Harvest Kitchen Grows

A USDA grant expands a CSA

by M.B. Lewis

posted 10/15/2011

Last October, USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan delivered a $28,000 check to the Community Farm Kitchen's stall at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market. One year later, the renamed Harvest Kitchen has a new commercial kitchen in Ypsilanti's Depot Town that's specially designed for labor-intensive prepping of farm goods, with extra sinks for washing vegetables and fruit. The produce comes from a variety of local providers, including its original namesake, the Community Farm of Ann Arbor, the area's pioneer of "community-supported

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