MSU Student Organic Farm

MSU Student Organic Farm
Students operate a year-round CSA, offering three sessions of 16 weeks each, for a total of 48 weeks (off from mid-Dec to mid-Jan). Sessions correspond to the MSU semesters. In summer and fall, shares include traditional season field-grown crops, and in winter and early spring, we grow salad greens and other cool-season crops in unheated hoophouses, as well as distributing stored winter veggies (squash, potatoes, onions, dried herbs, etc).

The MSU Student Organic Farm is a 10-acre certified organic year round teaching and production farm. Our markets include 48-week CSA, Summer CSA, 7-month on campus farm stand, and sales to MSU dining halls. We use passive solar greenhouses or hoophouses to produce and distribute fresh produce all year long. Winter production includes saladmix, spinach, kale, collards, chard, choi, napa cabbage, komatsuna, cilantro, parsley, radishes, carrots, beets, and more. These fresh items are combined with storage crops such as squash, garlic, potatoes, onions, cabbage, rutabaga to create bountiful shares throughout the winter. The Farm also operates an intensive 9-month Organic Farmer Training Program (OFTP) in year round organic farming focusing on diversified production of vegetables, flowers, fruits and herbs for local markets.

CSA Details:
-Season:Year round
-Type:Single farm
-Since:2003
-No of Shares:70
-Full Share:$515 for 16 weeks (a Year-Round membership is made up of three 16-week sessions); $690 for our 20-week Summer-only CSA; both CSAs are intended to feed an average family of four
-Work Req?:No

Pick Up/Drop Off Points:
MSU Student Organic Farm  (Mon Thu)
Year round members pick up their shares at the farm every Thrusday 4pm-6:30pm. We set up CSA "buffet style," with the harvest set out in crates on a table, and a board with amounts each share can take. Members bring their own containers. Summer only shares pick up on Mondays 4-6pm, and their shares are boxed for them.
-Contact:Rebecca Bloomfield
-Phone:517-230-7987
-Address:MSU Horticulture Teaching and Research Facility 3291 College Road,Holt, MI 48824