Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site.Biodynamic Community-Supported Agriculture ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [April 7, 2025 - This Week and Beyond](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/04/08/april-7-2025-this-week-and-beyond/) - Wednesday seeding work party. 4/9, 10-2pm. Friday biodynamic stir and spray. 4/11, 3:30 pm. Kacee, Pete, and Caitlin will lead a stirring and spray of the horn manure preparation (500) to encourage soil life. All are welcome to join. We expect to stir and spray various BD preparations at least once a month. Saturday, Earth Day concert with - [February 3, 2025 – Community Farm Winter Care Team](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/04/05/february-3-2025-community-farm-work-day/) - Dear Fellow Farm members and friends, King Winter and the Snow Queen have arrived! The winter care team is dedicated! I asked them to send me selfies so I can introduce you to them. Pete, seen here with Fern, Jahnavi and Luna inside the bale feeder. Pete learned how to use the tractor to move a round bale once a - [Looking back at our wonderful 2024 season](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2023/09/19/hello-world/) - We’ve had a glorious season, under Mark A’s careful and devoted stewardship, with a good infusion of energy from Kacee, Mark S, Lucia, and member and friend volunteers, from Eileen’s sanctuary beekeeping and wonderful pedagogy to Caitlin’s beautiful flowers. As the season drew to a close, we celebrated and evaluated. Fall Festival was Saturday, September - [November 14, 2024 at the Community Farm](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/03/02/november-14-2024-on-the-community-farm/) - This past Wednesday we focused on Old Pasture. Kacee, Karen and Nigel cut and mulched the two dahlia beds.. We used old hay and leaves. The repaired garden carts came in very handy! Our neighbor, Mike VanRiper, delivered a round bale of straw and he and Nigel rolled it through the garden gate! I want - [November 20, 2024 on the Farm](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/03/03/november-20-2024-on-the-farm/) - Last wednesday was a soggy work day. Margarete, Niko, and Nigel helped take down the fencing around Spring Garden, roll it up and put it in the barn. Found more praying mantis cacoons! Fencing in! stored behind the beautiful curtain (thanks Abby :-)! We also cleaned up beds in Old Pasture. It was easy to - [November 23, 2024 on the Farm](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/03/03/november-23-2024-on-the-farm/) - Dear fellow farm members, This past Saturday was a chilly day! and we have much to be thankful for: The tractor team composted Kildeer. Terry loaded the manure spreader with the front loader, from a pile of horse manure from Sue's farm down the road, which Mike brought over to Julia's land last summer and - [December 10, 2024 - Community Farm Work Day](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/04/05/december-10-2024-community-farm-work-day/) - Dear fellow farm members, The farm has shifted into winter mode and still there is always something to do! Work days continue for those who want to come out. Last saturday Karen, Abby and Hanna prepared cardboard in the greenhouse. Terry trained Pete on watering the animals and moving round bales into the outdoor feeder. - [December 12, 2024 - Community Farm Work Day](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/04/05/december-12-2024-community-farm-work-day/) - Dear fellow farm members, Wednesday was a good day to compost Old Pasture.Thank you Terry and Nigel! Perhaps we can do more on saturday. We discovered the electric tractor does not like cold weather. Margarete and Karen prepared cardboard. Beans with instructions are in the greenhouse for anyone to take and process for planting in - [December 31, 2024 – Community Farm Work Day](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/04/05/december-31-2024-community-farm-work-day/) - Dear fellow farm members, The winter care team has been out every day to care for the animals, so every day is a work day! Last saturday Karen, Kacee and Lucia walked the fields and started some seed planning. It was unusually balmy and Terry came to work on the Ford tractor that will brush - [January 6, 2025 – Community Farm Work Day](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/04/05/january-6-2025-community-farm-work-day/) - Dear fellow farm members and friends, Last Tuesday on new year's eve we met to grind gold, frankincense and myrrh into a sticky paste. On Sunday we met at the farm to stir the paste into a liquid biodynamic preparation. Karen, Kacee, Peter, Dolores, Nigel, Gaia, Mateo, and Lucia gathered around the firepit and then - [February 20, 2025 – Community Farm Winter Care Team](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/04/05/february-20-2025-community-farm-winter-care-team/) - Terry supports the animal care team. Hecreated a special casing to protect the hose from freezing up as it travels downhill inbetween the two barns, from the hydrant to the animal trough. When the super cold snap of -0 weather out smarted him, he shlepped water every day for a week from the house, till he - [March 22 2025 - Spring Equinox - 2025 Farmers](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/04/05/march-22-2025-spring-equinox-2025-farmers/) - On March 22, to honor the Oestara, the Spring Equinox, we had a workday for spring clean up and greenhouse repair. We also had a Tea Ceremony around a fire, to honor the seeds! We met our farmers and welcomed the coming season! Kacee Jones: mentored under Mark Abrams all last season, willing to be lead - [March 28 - Workday, April 6 member meeting reminder](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/04/05/march-28-workday-april-6-member-meeting-reminder/) - Dear Fellow Farm Members and Friends, We had a productive workday last Saturday preparing for the new growing season. Kate and Kacee worked inside the greenhouse. Forrest built a new shelf. Outside, Abby and Rob repaired the plastic. Karen shelled beans accompanied by Karibou, Pete, Marijo, Ayla, and many others! All this was followed by a lively - [December 3, 2024 - Community Farm Work