Brines Farm Winter 2011-2012 CSA program: Currently our Winter CSA program is at full capacity. Apologies to all those interested. We hope to have an expanded Winter CSA program next year, as well as other seasonal programs in the future. Please use this form if you'd like to sign our waitlist and hear about future options. If you are curious, here is a short bio. Thanks for your interest.
Wednesday evenings 4:30-8:30pm during the summer at the Ann Arbor Evening Farmers Market. At this very festive and weekly market we should be always located in stall #17 right next to Mill Pond Bakery.
Just about every other Tuesday afternoon at the online market Lunasa.us.
Saturday mornings (7am-noon) and Wednesday mornings (7am-2pm) at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market
. During the summers look for us along the aisle adjacent to the Kerrytown Building or close to the market office or lastly in the sandlot.
You can see what we offering in photos we upload to Real Time Farms, a valuable online resource started by some folks we are proud to call friends!
All of our fruits in veggies are authentically grown in and around our hoophouses (passive solar greenhouses) in Dexter, Michigan. We are not third-party certified organic but follow all certified organic allowed guidelines, if not even more ecologically friendly practices whenever possible. Brines Farm utilizes first and foremost healthy compost soil, beneficial insects, seed saving when possible, open pollinated or heirloom seeds when possible, exclusively non-GMO seeds, and lots of hand labor from dedicated and respected individuals. From time to time we have public open houses or volunteer days at the farm which we can let you know about if you fill out this form. A little more infomation about Brines Farm is available in this short bio.
Support Local (Sustainable) Agriculture! First and foremost, we're in this because we like great food. As a business we're not worried about being big, only great. For example, we think you will not currently find fresher and better tasting arugula in the Ann Arbor area and that alone is the reason you should buy ours. The fact that we for example use no fossil fuels to heat, cool, or ventilate our hoophouse and that we are part of the local economy is just icing on the cake (dressing on the salad?). If you need more reasons, try these 10 Reasons to Buy Local Food (or these alternate ten reasons) with which we wholeheartedly agree.
