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Making Local Work

November 24, 2014 by Sarah

Calling all Michiganders and the like.

If you live in a climate similar to mine, you may have thought to yourself, I hear all this buzz about eating local, but how the heck do I get fresh, local produce in the wintertime?!

I mean, we were just bombarded with snow in the middle of November for goodness sakes; the tomatoes don’t stand a chance!

Well, that’s where greenhouses come in.

I recently learned about and visited a market farm about an hour north of where I live that uses an acre-sized computer-controlled greenhouse to grow organic produce. It’s called Good News Farm. They have a program where you can buy a farm box filled with fresh, organic produce each week, and they have pick-up locations all over the state! If you live in Michigan, you should definitely take a look to see if there is one near you. If you don’t, there may be something similar in your area, and you could ask around or do a google search for organic greenhouse farming.

Or if you’re really adventurous, you could even have your own greenhouse 😉
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By visiting the farm, we learned all about their veganic growing methods and saw the whole greenhouse. We also met some of the high schoolers who work on the farm and are given scholarships for tuition at the local private school. I sure didn’t miss the opportunity to snap some shots of this beautiful operation.

I’ll let the pictures do the talking 🙂

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

 

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

Good News Farm

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Good News Farm

I’m so excited to start receiving boxes soon and be able to contribute to local, sustainable farming! Hope you’ve been inspired to do the same 🙂

With love,

Sarah

 

 

 


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Comments

  1. Julian Nash says

    December 14, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    Sarah these pictures are amazing! Thanks for coming by and showing some love over here at our farm. Your blog is amazing! Keep up the good work. Let’s keep networking.

    • Sarah says

      December 15, 2014 at 2:59 am

      Thank you, Julian!!

      We got our first box Wednesday and loved it..can’t wait for more! I’d love to!

      Thanks again for the great tour! 🙂

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    […] made two big batches of different soups made with veggies from our FarmBox, raw apple chips, raw exotic (beet, parsnip, sweet potato) chips, and apricot almond chia […]

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    February 18, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    […] received this beaut of a vegetable in our weekly farmbox from Good News Farm. I couldn’t wait to slice that baby up and toss it in some oil, spices and into the oven for […]

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