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