Enjoy the Harvest from Green Gardens this Season

*Detailed information about the 2009 CSA Program is now available here. Slots are filling up fast, so please contact me (trent@greengardensfarm.com) if you are interested soon. A $50 deposit will be required by January 31, 2009 to secure membership. If you have already indicated that you are interested in the CSA, you will be contacted within the week. Thanks, Trent

 Located on the north-side of Battle Creek, Michigan, Green Gardens Community Farm is beginning its first year in operation this season! My goal as the farmer is to provide you with top-notch produce at a fair price while also treating the land with the respect that it rightfully deserves. As a local producer, I have several advantages over distant, and many times, conventional growers. I can harvest a crop and sell it to you the very same day for maximum freshness, many new and different vegetable varieties will be accessible for your enjoyment, and you are welcome to visit the farm to understand my growing practices or just appreciate its beauty and the bounty that it provides for us. As a young and new grower, I am committed to growing your food in an environmentally sustainable manner. This means that I do not use synthetic (petroleum-based fertilizers) or toxic pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides on the crops. I strongly believe that natural manures, crop diversity, cover-cropping, and crop rotations are the key to maintaining not only a fertile, productive farm, but also one that provides you and your family with safe food. By using organic farming practices, I can also guarantee that I am not polluting the soils, water, or air that we and other biological life depend on. To recognize these growing practices, the farm is now Certified Naturally Grown.

In 2009, Green Gardens will be selling at two farmers markets: Richland on WED (4-7) at the Community Recreation Center, and Battle Creek on SAT (9-1) in Downtown Battle Creek. The local Battle Creek community will also be able to purchase the farm's produce by joining the 50-member Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, or by coming out to the farm on Tuesday or Friday evenings to see what is available at the farm stand. 

Please feel free to contact me with questions at any time or visit the farm. I am very much looking forward to meeting you and being your trusted farmer.

Thank you, Trent Thompson