Since 2012, we have been on a list to join the Holland Farmers Market and this is the year we received the call! While this is an exciting story to advance our mission and engage a wider audience, the decision to join the Saturday market was not an easy one. The CSA distribution of veggies […]

For an eyewitness account of bok choy innovation and to provide some insights into the CSA experience, we asked some friends and long-time farm supporters, Kip and Christa, some questions. Tell us a bit about yourselves. We’re the Holland-Anderson family – Christa, Kip, Martha, Henri, and Chloe. We’ve lived here in the core city of […]

For those of you who don’t know me, I’m John Puttrich.  I interned at the farm a couple years ago and now I’m the new program manager. Though I know my way around the Holland area quite well, my wife, Jenna, and I moved back from Philadelphia just last Sunday. In addition to helping Andy with the CSA and the internship, I’ll […]

What else does Eighth Day Farm do? Eighth Day Farm is a local, agricultural non-profit organization with this purpose: to practice gospel inspired creation care. It’s the time of year for CSA signup, so we’ve been busy posting some updates about our CSA, which takes good care of people and the land through sustainable, regenerative […]

What do you do all winter? That’s often the first question people ask when I tell them what I do for a living. Winter allows farmers to rest and refresh a little bit. We rest from a long year of labor. We attend conferences to learn new farm and leadership skills. The work never really […]

What goes into the cost of a CSA share? The number of shares we need to sell is based on a budget of $60,000. Our budget items include: ·        Staffing: fair salaries and benefits, including housing expense for interns ($45,000) ·        Capital expenses: land, equipment, tools, irrigation, etc. ($5,000) ·        Operating expenses: seeds, plants, transportation […]

Big thanks to the Eighth Day community for a great 2017. We’ve got a lot of news to share – new farmers we’re enormously excited to introduce and farewells to Jeff, Kyle, and Brooke who will be missed immensely. Here’s a link to our newsletter. https://www.eighthdayfarm.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-Newsletter.pdf We’re passionate about expanding access to local options for food that is healthy and […]

We’re excited to have such a great crop of interns this summer. Be sure to thank them for their hard work when you see them at the farm or the weekly potluck! Alex is participating in her first season as an intern at Eighth Day. She graduated from Hope College in May 2017 with a […]

Growth Center renovations are underway! The building at 709 is being fixed up to become an amazing asset to Eighth Day Farm and the neighborhood thanks to some substantial gifts. This new Growth Center is being made possible by a grant from the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area.

Now’s the time to get in on our CSA for the season! This season we have added a couple of options, including a reduced price “simple share” that places a heavier emphasis on accessible produce for fresh cooking. We still have our standard CSA share and we are also piloting a new idea for a […]