2025 Wrapped!

This year marked 5 years at Wonka’s Harvest. 5 years of no-till farming. 5 years of a pay-what-you-can CSA. 5 years of growing food for people. It may not be a long time, but in half a decade the farm has seen a lot of transition, growth, and community collaboration. We have learned so much from so many people and organizations, diversified what we grow, streamlined operations, and continued to experiment with what and how we support one another on and off the farm. So before we reflect on this past season, a brief recap of the last few… 


Year 1: 2021

SparkNotes of Year 1: Chickens & donkeys produce a lot of poop. Partnered with Madison Community Fridges to secure locations for a mutual aid community project to promote food security. Built two insulated structures to house fridges to get through Wisconsin winters. Wonka’s Harvest led an entire effort of making, packaging, and distributing over 100 Thanksgiving meals. Started building our first greenhouse. Sowed the first seeds. Finished our first greenhouse. Inoculated over 120 shiitake logs. Two beehives! Went to our first ever farmers’ market. Started our first pay-what-you-can CSA season with 30 members for 20 weeks. Offered a “Fridge & Friends” share to supply Madison Community Fridge with over $250 of produce supplied weekly. Welcomed 4 piglets to the farm. Finished building and prepping 4 of 8 field blocks by hand. Built two more greenhouses. First ever honey harvest.


Year 2: 2022

SparkNotes of Year 2: Accepted into the Dane County Farmers’ Market. No more chickens and donkeys.  Prepped all beds of new greenhouses in the depths of winter. Planted our first winter greens in our new greenhouses. Sold out of the first Dane County Farmers’ Market we attended within two hours. Virtual farm tour with thousands of kids! Started working with chefs and grocery stores! First year with a big crew. Lots of training and experimenting. Tomatoes and peppers in greenhouses. Wow. Lots of work and so much fruit. Weeds, weeds, weeds. Donations of a lot of produce. Hired fall employees?! Rolled out another 20 week CSA with community drop sites and deliveries. Finished building and prepping 11 of 16 blocks by hand. Ginger, ginger, ginger! First ever Fall Storage CSA. Big honey harvest. Winter farmers markets?! Started building raised beds to grow more herbs!


Year 3: 2023

SparkNotes of Year 3: Busted out a lot of early season work installing our herb garden. Too much work? Probably. Got caught with a very bad early season drought. Started a new CSA system to have a spring, summer, and fall segment sign-up and our CSA began in mid-may. Silly. Pigs got moved out to pasture! Learned a lot about electricity. Decided to host a music festival! Lettuce Jam. First ever on-farm event - tours, music, camping, and so much fun! “Wonka’s Harvest” specials on many menus. Two more greenhouses in the works. Lot of excavating in a short amount of time. More Fall CSA shares! Planted more tulips & daffodils than anyone’s wrists would want to know. Two more greenhouses up!


Year 4: 2024

SparkNotes of Year 4: Hosted our first ever paid mentorship program for beginning farmers. How do three people get 120’ greenhouses filled with top soil and compost when every material company can’t access the driveway? Skidsteers. New big crew. Life, disaster, health issues flourish. Flowers galore. 12 piglets. 11 piglets. ‘Build your own bouquets’ at the market are a hit! Started selling vegetable starts for pre-order. Pushed our CSA back later into the summer. Phew, that was nice. More tomatoes and peppers in larger greenhouses. Rotational tarping is magic for weed management. Efficient harvesting schedule and better system management. Finished prepping every block of our fenced field. 16 of 16. So much produce, a lot of good rhythms. Crew kicking absolute butt. Regularly hitting 3 farmers’ markets a week. Lettuce Jam round 2. Much bigger, much better. So much work but what a raging success. More grants. Educational opportunities. More perennial flowers. Cover cropping! Strong reflection and review of the season. Fall Storage CSA and more winter markets! Employee retention! Woohoo!


YEAR 5: 2025!

