Community Farm of Ann Arbor

website: communityfarmofaa.org

Harvest Kitchen partners with the Community Farm of Ann Arbor for vegetables during the summer months.  Summer-season Harvest Kitchen members are members of the Community Farm and are welcome to visit the Farm to enjoy u-pick crops, attend festivals, work in the fields, and/or participate in decision-making meetings.  Or, you can just stop by and enjoy a chat with other farm members, a picnic with your family, and a chance to touch the earth your food is growing in.

At the Community Farm, we practice Biodynamic Agriculture, a sustainable method of agriculture that yields nourishing food while maintaining and enhancing the health of the soil. We don’t use any pesticides or chemical fertilizers.  We do have two beautiful cows, three goats, and a flock of chickens all of whom contribute manure for our compost heaps.  After a year of decomposition, we have the most beautiful, nutrient-rich compost to spread on our fields.

The Community Farm is also working hard to provide a truly sustainable future for farming: not only are we building a fertile farm, we are working towards the goal of paying our farmers a living wage and educating the next generation of farmers through field trips and our apprenticeship program.

The Community Farm of Ann Arbor is one of the oldest CSA farms in the country.  Now in its 23rd year, the Community Farm of Ann Arbor has remained solidly committed to its original goals: to develop a sustainable method of agriculture that yields nourishing food while maintaining and enhancing the health of the soil; to provide a livelihood for the producers, and to create a partnership with the producers and the consumers in which the risks and rewards of farming are shared.