Day](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025/04/05/december-3-2024-community-farm-work-day/) - Howdy Farm Folks! Its not often you get an email from me ha! This past Saturday (Dec. 1) we had a chilly willy time preparing the animal enclosures. Susan, Tom, and their two grandchildren came out to help cut plastic and staple them to the windows. The kiddos were very excited to learn how to ## Pages - [Michigan’s First CSA](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/) - Serving the Community Since 1988 Support our Donated Shares Program -fresh, healthy, organic producefor our low-income and housing-insecure friends and neighbors! Support our GoFundMe! Help the Farm survive & build a sustainable future 2026 Member Commitment Form The Community Farm is a CSA - Community Supported Agriculture - located in Chelsea, Michigan. We were the - [Blog](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/blog/) - We’ve had a glorious season, under Mark A’s careful and devoted stewardship, with a good infusion of energy from Kacee, Mark S, Lucia, and member and friend volunteers, from Eileen’s sanctuary beekeeping and wonderful pedagogy to Caitlin’s beautiful flowers. As the season drew to a close, we celebrated and evaluated. Fall Festival was Saturday, September - [About the Farm](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/about/) - 2026 Member Commitment Form Welcome to Community Farm! Community Farm is Michigan's first ever CSA. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and describes a relationship between those who eat food and those who produce it. The movement began out of a growing desire for people to truly know and connect with where and who their - [Staff & Volunteers](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/staff-volunteers/) - Kacee Jones - Lead Farmer My name is Kacee Jones and I am a queer farmer, beekeeper, and forager based in southeast Michigan. I fell in love with Community Farm for its deep love for the land, brilliant knowledge base of growers, artists, and craftspeople, as well as the connection we form with each other through food. With - [Support the Farm and Our Local Community!](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/donate/) - Thank you for your interest in donating to the Community Farm of Ann Arbor! The farm relies on memberships and donations to stay afloat. DONATED SHARES PROGRAM FOR OUR LOW-INCOME/UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS We hope you will assist the Community Farm in providing fresh, healthy, organic produce to our low-income and housing-insecure friends and neighborsby donating to - [2026 Membership](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/2025-membership/) - We can't wait for you to join the food, fun, and community that is the Community Farm of Ann Arbor! 2026 Member Commitment Form To become a 2026 member, please complete all items and submit the form, along with your full or partial payment. Pay online: Stripe Online Payments We'd greatly appreciate it if you could - [Contact](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/contact/) - If you have a question, or would like to be added to our mailing list, please fill out the information below. - [Animals!](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/animals/) - Animals are an important part of the Community Farm. They provide life and fertility and a connection between the land, the plant kingdom, and the human experience. They browse the land and provide fertilizer for our fields. We have 4 cows, 3 sheep, and 3 goats, as well as several cats and a few free - [Bees!](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/bees/) - Supporting Honeybees at CFAA Honeybees both contribute to, and benefit from, the farm landscape. Bees are semi-domesticatedinsects, so managed hives rely on beekeepers for managing space and supporting their well-being,so they are able to serve as pollinators. TendingThere are many ways to keep bees, and at CFAA bees are tended in the tradition of SpikenardFarm - [Calendar](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/calendar/) - Farm calendar for meetings and other business activities. - [Biodynamic Farming](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/biodynamic-farming/) - All Things Grow With Love The Community Farm of Ann Arbor is one of the few farms in Michigan using Biodynamic Agriculture, and among even fewer to be continually doing so since 1988. Developed by the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner in the early 1900s, Biodynamics has proven itself to be a very successful farming practice ## Events - [Member Meeting and Plant Sale](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/event/member-meeting-and-plant-sale/) - Join us for our first member meeting of the year! We will be selling a small selection of vegetable and flower starts from 12-1 PM and our Meeting will begin promptly at 1 PM. This is a very special meeting because we will be welcoming new members, talking about the upcoming season, and celebrating Karen's Community Farm of Ann Arbor Plant Sale and Member Meeting - [Natural Dye Bandana with Marigolds & Shibori Workshop](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/event/a-natural-dye-workshop/) - Discover the art of natural dyeing and shibori with The Natural Dye Co. at Community Farm of Ann Arbor. A hands-on, creative workshop experience. - [HiveSide Chat--every 3rd Saturday](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/event/hiveside-chat-every-3rd-saturday/) - Learn about bees from our beekeeper, Eileen Dickinson. Hands on experience for those who want. All questions welcome. Click on the title to learn more. - [Member Meeting - every 2nd Saturday](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/event/member-meeting-every-2nd-saturday/) - There will be a Member Meeting at the farm next Saturday, June 14th 1-3 pm, and every 2nd Saturday this summer. Together we make the farm work, and it is important to have as many members as possible contributing to each meeting. The farmers make the day-to-day field decisions, and the members (whoever shows up at ## Categories - [Farm News](https://www.communityfarmofannarbor.com/category/farm-news/)