Team Photo for the 2025 Season! Missing Charlie Forster & Chloe Boehnen

What makes this particular year different from the previous seasons was that we didn’t have any major infrastructure improvements to worry about finishing up. Every subsequent year, we have been finishing a build, moving top soil into a greenhouse, planning a music festival, or just figuring out our basic day to day groove. We instead could focus this year on improving existing systems and streamlining our production to be more efficient and organized. Our problem solving and trouble shooting improved. Our team management was far more coherent. Our production capacity and yields increased. Our fringed ideas over the last several years became actionable because we had the space to invest into them. 

New Projects

Cover Cropping

A huge milestone for us this year was integrating better weed prevention in our field. We have been using silage tarps for solarization for the last several years, but this year we really committed to cover cropping for the first year. Cover cropping, or seeding a non-cash crop, is beneficial for a lot of different reasons. Depending on what cover crop you use and time of year you seed it, you can achieve a lot of different results. You can improve soil structure and add organic matter to the soil, increase and improve nutrient cycling, reduce erosion, suppress weeds, and help regulate pests and diseases, and much more. A no-brainer, right? This especially feels like a no-brainer for a no-till farm that is aiming to reduce the labor costs associated with weed management and with compost application. But our ongoing reservation for cover cropping was figuring out how to terminate, or kill, the cover crop without the use of larger mechanization or heavy implements. Strategizing how to kill something that you spent time planting seems counterintuitive, but it is oftentimes the “goal” of seeding the cover crop in the first place. 

One of the main motivations of cover cropping, for us, is reducing baron or exposed soil. Anytime there is exposed soil, we are risking erosion and providing a buffet for weeds - nothing to compete for in terms of light, nutrients, and water. So instead of letting weeds take a chokehold on a part of our field we are either waiting to plant into, we plant something that will occupy space and provide soil benefits until we need the space back. Claiming that space back means terminating the cover crop. Common practices for termination are mowing, tilling, crimping, applying chemicals, or letting our winters do their thang. 

Currently, the resources for no or low-tillage farming are pretty limited for our scale. For field cultivation and planting preparation, the equipment and tools that we use are all the same human powered tools that a backyard gardener would use. But unlike the everyday backyard gardener, we are practicing intensive production on two field acres and a half acre in greenhouses. Our no-till system is designed to maximize space efficiency to grow the MOST food on the LEAST amount of land. Our paths between our crops fit us, and that is it. They do not fit tractor wheels, or heavy implements that mechanize planting, weeding, harvesting, or terminate crops. So an ongoing challenge of our farm’s design is the dependency on rather rudimentary hand tools, but we often constitute more mechanization based on our production. This is no different for terminating a cover crop. 

Winter rye in October, seeded in August

Planting our field peppers into our crimped winter rye, June 2025

Peppers, July 2025

But in true farming fashion, you just try something and see if it works. In the fall of 2024, Ravine Kolden pushed us to seed a winter rye cover crop and a pea crop. The peas were seeded in a few beds as an experiment for timing for winter kill. She broadcasted the winter rye seeding in two areas of the farm; previously where garlic had been, and the other kale. The area that was previously planted with kale was overtaken by thistles and knotweed and the garlic area had pretty compact soil. It was going to be a good test to see how two areas that were visually showing signs of the worst soil quality on the farm would respond with a cover crop. 

With a pretty wet end of our season, both the peas and the winter rye germinated with a nice stand. The peas were lush and ethereal-like with the pop of purple flowers amidst the browning foliage falling from the trees. They ran their course until the first frost, withering away becoming a mat of organic matter to protect the soil through the winter. If seeded early enough, the winter rye will survive the winter. Roots, life, and structure reduce erosion in the winter and well into the spring. And that it did. Along with the garlic and daffodils, the rye was the only green we had in the field for a while.

Crimping our winter rye crop, May 2025

By May of this year, we were able to crimp our rye cover crop. We tried a number of techniques, some funnier and more labor-some than others. After crimping, we tarped the field with our silage tarp. We left the silage tarp on for two weeks, removed it, and were left with a nice mulch to plant our peppers directly into. The only field preparation that we did was staked out our beds, broad forked, and planted the peppers into.

