JACOB'S FRESH FARM

Jacob D'Lamater grew up farming on his parents' Christmas tree farm in Leslie, MI. Music was a foundational outlet for him and he spent 10 years touring as a musician before returning to Chelsea. In 2013, Jacob started a home garden with no experience growing food. That hobby soon turned into a passion for growing food for his community. As Jacob says every spring, "There is nothing that matches the excitement I feel in watching those first seedlings grow into plants that produce food for the people around us". In 2013, he started keeping honeybees to help pollinate produce and over the years has expanded the apiary, Hives on the Hill, to over 100 colonies of honeybees that produce hundreds of gallons of raw honey each year. Jacob's Fresh Farm was formally established in 2015... For us, farming is a way of life. We believe in our human need for connection with nature, with our community, with our relationships, and with ourselves... We provide fresh produce to our local community and..