City Commons

City Commons City Commons is a cooperative of Detroit farms raising food with common resources for common people in Metro Detroit.

Community Supported Agriculture is a fantastic way for people who care about local food, sustainable agriculture and revitalizing the local economy to get directly involved in making it a reality. CSA members support the farms by buying seasonal “shares” that provide them with vegetables and other farm products. Members receive boxes of farm fresh goodies every week during the growing season. City

Commons is a cooperative urban CSA; the produce you receive is all grown in Detroit at six market gardens located throughout the city. The food you receive each week hasbeen grown using sustainable methods, meaning that we do not use synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Produce for City Commons CSA is grown by many farmers: Chris McGrane grows food on the east side of Detroit. Ryan Harroun and Elizabeth Phillips found their shared passion for farming along myriad paths and have teamed up to run Vinewood Knoll Farm in Southwest Detroit. Alice Bagley spent four years running a farm in eastern Washington and now runs Fields of Plenty where she moves her plants and produce all over Detroit by bicycle. Emily and Meg have traveled the world in search of good eats, only to find that they can grow the freshest food right in their own neighborhood at Singing Tree Garden, uptown Detroit. Minehaha Forman was raised on a subsistence farm in Belize, Central America and feels right at home farming in Detroit. Noah Link and Alex Bryan grow vegetables, fruit, poultry, fish, honeybees and more at Food Field near historic Boston-Edison.

Need some veggies for the coming week? To go with your turkey or just because vegetables are delicious?Look no further! ...
11/20/2024

Need some veggies for the coming week? To go with your turkey or just because vegetables are delicious?
Look no further! you can order lots of delicious fall veggies from City Commons. Order before 7 PM Wednesday night to pick up either Friday afternoon/evening or Saturday. All pick-ups for this special November offering will be at 620 Chandler.

Order at https://citycommonscoop.localfoodmarketplace.com/products

Do you need some veggies for your holiday cooking? Or just for your own enjoyment? We still have November Bonus shares a...
11/12/2024

Do you need some veggies for your holiday cooking? Or just for your own enjoyment? We still have November Bonus shares available for pick up on November 22 or 23 at 620 Chandler. The box will include things like carrots, radishes, salad mix, potatoes, butternut squash, cilantro, kohlrabi, rutabaga, chard, collards, herbs, and more. Sign up before November 14 to reserve yours. https://citycommonscoop.localfoodmarketplace.com/Subscriptions

Showing off this week’s Bouquet Share and Farmers’ Choice Box 🙂In this weeks box: Beets, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Celery, Gar...
08/16/2024

Showing off this week’s Bouquet Share and Farmers’ Choice Box 🙂
In this weeks box: Beets, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Celery, Garlic, Rainbow Chard and Basil

Showcasing this week’s Farmer’s Choice Box and Bouquet Share! In this week’s box: Chard, Mint, Basil, Parsley, Cucumbers...
08/09/2024

Showcasing this week’s Farmer’s Choice Box and Bouquet Share!
In this week’s box: Chard, Mint, Basil, Parsley, Cucumbers, Beets, Broccoli, Celery and Summer Squashes 🙂

Here’s a look inside this week’s Farmer’s Choice veggie box and one of our weekly fresh-picked bouquets. 😊 In this weeks...
07/27/2024

Here’s a look inside this week’s Farmer’s Choice veggie box and one of our weekly fresh-picked bouquets. 😊
In this weeks box: Chard, Collards, Cherry tomatoes, Beets, Salad Radishes, Cilantro, Basil, and Parsley.

This week’s Farmer’s Choice veggie box and fresh-cut bouquets 😊 In this week’s box: collard greens, green cabbage, leaf ...
07/12/2024

This week’s Farmer’s Choice veggie box and fresh-cut bouquets 😊 In this week’s box: collard greens, green cabbage, leaf celery, cilantro, oregano, sage, beets, summer squash, and purple top turnips.

This week’s flowers and Farmer’s Choice veggies 🥕 🌱🧄In this week’s box: Sugar Snap Peas, Beets, Carrots, Garlic, Turnips...
07/05/2024

This week’s flowers and Farmer’s Choice veggies 🥕 🌱🧄
In this week’s box: Sugar Snap Peas, Beets, Carrots, Garlic, Turnips, Mint and Celery

Thanks to everyone who helped make Week 1 of City Commons CSA a success! Pictured are this week’s Farmer’s Choice and Fl...
06/14/2024

Thanks to everyone who helped make Week 1 of City Commons CSA a success! Pictured are this week’s Farmer’s Choice and Flower Share.
In this week’s box: fennel fronds, chard, garlic scape, cilantro, lemon balm, carrots, parsley and turnips. 🥕🍃😊

With less than 2 weeks until the start of the CSA we are excited to share that we have another pick up location to add! ...
05/29/2024

With less than 2 weeks until the start of the CSA we are excited to share that we have another pick up location to add! We are excited that folks will be able to pick up their CSA boxes at the new Elephant & Co. location in the Cass Corridor/Midtown (previous location of Founders Brewing) on Tuesday evenings from 4-7 PM. You can get pizza and a Eastern Market Brewing Co beer while you are there! Sign up at https://citycommonscoop.localfoodmarketplace.com/Subscriptions

Back at with lots of happy plants for your garden. Come see us in shed 4! Don't wait until Sunday to get your plants un...
05/18/2024

Back at with lots of happy plants for your garden. Come see us in shed 4! Don't wait until Sunday to get your plants unless you love crowds.

