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Fresh from Crisp Country Acres: A Holland, Michigan Farm JournalTaste the First Flavors of Spring
Spring Harvest box!
- A vibrant mix of just-harvested salad greens
- Tender spinach or kale at peak freshness
- Nutrient-packed confetti microgreens
- Sweet, crunchy carrots pulled straight from our fields
- Your choice of a delicious salad dressing
- A burst of flavor with our latest product – freeze-dried fruit
- Reserve your Spring Harvest Box by March 12, 2025
- Choose your preferred dressing option
- Select your favorite freeze-dried fruit
- Pick a convenient pickup location
Memories & Growing: A Family Farm Story
The family settled on this piece of land after the civil war. It is thought that Bartelt VanderZwaag used the money he made from fighting in the Civil War to purchase the land on 120th Ave, just down the hill in Crisp, Michigan
This is the second barn, as the first one burned down. Do you recognize it? It is still there today! Next time you are at the farm look at the peak of the barn, you can see the year 1899 carved into it. This barn has seen alot of changes over the years. Now it holds our coolers and cold storage.
Since immigrating here from the Netherlands in the 1850’s the family has been farming! They raised hay, wheat, corn, soy beans, pickles, beef, pork and it was even a dairy for a while.
Today, we are still farming the same fields that our ancestors did almost 150 years ago. I often look at the pear tree that is on the side of the field. Wondering how many generations ago that it was planted. Wondering how many of our family rested under that tree, enjoying the tasty fruit. We will forever be grateful for the generations that worked so hard for this farm.
Winter or Spring?
The warm temperatures today made us wonder if it was really January! It felt more like April and we should have been planting! It sounds like tomorrow is back to reality for January, but it was nice while it lasted!
Things in the greenhouse are doing really well. The plants have loved the warmer temperatures and sunshine this past week! You could almost watch the plants grow.
The first 2 weeks of the year have been busy for us. We started our first CSA program last week, we had a great turn out. A huge thank you to everyone who joined our winter program! We so appreciate you supporting our family this winter! The program runs until the end of February. If you have been thinking about the winter program and would like to join please let us know. We would love to have you! We are also planning a spring program, watch for the details to come out soon.
We have a farm stand open at the farm now. (The address is 5888 120th ave.) This is a great way to get local produce if you are not in the CSA program! You can pick out what ever you would like or get a CSA sample box to give it a try. We anticipate our online farm stand opening in the next couple weeks. Check back for more details! You will be able to order your produce online and come out the farm to pick it up. We will have it all bagged and ready for you when you get there!
We hope that you all enjoyed the beautiful weather today and have a great rest of your weekend!
This is a picture of some our lettuce growing in the greenhouse. There will be green leaf lettuce in the boxes next week. It is a wonderful treat to have locally grown lettuce in the middle of January!