welcome to pride & Produce farm.
We started our farm in 2021 because we love eating new intriguing foods and realized we could grow them all ourselves. In particular, our passion is unique, heirloom, and delicious cultivars. We buy seeds locally from Nature & Nurture and Ann Arbor Seed Co., as well as from trusted national carriers like Johnny’s Selected Seeds. We are also proud to source heritage seeds from Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance, which strives to “provide more opportunities and support for growers from historically oppressed and marginalized communities.”
Casey’s favorite plant to grow is celery - some think it’s very challenging to grow well, but we’ve been able to manage. The seeds smell strongly of celery!
our market gardening Approach
Nectarine fruits developing
We employ largely no-till, regenerative farming practices that prioritize the use of compost to improve soil fertility. We sow cover crops and broadfork the soil in place of machinery tillage to reduce soil compaction, fuel consumption and pollution. We believe a diverse array of plants grown in healthy soil is almost all you need for delicious, nutritious produce.
hoop houses
We will use a hoop house this year to grow greens and vegetables under hot and frost conditions, and to protect our most vulnerable plants.
In our future
We currently have orchard trees maturing for fruit production. Eventually, we hope to pursue beekeeping and animal rearing on the farm. Someday, we’ll have chickens and a few goats roaming, keeping the farm lively.
Pink Lady apples