Place your weekly order by Monday at midnight for Wednesday,
by Wednesday at midnight for Friday, for pickup or delivery.
It's the season of green growing things with new crops like lettuce and spinach becoming available and our annual plant sale, which is now open!
 There are 3 dates from which to choose to pickup your plants or get them delivered, which you do in this box on our shop page.
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Many shoppers use all 3 pickup days to keep their gardening tasks manageable! Plants that tolerate cooler weather are available starting in the earliest cycle, while heat-lovers are available in the later cycles.
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The three nursery plant growers of the co-op are excited to collaborate in the co-op plant sale for their 5th year! Daybreak Dreamfarm, Buckwheat's Market Garden, and Bellaire Nursery & Farm.
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Wait a minute, who is Bellaire Nursery & Farm?
Well, you already know this farm by another name, actually two other names...
 One of the many benefits of being in a cooperative is that small farms are more able to change, evolve, or re-brand without losing customers.
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Did you know that Lake Bellaire was once named Grass Lake? No? Well, you're not alone, turns out that name was confusing to many folk familiar with the village Grass Lake downstate. So he pivoted slightly and went by the acronym GLO, which was all very well and good until a company in Kalkaska registered GLO as their name.  Not wanting to be confused with someone else, he has officially re-branded to Bellaire Nursery & Farm. Hopefully more permanently of course 😉, but he is grateful that belonging to our co-op makes this switch less consequential for him now, and for others in the future, as we all evolve in the craft. 
For more information about Lukas and his farming journey (did you know he grew up farming in Hawaii?) visit www.bellairenursery.com
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Happy Monday fellow locavores! Today is a great day to shop the co-op. The deadline to order for Wednesday is tonight at midnight. It's also a good day to order for Friday, though you do have until Wednesday at midnight. As always, feel free to make multiple orders for the same pickup or delivery, we can combine them easily. Friday pickup is now at the Higgin's General Store in downtown Alden from 3-9pm and at the Bellaire Farmers Market from 9-12 inside the Community Center at 102 Maple St. Please wait until 9:30 if you've ordered bread. There will be some inventory for sale at market, but kindly avail yourself of our pre-order system to shop from all that our farms have to offer every week. |
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Local deliveries are available on Wednesdays and Fridays. Choose this option during checkout if you're looking for convenience and to reduce your carbon footprint. |
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Pickups: ~ASI Pavilion, BellaireWednesday drive-through pickup is from 1:30-2pm at the ASI Pavilion in Bellaire, 312 Thayer Lane. This is the same pavilion used for the farmers market on Fridays in the summer. On Wednesdays just drive up alongside us. We are also here on Fridays during winter market from 9-12, find us inside the Community Center at 102 Maple St. |
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~Higgin's General Store, Downtown Alden Wednesday and Friday pickups are from 3-9pm at Higgin's General Store, 9105 Helena Rd. You will find your bag in the dairy cooler. Self-serve pickup is at your convenience anytime from 3-9pm on Wednesdays and Fridays. |
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~Rotary Park, Elk Rapids Meet us at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesdays from 2:30-2:45 for a parking lot pickup. |
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~Meijer, Williamsburg Meet us from 3:00-3:15pm on Wednesdays for a parking lot pickup across from the drive-through pharmacy. |
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~Grand Traverse Commons, Traverse City Look for us on Wednesdays near the pavilion at The Piazza in the village, found at 810 Red Drive from 3:30-4pm. |
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If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email us at grow@torchlakecoop.com or call/text 231.676.3186Shop Torch Lake Co-op |
Food plants can also be paid for using SNAP benefits, and free delivery is included!
Back in 2015 when Lukas started farming in Bellaire he named the farm Grass Lake Organics. 
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