Ghost House Farm

08/23/2026

Join us for the Keweenaw Farm Tour on Sunday, September 6 from noon to 4 PM. Come visit our farm and other local growers.

We will have our u-pick flower field, tomato jungle, annual hot pepper tasting, and *new* field expansion to enjoy and are excited to have flowers and veggies for sale.

This event is supported in part by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Michigan Dept of Agriculture & Rural Development. The grant helped us found the League of Growers (yes, LOG), which is a new network supported by From the Ground Farmers Market Collective to help UP regenerative farms connect and learn from each other.

This kind of connection matters to us because our single, small farm can’t feed everyone. Farming in community is essential to build a sustainable food system that can last longer than us. Nobody grows alone.

Here are all the farms open to the public for the Keweenaw Farm Tour:
Gina Kerr
Troemner Farm | Upper Peninsula
BigGoat Farm
Ghost House Farm
Boersma Family Roots
North Harvest | Michigan Farm
Soil & Soul Farm

📸 of our farm Lily Venable | UP Food & Farm Photographer Brandie Simmons Kalamazoo Photographer | Sarah Rypma

08/22/2026

Saturday vibes 🎉 So grateful for this new refrigerated van through the Last Food Mile grant from Michigan Dept of Agriculture & Rural Development. Swipe for before and afters! And alllll the angles. Name ideas??

08/17/2026

Recent scenes of bounty. This stretch of the season is amazing — and hard.

08/11/2026

🌻 August Energy: Outdoor Yoga, Autumn Retreats & Your Next Fresh Start - https://mailchi.mp/e0f1c0a3c5f2/augut-newsletter-92026

08/06/2026

Our u-pick flower field is open! The annual flowers in the fenced garden at the front of the farm are in FULL BLOOM and we can’t wait to share them with you ✨💐

Open during daylight hours, self serve, we provide shears. $1/stem or $15 for a small bouquet (blue band) or $25 for a large bouquet (red band). Cash, check, Venmo, and PayPal all work 💸

Feel to DM or email with questions, availability, or picking for special events.

07/28/2026

Thanks for the original share Gina Kerr. We have to talk about this, folks. Shop local and take care of your own health — absolutley. But outbreaks like cyclosporiasis and E. coli are why food is political. We can’t buy local and just look the other way when industrial systems and inadequate policies create sick working conditions for the vast majority of our food.

Between 2017 and 2019, five separate E. coli outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce sickened over 500 Americans across 36 states, killed five, and put dozens into kidney failure severe enough to require dialysis. The CDC told the entire country to throw away all romaine regardless of origin. The cause was not a mystery. It was a toilet.

Farmworkers picking lettuce by hand across vast commercial fields in triple-digit Arizona and California heat had inadequate or no access to portable toilets. Piece-rate pay structures meant stopping to relieve yourself cost money workers could not afford to lose. Human waste entered the soil. It entered the irrigation water. It entered the food supply. The FDA's own environmental assessments acknowledged inadequate field sanitation as a contributing risk factor. California labor inspectors had cited large lettuce operations for insufficient portable toilet access in the exact years the outbreaks occurred. Regulators knew. The industry knew.

The pattern predates the romaine crisis by decades. The 2006 spinach outbreak killed three people and sickened 200 across 26 states under identical conditions in Monterey County, California. The 1996 Cyclospora outbreak in Guatemalan strawberries and raspberries was linked directly to fields with no bathroom facilities whatsoever. Every outbreak triggered the same industry response: more water testing, better labeling, voluntary pledges. Never toilets. Never breaks. Never accountability for the decision to treat human biological necessity as a productivity problem to be managed around rather than a right to be protected.

Sources: FDA, CDC, California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Food and Environment Reporting Network, Consumer Reports, 1996-2026

07/19/2026

So many tomatoes.

Big thanks to…
💚Rimol Greenhouses | 30+ Years in Business
💚Orisha
💚Johnny's Selected Seeds

Find these delicious toms at From the Ground Farmers Market Collective Keweenaw Co+op Market and Deli The Fitz Milly's Hancock Observatory Lounge bosio biscuit co Copper Shores Houghton Elementary Farm-to-School

07/18/2026

♥️SOLD OUT♥️ No words can describe the gratitude we feel right now — and the intensity of this week. How amazing to see our Calumet Farmers Market turn out today 🤯 Gonna work on some posts about cyclospora, farm worker conditions, smoke, climate change, the local-global push-pull, and MAKE SURE YOU VOTE. This world needs keen eyes and big compassion.

But right now. Just gonna sit in the quiet of a sold out booth.

See you tonight at Official K.C.Bonker's 🎩✨☕️ with Jo Poeschl for their fundraiser for a family in Palestine.

07/15/2026

Did a thing. Farm to Tarot was our first farm-to-table experiment with food by Jill and drinks by Andrea VonMarkle Grant G. Grenesko. We might do it again.

Lots of stuff sucks right now so hoping to interrupt your doomscrolling with a few things of joy and beauty ✨ The evening was built around a three-card tarot pull. The first card guests used to pick glasses, garnishes, and vibes for a custom cocktail. The second card everyone chose with their seat at our edible tablescape out in the far field. The final card each person drew while enjoying dessert (lavender panna cotta 💜). Truly a magical evening.

Thanks for the 📸 Joe Michaelson Jo Poeschl

07/14/2026

We’ve got lots of radishes this summer! Looking for something to do with them besides salad? Check out what work share member Cynthia Hodges has cooked up for us to use our bumper crop. Radishes are delicious roasted - it mellows their bite and their natural sugars caramelize, turning the crunchy roots into tender, mildly sweet morsels. Check out her recipe for Honey Roasted Radishes with Balsamic Drizzle on her blog Up North Kitchen.

One of the first vegetables of the summer harvest, radishes are a welcome fresh taste to kick off the farmer's market season. At Ghost House Farm this season, they are growing French Breakfast and Rover radishes. True to their name, these French Breakfast radishes were popularized in 19th-century Pa...