Michigan CSA by Cycle

great lake CSA farms

 

CSA's on Our Route:
Current Month: August

August's Farm Tour:

CSA Tour Michigan Trillium Haven Farm
CSA Tour Michigan A.E.Timmerman Farms
CSA Tour Michigan Funny Farm Organic Produce
CSA Tour Michigan Small Wonders
CSA Tour Michigan Weddings in Ann Arbor-anyone going that way?
CSA Tour Michigan Earthscape/ Full Circle Farm
CSA Tour Michigan SOLAS Fresh Local Produce : A CSA Farm
CSA Tour Michigan Halpin Highlands Family Farm

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This Tour sponsored by:

Great Lakes BIONEERS Restoration

 

We will be presenting a workshop from our tour at this year's Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference

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Great Lakes BIONEERS

This BLOG is sponsored & maintained by The Great Lakes BIONEERS

 Follow your bliss & may the wind be behind you...

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League of Michigan Bicyclists


 

 

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Click here for Images From June , July or August

Ware Farm

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR

01: Roma tomato harvest at the Wares for Oryana’s local canning project.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR


02: You gotta move fast when packing CSA boxes.  Here, Sandee “the flash” Ware fills a box to the brim.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR

03: Ware Farm CSA members pick up their share at the Elberta farmers’ market.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR


04:   Farm fresh onions!

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR

05: So long to the Ware Farm crew.  Thanks for having us!

PondHouse

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
01: A lucky Pond House Farm CSA member picks out his favorite veggies.

EarthWork

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
01: Michelle helps work the steamy stovetop in the EarthWork Harvest Gathering volunteer kitchen.

Brokedown

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
01: Brokedown Palace Farms in fall colors.
Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR

02: Goats wanna ride, too!  One momma goat at Brokedown Palace wonders, “how do you work this thing?”

BigDipper

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
01: Eric and Jackie Green work the bustling Traverse City farmers’ market while Marty is led into a deep trance by a basil plant.

Gray’s Fruit Farm
Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR

01: Todd rode his bike in to TC on a cool September afternoon to meet us.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
02:   A farm with a view:  Gray’s Fruit Farm sits on Old Mission Peninsula with an amazing view of East Traverse Bay.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
03: CSA by CYCLE ‘flyin’ the flag’ on Old Mission Peninsula.

Skyview

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
01: Picture perfect permaculture at Skyview farm.  Here’s the house energy efficient house that Dave and Pat VanDyke built themselves, along with the solar panels and wind generator that power it.
Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR

02: Dave VanDyke fires up the salad spinner to dry off our dinner.
Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR

03: Leelanau County in its full color spectacle.  Are we really still in Michigan?  Of course we are!

Big Belly

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
01: Traci and Rico Cruz pose with their apple crop on a warm fall evening.
Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR

02: Some of last year’s apple cider pressing at Big Belly Farm went through the magical fermentation transformation and we had the privilege of helping to bottle it.

September 10th Photo Updates

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR



1: Our blessings to Laurah and Biju...

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
3: and to Rob and CarolAnn!

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
2: and to Nick and Carisa...

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
3.5: Jim and Noah from Funny Farm sell their veggies at the Sweetwater
Farmers' Market.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
4: Finally, we've made it up north!

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
6: Patrice Bobier of Earthscape/Full Circle farm laughs with a customer at
the Sweetwater Farmers' Market.

5: A dragonfly checks out our camerawork during an interview of Bill
Bobier.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
8: What a great surprise! Our very good friend Meghan Elliot, who now
resides in San Fransisco, pays us a visit at the Sweetwater Farmers' Market.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
9. A sampling of the tasty varieties at the Heirloom Tomato Festival.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
10. Becca at Solas Farm stuffs their CSA shares with heaps of summer
bounty.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
13. ...and here are the Solas share baskets waiting to be picked up at the
distribution point on a friend's porch in Ludington.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
14. Check out the famous deer fence at Solas Farm.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR

16. The health food store in Manistee where CSA members from Five Springs
and Ware farm pick up their shares.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR


17. A bank of solar panels sits on top of the garden shed at Five Springs
Farm.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
21. Jim Sluyter, Jo Meller and Marty "shoot the compost" on a garden
review.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
22. Michelle decided to climb (a little ways) up the wind generator tower
at Five Springs Farm - here's what she saw.

Great Lakes Bioneers CSA TOUR
23. This amazing little straw-bale guest house became our home for our days
at Five Springs Farm. Thanks for the hospitality, Jim and Jo!

 

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