The Sunflower Market &
Gathering Space
We are excited to offer Clarkston and surrounding communities a hub for locally grown natural and organic produce, artisan goods and more (yes, we are like a year-round mini farmer’s market)! Our market is our welcome center, an extension of our non-profit educational farm and helps to support our ongoing programming, provide a community meeting and gathering space, create opportunities to teach children about where their food comes from and connect Clarkston with locally grown produce and our amazing artisans! When you shop at our Sunflower Market, it is a win-win, because not only are you supporting local farmers and artisans, but all proceeds go right back into supporting outdoor education for kids! This unique farm/educational market space is yours to enjoy- come by and see what we have to offer!
Spring is Coming with new and extended seasonal hours beginning April 2nd!
This is the last week of our winter hours, Wednesdays Only from 10 am – 6 pm on March 19th. We will be closed next week, March 26th, for Spring Break Week. We reopen on April 2nd for spring with our new seasonal hours for 2025 as follows: Weds 10-6, Thurs 10-9 (new late night), Fridays 10-6 and new for 2025 – Saturdays 10-2 pm.
Our 8 week Spring 2025 CSA will begin on April 16th and run through June 4th (scroll down for details).
You are welcome to visit our farm during open market hours. When visiting, please be sure to sign-in at our Sunflower Market and Welcome Center so we know you are here, and to get the latest updates on our farm happenings, and especially, our animals!
Locally Grown Produce
Local Artisan Foods & Craft
Clarkston Area, hand crafted foods and goods available in the market year round! Here you’ll find the best of Clarkston in raw honey, maple syrup, sourdough bread & baked goods (including gluten-free), coffee & teas, chips & salsa, butters, candied nuts, pickles, candles, jewelry, seasonal floral arrangements, skin care, one of a kind gifts & more!
Gathering Garden
Our Gathering Garden is an outdoor seating space right next to the Sunflower Market. It serves as a gathering space for the community. Feel free to enjoy the market tables with umbrellas! We hope you come often and stay for a while.
2025 Spring CSA is Coming!
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs are designed to offer a partnership with your local farm. This innovative system allows members of the community to support sustainable agriculture by committing to, not only local farming, but a non-profit farm for kids! Here at the Clarkston Family Farm, our mission is to get kids outside and educate them about the value of nature, healthy food, and sustainable farming. Your weekly support helps our team offset the many risks that are involved in organic farming and you are able to reap the benefits of a delicious and bountiful harvest all season long! By choosing to partner with the Clarkston Family Farm (CFF) your investment in us also supports nature-based educational experiences for kids of all ages and abilities, regardless of access to resources. Also, a portion of our CSA program goes right back into feeding families with food insecurity. Thank you for your collaboration. You know WE DIG IT!
We are currently nearing the end of our Winter CSA program (ends April 9th). Please note that there will be no pick-up next week, March 26th, as we are closed for Spring Break.
Our Spring CSA is an 8-week partnership running April 16th – June 4th. Pickup will be at the farm Wednesdays, 11 AM – 6 PM.
Spring Season Market Style Flex Share: $272
Spring Egg Share: $56
Shop our selection of Spring CSA products knowing that everything is locally and sustainably raised / grown / created. We are proud to offer high quality vegetables, fruits, eggs, meats, and artisan products to our community at a fair price while supporting our local family farms and artisans. When you shop at the Sunflower Market, you can have peace-of-mind knowing you are nourishing your family with the best local food available while also supporting your community!
This 8-week partnership will run from Wednesday, April 16-Wednesday, June 4. Pickup will be at the Farm Wednesdays, 11 AM-6 PM. Shares are $272 for the Spring season. This membership gives you $40 each week (for your $34 investment/week) “market style” on all your farm favorites. You select what goes in your basket. Choose from spring season cold crops, and early summer crops, fresh farm eggs, homemade bread and baked goods, sustainably sourced meat, and Cook’s farm milk (as available). You are also welcome to round out your share with–local honey and maple syrup, coffee, specialty pickles, jam, chips & salsa, and gourmet butter—anything from our Sunflower Market!
Purchasing an egg share means that we will reserve 1 dozen eggs for you each week, at a discount ($7 vs $8 dozen), and they are held specifically for you. As we do not always have an over abundance of eggs, this is a nice optional add on, and you would still have $40 to spend in the market each week on other things. You are always welcome to purchase eggs with your regular market share, but without a pre-paid egg share, they will not be held in reserve.
New Members: +$40*
If you are joining us for the first time, there is a one-time fee of $40 which includes processing and one CFF bin or two CFF bags (not applicable to Blessing Basket participants).
If you’d like to join us for the Spring Season, please add up your total, then click the “Purchase a Share” button below. You will also need to sign our CSA Agreement available in the market (or email us and we we can send to you upon request). If you have any questions feel free to ask us in the market! Here are some of the things that are offered in our market:
- Seasonal fruits & vegetables
- Farm fresh eggs
- Local honey & maple syrup (multiple vendors)
- Sustainably sourced meat
- Bread & baked goods (including gluten-free)
- Cook’s Farm milk / ranch dressing
- Artisanal items: candles, flowers, books, etc…
- Anything from our Sunflower Market!
Please know that you are always welcome to join our CSA program mid-session, at a pro-rated cost, providing availability. Stop in at our Sunflower Market any Wednesday during market hours of 10-6 and we can check for availability and get you signed up. We are always happy to be serving you with our best available produce, eggs and local artisan foods and products!
*We are also encouraging those who might have the means and inclination to add a donation for our Blessing Baskets (scroll down for additional information on this new for 2025 program).
Our CSA Mission: To provide an abundant and diverse offering of high-quality local farm goods to our community at a fair price, while offering support through a weekly email communication that includes tips on preparing, storing, cooking, and getting the most out of your CSA share.
*New Giving Program*
We began a new program this past winter called “Blessings Baskets”. It grew out of a wish to do a little more for people than just our one-time gift of a “Giving Basket” during the holidays that we have done in the past. The idea was to make a more substantial impact on their needs, by providing them with both an opportunity to shop for fresh food on a weekly basis, as well as cooking lessons during the winter season.
With your help, we were able to provide 20 local families in need with $30 worth of fresh food, and a dozen eggs weekly for 12 weeks through the gifting of a CSA Share. This allowed them to come into our market each week to shop from our fresh produce, baked goods, honey, milk, eggs, and more items of their choosing.
Additionally, we hosted “Chelsea’s Cooking Corner”, a weekly 2 hour cooking / information session on fb live, with the help of various friends of the farm, in our Sunflower Market (available on our youtube channel).
It has been an amazing program and we, along with our participants have been so very thankful! If you sponsored a family… THANK YOU for joining us on this new journey!!
So here we are, nearing the end of our Winter CSA program (April 9th), and trying to determine where to go from here. Although we cannot continue the weekly cooking lessons due to the general uptick in farm chores and programming that spring brings, we would love to be able to extend the gifting of CSA shares to the currently enrolled families in need into the Spring CSA season. Of course, this is only possible with your help. If you are inspired to do so, click the blue link to sponsor one of these families with a Spring CSA share.