The fund-raising dinner on August 26th is shaping up to be an incredible evening with a few changes to the evening. Here’s our plan for the night: 6:00 pm  Hors d’oeuvres, live music, tours at the Farm (709 Pine Ave.) 7:15ish pm We’ll arrive at the Holland Town Center, WOW Center (12330 James St, Block […]

Condition of the Farm: Jeff Roessing, Director of Eighth Day Farm, is attempting no small thing in his mission to bring community together around fresh food. He is working against many obstacles, cultural and economic, to offer the people of Holland, Michigan, a chance to serve each other and participate in the collective farming of […]

A great time was had by all at our community open house on July 14th. We had animals, face painting, farm tours, a bake sale popcorn and lots of fun! Thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers that help make it happen. If you didn’t get a chance to come out, here are some photos […]

This past week, Eighth Day Farm hosted a group of students from CASA. As part of their summer program they were given a chance to learn about where our foods come from and the importance of eating healthy, local foods. One of their field trip opportunities was to visit Eighth Day Farm.

We’re having a community open house and love for you to come by! We’ll have face painting, a make & take activity for children, farm animals, farm tours, prize drawings and a bake sale. If you’d like to drop an item off for the bake sale, please let us know.  This will be a great […]

Thanks to everyone that signed up this year! We are excited to get to know everyone better of the course of this growing season! For those of you that wanted to sign up but didn’t get to it in time, let us know and we can put you on a waiting list for next season. […]

Due to a cold Spring and the opening of a new farmer’s market in Holland, we feel that it would be wise to lower our number of CSA shares for 2011. If you or someone you know is thinking about signing up for a CSA share this year please do so as soon as possible […]

Last Tuesday, a group from Hope College came out to Eighth Day’s Zion plot to move lots and lots of mulch. They were such a huge help! Thank you so much to the Hope College’s Spring Break Local Missions Trip group for all of your work!

We were recently interviewed for an article in the Holland Sentinel. Check it out! http://www.hollandsentinel.com/feature/x1371479857/Eighth-Day-Farm-wants-to-expand-local-agriculture

WORKING SHARES ARE NOW FULL! WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING REGULAR FULL AND HALF SHARES! Now until the end of May (or when shares sell out), sign up for your Eighth Day Farm CSA share. This is a great way to get healthy produce, grown with out chemicals, while supporting your local economy. For returning members […]