Community Garden Magazine Issue Eight April 2016 Community Garden Magazine Issue Eight April 2016 | Page 25

FSEP Director Jen Fike, Four Season Farmer Incubator Project
Manager Andrea Ridgard, McCabe and Moghtader–began discussing a
name and mission for the project. The mission of Tilian Farm
Development Center is to facilitate new farm-business development in
order to increase diversified production for local markets, year round in
our food shed.
In Spring 2011, three farms were selected as the first group of new
businesses to be developed: Seeley Farm, Bending Sickle Community
Farm, and Green Things Farm, who broke ground in April, 2011. In
2012, Meristem Farm and Honest Eats Farm joined Tilian’s Farm
Incubator Program, and Tilian launched its own CSA (Community
Supported Agriculture), operated by the Farmer Residency Program.
As part of its commitment to Tilian, the Township Board made additional
investments to the property including the installation of electricity to the
barn and a high-volume