Eighth Day Farm grows food on two urban locations in Holland using regenerative agricultural practices. We connect people to the land and to each other through regenerative agriculture.
Where We Farm
The Growth Center / 709 Pine Avenue
This one acre site is embedded in the downtown holland neighborhood.
The Holland Town Center / 12330 James Street
The 2 acre farm carved out of the parking lot and is our main production site.
Regenerative Agriculture
There are many words, terms, and concepts that are used to describe non-conventional (non-industrial) food production methods. Some are very technically specific while some are simply marketing strategies that have little to no meaning regarding how the food is actually produced.
At Eighth Day we practice regenerative agriculture, from a high level this means taking a holistic long-term view of the food production ecosystem that integrates both farming systems with ecological and biologic systems. It respects that good food grown well is the byproduct a complex web of systems, only part of which we directly control.
Regenerative Practices are not new, in fact they likely represent some of the oldest food production systems which have been used and improved on for thousands of years by indigenous people in all parts of the world.
We focus first on building healthy soil and second on short term crop yield.
Composting Service
Considering nearly 25% of household waste is compostable this represents a huge opportunity to return valuable organic matter and nutrients to the soil (a key strategy in regenerative agriculture). In order to facilitate this Eighth Day runs a composting service in the Holland area.
WHAT YOU DO:
- Visit our online store and sign up for the right plan for you. Ask yourself, “How often would I fill a 5-gallon bucket with my food scraps?”.
- Keep your 5-gallon bucket (that we provide) near your kitchen.
- When it’s time to swap out the bucket, leave it in your designated bucket location for pick-up. We’ll collect it and leave you a fresh one.
- Your food scraps will be picked up and processed at one of our processing sites
WHAT WE DO:
- We provide you with a bucket and lid.
- We process your food scraps at one of our growing sites.
- Once processed, we use the compost to fuel our vegetable production. Our farm’s bounty is distributed to our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) community and at market.
(You will be redirected to our online shop at Barn2Door)