About Us:

Founded in 1988, the Community Farm of Ann Arbor is a Biodynamic CSA (Community Supported Agriculture).  The Community Farm of Ann Arbor is the oldest CSA in Michigan, beginning in 1988. The farm can support about 200 families on its 6 cultivated acres and is growing more fertile every year through the practice of Biodynamic agriculture. Community Farm is owned by its members, managed by two head farmers, and worked by the fabulous COMMUNITEAM consisting of the farmers, apprentices, volunteers, and Farm Angels. The Environment is made whole by every organism in the ecosystem of the farm: humans, animals, plants, insects, micro-organisms, Elementals, celestial bodies, and energies that converge on the land. All these forces combine to create the most delicious, nutritious, love-filled healing food on Earth.

A community farm is a group of people–farm members and growers–who share a vision and a commitment to the health of people and the land.  In return for financial and moral support, the farm provides its members with a share of the harvest, as well as a place to find balance, inspiration and renewal.

With full-time farmers Paul Bantle and Anne Elder, apprentices, and help from many members, the Community Farm of Ann Arbor grows produce for 180 member families. Each week crops are harvested and brought to the barn for distribution. Members are responsible for picking up their individual shares on one of the two distribution days. From June through October, members may pick up on Wednesdays 12 – 7 p.m., or on

Saturdays 12 – 4 p.m.

To keep our members informed about community events and other information, there is a notice board in the distribution area, voluntary email list, and facebook page. Membership meetings are held at the farm on the third Saturday of every month during the growing season. Social gatherings like the Fall Festival and the Spring Maypole Party help members get acquainted with one another and the farm.

Members are the lifeblood of the Community Farm. Their financial commitment keeps the farm stable regardless of whether it is a good year or a mediocre one. Many members also choose to get involved in the work of the farm. Chores range from transplanting, thinning and harvesting to baking, stitching, hammering and garage sale-ing

The Community Farm of Ann Arbor is based on Biodynamic agriculture and a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model of organization.  Biodynamic agriculture seeks to work with the life-giving forces of nature.  It was introduced by Rudolf Steiner in 1924.  The CSA model came from Japan through Germany and Switzerland during the 1960s.  Both grew out of a concern for the health of human beings and the Earth.