• Farm Volunteer Day (June)

    The Farmhouse 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Get your hands in the dirt with a farm volunteer work day. Tasks include mulching, plant transplanting, weeding, and more. Join us with sun and fun while helping out with […]

  • Farm Volunteer Day (September)

    The Farmhouse 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Get your hands in the dirt with a farm volunteer work day. Tasks include landscaping, mulching, general clean up, and more. Join us with sun and fun while helping out […]

  • Garlic Planting Volunteer Day

    Plainsong Farm 6677 12 Mile Rd NE, Rockford, Michigan

    Come help the NCN and Plainsong team plant Garlic in the ground for overwintering. Each season, we plant over 10,000 cloves of Garlic, and many hands make the work light. Participants can take home some Garlic seeds for their own home planting! This event will continue rain or shine.

  • Irrigation Farmer Workshop

    The Farmhouse 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Come to this workshop to improve your irrigation-building skills. We will tour NCN's automated irrigation system, look at drip line and overhead irrigation systems, and build an irrigation manifold so participants can learn how to make a variety of irrigation connections. This is helpful information for farmers and homesteaders. This event is rain or shine; […]

  • Tunnel Building Farmer Workshop

    Plainsong Farm 6677 12 Mile Rd NE, Rockford, Michigan

    Come to this workshop to learn how to build your own season extension high tunnel! We will discuss how to bend your own hoops for a Caterpillar tunnel and a commonly purchased Farmer Friends tunnel design. If the wind allows, we will pull poly on one or two of the tunnels. The workshop portion will […]

  • Gardenpalooza & Community Volunteering

    The Farmhouse 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Garden Palooza will meet your green-thumb needs and kick of your spring with the knowledge and plants needed to grow your own food. We will be selling plant starts as […]

  • Gardenpalooza & Community Volunteering

    The Farmhouse 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Garden Palooza will meet your green-thumb needs and kick of your spring with the knowledge and plants needed to grow your own food. We will be selling plant starts as […]

  • Farm Club (May 16)

    The Farmhouse 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Back this year, bring your households to experience the farm in a different way. Help us to seed, pot up, transplant, and get your hands in the soil. These events […]

  • Farm Club (May 30)

    The Farmhouse 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Back this year, bring your households to experience the farm in a different way. Help us to seed, pot up, transplant, and get your hands in the soil. These events […]

  • Friday Volunteer Day (June 6)

    The Farmhouse 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Come to the farm and help our farmers prep for farmer's markets. We will be asking volunteers to assist with harvest, washing, weeding, and packing greens to support our food […]