hi everyone,

here's just a note to let everyone know that we weathered the storm pretty well, and also to see if there are any folks out there who could come help with tomorrow's harvest. We expect a smaller than normal harvest crew tomorrow and are looking for replacements. Some of our workers are quarantining (don't worry- there was no covid exposure at the farm), and we expect a number of others to be busy with storm clean-up. (if you are interested in helping, see more details below).

have you noticed that we have a lot of CUCUMBERS this year??

There's a lot of unpredictability in farming. Some crops are doing more poorly this year (onions and potato yields are perhaps half of normal). Others are doing better than normal. The cucumbers are doing extremely well.

Do you have too many cucumbers? Let us know, but also, please give away your extra food to anyone else who might be in need. We are donating a lot of cucumbers to all our donation sites.

DO YOU WANT MORE CUCUMBERS?

hi friends,

summer is in full swing. We have been working very hard out on the farm!
every week we are harvesting more vegetables to share with so many people. This year, with the pandemic, it's been harder to schedule volunteers, and the weeds are taking advantage of our labor shortage.

would you like to help us weed?
weeding is easy to learn and so satisfying!

young Compass plants!

prairie plants are ready for sale!

Here's the new hand-out that Matt Mitchell made for us for our harvest mornings and workshares.
Our pandemic committee has been hard at work trying to figure out how to safely work on the farm with our interns and workshares and we have been practicing these new guidelines for the past month and slowly working up to full harvest crews.

Dear friends,

Hello friends,
Like everyone, we are trying to make plans in this pandemic, figuring out what is essential and what is not. Both Nate and Alice work at a grocery store and are continuing to go to work while our health is good and taking our best sanitation precautions.
It's springtime and there's a very large amount of work to be done to start the growing season, and we do think growing food is an essential service, but I'm confused about if we should have visitors on the farm to help us.

We would like to invite you to an evening of
Community Singing!!!!
Saturday March 7, 5-8pm.

Experience Harmony, Joy, Beauty, Cooperation, and Community through Music!!
Our friends Brenna Cussen, Rachel Schmidt-Boeke, and Mary Kay McDermott will be visiting from Dubuque to teach us and lead us in an evening of singing. The songs will be easy to learn but beautiful and meaningful. Feel free to bring songs of your own to teach to the group.

Potluck at 5pm, followed by singing until 8pm.

Location: 307 8th St, Ames, IA, 50014