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Don't forget the flowers! Lots of our farmers help with flower shares but Lis at .detroit is the primary grower and bouq...
05/17/2024

Don't forget the flowers! Lots of our farmers help with flower shares but Lis at .detroit is the primary grower and bouquet maker. Check out all these beauties from last year.

Stop by shed 4 to get some tomato and pepper plants, plus fresh scallions Say hi to and .bagley
05/11/2024

Stop by shed 4 to get some tomato and pepper plants, plus fresh scallions
Say hi to and .bagley

It's that time of year again! Come buy transplants from us at Eastern Market this Saturday in Shed 4. We'll have tomatoe...
05/03/2024

It's that time of year again! Come buy transplants from us at Eastern Market this Saturday in Shed 4. We'll have tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and more. There might even be a little produce for sale.

Alice Bagley Greydale Farms Candi Franklin

We are still looking for a couple more folks to do work trade in exchange for a CSA share. If you are available for an h...
04/25/2024

We are still looking for a couple more folks to do work trade in exchange for a CSA share. If you are available for an hour or 2 Tuesday afternoons or Friday evenings, have your own vehicle, and would like to get a free CSA share, please reach out!

We also still have some CSA shares available to purchase, but with the season starting in less than 7 weeks you should sign up soon!

Happy Earth Day from this little corner of the earth we call Detroit! The earth gives us so many good things including g...
04/22/2024

Happy Earth Day from this little corner of the earth we call Detroit! The earth gives us so many good things including garlic, beets, carrots, strawberries, chard, and peas.
If you would like some of these gifts we still have CSA shares available.
We also still have some opportunities for work trades for produce. Please email us if you want to know more

Here is *almost* all of the City Commons Crew (missing Candi Franklin and CWO FARMS ). It is tough to get a bunch of bu...
03/29/2024

Here is *almost* all of the City Commons Crew (missing Candi Franklin and CWO FARMS ).

It is tough to get a bunch of busy farmers together in the same place and the same time- and to catch us without dirt on our face to boot! But Michigan Good Food Fund asked us for a head shot and as a cooperative we knew we needed to try and get as many of us in there as possible!

In case you missed it, we received a Seed Award grant from MIGFF. We'll be using most of the funds to hire a contractor to do a bunch of our Admin and Logistics stuff this coming year. This should lead to a much smoother customer experience AND free us farmers up to grow more produce and flowers for the CSA (and maybe even take a break from time to time).

If you haven't signed up for a share yet, there is still time! Check out https://citycommonscoop.localfoodmarketplace.com/Subscriptions

Don't forget veggies for your holiday dinners! These sweet little carrots and leeks made it through the winter and will ...
03/29/2024

Don't forget veggies for your holiday dinners! These sweet little carrots and leeks made it through the winter and will be cooked for a side dish with some wild rice on Sunday.

If you want to be sure your summer and fall is full of vegetables be sure to sign up for your CSA share! We also have an add on option to get a November bonus box of fall veggies right before Thanksgiving.

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Community Supported Agriculture is a fantastic way for people who care about local food, sustainable agriculture and revitalizing the local economy to get directly involved in making it a reality. CSA members support the farms by buying seasonal “shares” that provide them with vegetables and other farm products. Members receive boxes of farm fresh goodies every week during the growing season. City Commons is a cooperative urban CSA; the produce you receive is all grown in Detroit at six market gardens located throughout the city. The food you receive each week hasbeen grown using sustainable methods, meaning that we do not use synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Produce for City Commons CSA is grown by many farmers: Chris McGrane grows food on the east side of Detroit. Elizabeth Phillips found her passion for farming along myriad paths and is now growing at Iroquois Ave Farm on the east side of Detroit . Alice Bagley spent four years running a farm in eastern Washington and now runs Fields of Plenty where she moves her plants and produce all over Detroit by bicycle. Emily Brent has traveled the world in search of good eats, only to find that they can grow the freshest food right in their own neighborhood at Singing Tree Garden, uptown Detroit. Noah Link and Nick Jones grow vegetables, fruit, poultry, fish, honeybees and more at Food Field near historic Boston-Edison. Donnie and Roxanne Jones grew up in Detroit and farm together on the east side. Donnie advanced quickly from helping at Food Field to founding his own farm at Robinwood Park in 2012. Roxanne brings plenty of experience and herbal knowledge from years at Earthworks Urban Farm.