Jeremiah's Dinner Series at Farm 651

Northwestern Michigan College Culinary Institute invites you to sit down for a delicious four course meal with honors chef Jeremiah Shields. Held at Farm 651 in Cedar Michigan as part of NMC's Culinary Honors Program, this dinner will show preparation and serving of a variety of tasty items including an Autumn Panzanella Salad, Beef Tenderloin, and Spiced Pumpkin Cake. Enjoy!
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Farm 651 Design Contest

We want to create a line of tshirts and Farm 651 souvenir garments that tell our story. I have attached a picture of a tshirt line from http://republicoffloyd.com in Virginia as inspiration. If we select your designs for use on our shirts and hats, we will give you a free subscription to our CSA for the 2011 season ($525 value). Submit all designs via email to farm651@hotmail.com. We will post the best designs online and let our fans vote. Contest ends February 15th, 2011. Good luck!!

Coming in 2011

We wanted to give everyone an update as to what we are working on for 2011.

1.) We want to offer bulk spices and food products. Specifically spices, flours, mixes, coffee, etc. So often when putting together the perfect recipe you find yourself needing a pinch of this and a cup of that. Bulk bins allow you to buy just what you need.

2.) We really want to expand our doughnut offerings. They will be made fresh daily and we will expand our flavors and varieties. We can even make you a dozen while you wait. We will offer them every morning starting at 7am.

3.) In 2011 we will be offer canning seminars and cooking demonstrations. We are setting up our kitchen to allow for easy viewing and look forward to showcasing techniques new and old.

4.) Animals are coming. In 2011, Farm 651 will welcome Moon and Tykota. These beautiful horses will certainly add some flare to the property. We also plan on adding a family of approx 100 chickens for organic eggs and poultry.

We are always looking for new ideas and welcome suggestions and business proposals for our friends and neighbors. See you May 1st!! - Jason & Junie

Update Agtourism

The planning commission approved the Agtourism Draft as written and sent it to the County Planners for review. Farm 651 strongly supports these efforts and is thankful for everyone who has worked towards these changes.

Solon Planning Commission

Tonight at 730 the Solon Township Planning Commission is meeting to discuss the final revisions to the AgTourism draft. Anybody who has a stake in farming should probably attend and make your thoughts known. I would be happy to email a draft to anyone who is interested. The meeting is being held at Cedar Fire Department Meeting room.

CSA Offering Expands

We will be adding prepared food to our CSA offerings in 2011 similar to the wonderful work being done by the http://www.harvest-kitchen.com in Ann Arbor. Hopefully this addition will make eating healthy local food possible even for those that don't have the time to cook.

The Storm

We closed a few days due to the storm. As you can see from the farmstand pic below, we sustained some damage! Nonetheless, we will put it all together and reopen Friday morning. Lets hope for a beautiful weekend.

Antique Apples

We have just received a batch of really rare antique apples. In the following varities....

Macoun (similar to macintosh)
Northen Spy (great for pies)
Tolman Sweet (tastes like a pear, baking)
Ozark Gold (similar to golden delicious)
Wolf River (worlds best baking apple)
Wealthy (tart and crispy, also great for baking)

Quantities limited. Hurry while supplies last.

Berry Season

Being that Berry season is winding down, we will be featuring blueberry and rasberries in this weeks pies and culinary treasures. Blueberry scones and muffins, mixed berry pie, etc. You might also see a few pumpkin/chocolate chip specialities sitting around!

Our 2011 CSA Plan

We are proud to announce our 2011 CSA Plan. The plan is built around flexibility and choices. All participants will be allocated a certain number of points that they can use as they please. You can pickup the produce at our market 7 days a week. You can skip a week and retain your points for use the next week. If you choose, we can also deliver your share for a small fee. Don't like carrots, well you don't have to use any of your points on them. Instead, use them for something you do like. Additionally, we will include bake goods as part of our standard offering. Pies, breads, cookies, scones, etc.

We have set our 2011 full share price at $525 or 262.50 for a half. You are essentially receiving a 30% discount on our already low prices for being a member of the CSA. To signup, please click and pay via the paypal button on the sidebar. You can also email farm651@hotmail.com for additional information and clarification.
CSA Details & Specifications Doc

Feedback On Junies Pies From a Customer

Jason,

We had a piece of the pie last night with ice cream and it was wonderful. This morning for breakfast had another and like before could not be better. Very moist very juicy and just the right sweetness. You can taste the apples and the crust just as tender as if my mother made the pie. This is the best pie I have purchased in this area in the last 4 years.Keep up the good work.

-John

Moomers

We are now serving Moomers by the quart. Currently we have German Chocolate, Vanilla, Butter Pecan, and Supermoo. More flavors available soon!

WE HAVE PASSED!!

Yes, you heard me correctly! We have passed all of the inspections needed to open our BIG market this weekend. So with that said, this Saturday at 9am we will open our orange building for all. Please stop by and say hi. We will be serving free coffee, and have baked goods to sample. Additionally, we are proud to serve MOOMERS ice cream by the scoop in all of your favorite flavors.

Many thanks to everyone involved in this project and we look forward to serving you for the years to come! - Jason, Junie, & Bev.

Doughnuts Today Starting at 7am.

We will be offering doughnuts today for 3.00. Coffee is included at no extra charge. Please join us.

This Weekend & An Apple Update

We Have Pumpkins!

Saturday morning we will be featuring Orange Rolls, Lemon Rolls, and Cinnamon Rolls. We will also have candied apples available for the kids and as an added bonus, get a free pumpkin with every purchase over $20.00.

We currently have Macintosh apples available at .25c each. Next week we will have Paula Reds. The week of 9/20 we will have Ida's.

See you soon