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The first phase of our raised beds were built and installed during the summer of 2015, in me for the volunteers to have our first fall gardens. We are beginning work on the second phase currently and will be completed this fall. In November last year our good friends at Urban Roots donated and installed our tower gardens and hydroponic project, which was able to produce a lovely winter crop. We hope to at least double the size of this project by year-end. Also in November 2015, our greenhouse was delivered and built in December. It became opera onal for starters and micro-greens in early 2016. December con nued to be a busy month, with our good friend Laura Dougherty from MegaFood agreeing to sponsor our Herb Project and bringing a huge container of tools, seeds, gloves and resources for the farm. In March 2016, thanks to our friends at Shells Feed & Garden Supply, our chicken coop was delivered and we began work on our chicken run and making prepara on for the chicks. The varie es we wanted were ordered and delivered this summer. Our Moringa grove was started the next month, in April, by a wonderful group of young ladies that were members of a homeschool group. They started the trees from seeds and brought them to the farm in pots and planted them. Since then, we've added about 10 more trees and plan to expand this project. The farm was busy fulfilling the vision we started with to have interns involved at the farm. In May, we welcomed our first intern, Maddie Berg. She is studying Organic Hor culture at Michigan State University. We said farewell a er she spent her summer making friends, working hard and represen ng us well in TV interviews and even an appearance on the WFLA Day me show. Page 26 | Abby's Magazine - www.AbbysHealthAndNutrition.com