Growing food
to give it away

A Sustainable Donation and Education Farm in SW Michigan

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OUR FIRST TWO SEASONS

HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2017-2018

Sunrise over the vegetable beds

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Olivia’s rainbow chard harvest

Purple scallion harvest

Late summer donation to the River Valley Senior Center

Cut & come again lettuce mix

Farmer Billy with a carload of produce donations

Shield bean harvest

November Mobile Food Pantry at Church of the Mediator in Harbert

Autumn sunset at the farm

See you next summer, garlic!

December lettuce harvest on a bed of snow

Overwintered spinach

Early asparagus shoots

Volunteering for the strawberry harvest!

Strawberry donation

Spring plantings

Spring lettuce heads

New broccoli crown

Collard powered!

The Harris family at our first mobile food pantry in Galien

Spring donation to Harbor Country Emergency Food Pantry

Seeding with summer schoolers at Three Oaks Elementary

Ruby Orach (a summer alternative to spinach)

Summer donation to Redbud Area Ministries in Buchanan

Ripening tomatoes

Tomato donation

Cherry tomato harvest

Summer farmscape

Community Food Network meeting at the First Church of God in Benton Heights

Turnip the volume!

Extending the season with low tunnels

Autumn mobile food pantry in Galien

Season extension workshop at the farm with Chikaming Open Lands members

Autumn black bean harvest

December spinach

December turnip donation

The Harris family at our Thanksgiving Mobile Food Pantry in New Troy, MI

Delicious soup at Luisa’s featuring HFFF purple carrots and turnips

Mary from Harbor Country Mission picking up some early December produce

December beds with blankets of snow

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THE LATEST FARM NEWS & MUSINGS

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Mar 12, 2019

Our 2nd Season

Mar 12, 2019

We grew by leaps and bounds over the course of our second year – and first full growing season – of donating healthy food to communities in need.

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Mar 12, 2019

Caramelized Onions

May 1, 2018

Caramelized Onions

May 1, 2018

A favorite of all visitors to the farm who can handle our no nonsense cooking.

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May 1, 2018

Spring Is Here!

Apr 30, 2018

Spring Is Here!

Apr 30, 2018

With the thick blanket of snow finally giving way to a late February warm spell, the carrots, spinach, cilantro….

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Apr 30, 2018

WATCH US GROW

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Over the course of this month we’ll be highlighting many of the reasons why our 8th year of growing & giving was our best yet, but first we thought we’d take a look at 2024 by the numbers. We grew more fresh organic produce than ever

These Thanksgiving meal distributions just keep getting better each year! We served at least 108 families in need in Galien & Benton Harbor for our 6th annual #thanksgivingfooddrive, making for our biggest impact yet. The Harris kids again did an

Wow, just today surpassed 5,000 lbs of fruits and veggies harvested this year from our tiny farm - a big first, and we still have plenty of fall harvests ahead of us! Each month of this year saw larger harvests than the same month in the previous yea

Our spring-planted #lettuce is coming in nice and early! We’re planting in successions so we always have a steady supply to harvest and donate. The shade cloth helps to prolong harvest windows of each succession since it slows down the process