{"id":7134,"date":"2014-04-10T15:15:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T19:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=7134"},"modified":"2014-04-10T15:15:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T19:15:58","slug":"get-fresh-produce-at-msu-from-the-student-organic-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=7134","title":{"rendered":"Get Fresh Produce at MSU from the Student Organic Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vegetable lovers have a resource right here on campus that provides access to organic produce. The<a title=\"SOF CSA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msuorganicfarm.org\/node\/123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Student Organic Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)<\/a> program has a summer-only membership option available that runs from June through October. The program offers produce such as potatoes, beets, rutabaga, onions, garlic, parsnips, carrots, cabbage and squash.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7135\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sof.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7135\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sof.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"The Student Organic Farm provides vegetables to the Greater Lansing community and beyond.  \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sof.jpg?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sof.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Student Organic Farm provides vegetables to the Greater Lansing community and beyond.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Individuals that sign up receive a fresh box of local organic produce each week from the Student Organic Farm, which they can pick up on Mondays from 4:30 p.m. &#8211; 6:30 p.m. at the Student Organic Farm located at 3291 College Road, Holt, MI 48842.<\/p>\n<p>The Student Organic Farm also has a<a title=\"SOF CSA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msuorganicfarm.org\/node\/123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> year-round CSA<\/a>. The year-round program is the first year-round CSA in Michigan. Michigan residents who are members of the CSA can receive locally grown organic produce for 48 weeks of the year. In the winter, produce includes: kale, collards, scallions, herbs and chard to salad mix. The year-round program also includes summertime produce.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Signing up for the summer CSA or year-round CSA is available when there are open spots in the program. To join the year-round CSA, you must first be a member of the summer-only CSA.<\/p>\n<p>The revenues generated from the CSA support the offering of experiential agriculture education for undergraduates and training for new farmers at MSU.<\/p>\n<p>You can sign up for the summer-only CSA by emailing <a href=\"mailto:msufarm@msu.edu\">msufarm@msu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to purchase organic vegetables without signing up for the CSA, the<a title=\"SOF Farm Stand\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msuorganicfarm.org\/farm-stand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Student Organic Farm<\/a> operates a farm stand on Farm Lane in front of the Auditorium building near The Rock. The stand is accessible on Thursdays from 11 a.m. &#8211; 5:30 p.m. from April to October.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more information about the <a title=\"SOF CSA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msuorganicfarm.org\/node\/123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student Organic Farm CSA<\/a> and the <a title=\"SOF Farm Stand\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msuorganicfarm.org\/farm-stand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student Organic Farm Stand<\/a>\u00a0by visiting their websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vegetable lovers have a resource right here on campus that provides access to organic produce. The Student Organic Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program has a summer-only membership option available that runs from June through&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=7134\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Get Fresh Produce at MSU from the Student Organic Farm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-1R4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}