Our experiment planting directly into our crimped cover crop went really well! Our yields were great, weed pressure was minimal, and we restored an area that had previously been overtaken by thistles and perennial weeds. We plan to continue cycling our cover crop with peppers into the next few years.

Several months later, Rue Genger from UW- Madison, came out to sample biomass of our fall cover crops. It will give us a better look into seeding densities, best seeding methods, and help us better determine crop rotations following cover crops. This is among many case studies that Rue Genger and fellow co-workers are looking at for alternative cropping methods and systems.

We will continue working with Rue in the coming spring to collect more detailed soil samples, and Patty will be teaching alongside Rue at the Organic Vegetable Production Conference at the end of January about no-till farming and cover cropping!

More Cut Flowers!

This year we expanded our cut flowers operations and dedicated a whole block this year to flower production. The intention was to increase cut flower sales at farmers’ markets, offer a CSA add-on option, and boost shoulder season sales. In April and May, we were swimming in tulips and daffodils for our early season market, graduations, and Mother’s Day! Come summer and fall, our field was humming with pollinators. It was truly magical standing in our annual cut flower field hearing the rhythm of the critters pollinating, and hovering above the blooming rainbow of colors. This year we planted our usuals - zinnia, celosia, statice, aster, straw flower, calendula, sunflower - but we experimented growing dahlias, gomphrena, snapdragons, and lillies. Some of these varieties we used for fresh bouquets, but many of them are used to dry to sell in the fall and at winter farmers markets. We learned what we liked, what didn’t work well in bouquets, and even dug up the dahlia tubers for next year!

Shannon was one of our new hires this year and took on the bouquet making roll. Most of our beautiful bouquets at markets and in our CSA’s were made by her. We are excited to have her return in 2026 and take an even larger role in flower bouqueting!

Raised Beds

At the tail end of the season, we boldly started another building project. We wanted to transition our bulb production of daffodils and tulips into raised beds. This would reduce weed pressure, allow us to interplant summer crops into the beds, and make it easier to dig up bulbs at the end of the season. Our team worked hard while field work dwindled to build 5 more raised beds in October and November, closing out our season with a bang! Unfortunately for us, our ‘tail end’ project did get snowed on before we could plant our bulbs into them. Andie, Chloe, and Patty spent a number of days shoveling out snow, planting bulbs, and wheelbarrowing compost through the snow to tuck our future daffodils and tulips in for the winter!

Dried Herbs

In addition to our expanded flower production, we expanded our herb production - both for culinary and medicinal drying. Many of our herbs are grown in the raised beds that we built in 2022, which allows them to naturalize and or self seed for future years. After harvesting both the culinary and dried herbs, we dry them inside on screens that Ravine Kolden built. After the herbs are completely dried, they are garbled, a technique to filter and clean the herbs, and then weighed out and packaged. These dried herbs are sold at farmers markets, on our farm store, as a CSA add-on, and to wholesale to co-ops and restaurants!

We offer a variety of culinary herbs including rosemary, sage, tulsi, basil, anise hyssop, Thai basil, summer savory, thyme, parsley, cilantro, and dill. We also offer medicinal herbs like lemon balm, calendula, chamomile, lavender, mullein, nettle, and catnip. If you're interested in any of our dried herb products please check out our farm store or come see us at Garver Feed Mill on Saturdays through the winter!

 

Employee Spotlights

A critical part of growing a business is having a killer team that you can trust to bring new ideas, work hard, and carry a positive and caring attitude. The farm was lucky to have another year of just that. The farm’s success this season largely attributes to the friendships, laughter, and love that our crew brought every day to work. Not everyone is lucky enough to commonly hear hysterical giggles across a field most afternoons, but I sure am. And these are the folks that bring that joy to growing our community members with real food… 

Caroline

Caroline has worked at Wonka’s Harvest for the past 2 years and has been an amazing addition to the team. With her attention to detail and organizational skills, she took a bigger role this year overseeing start house operations, seeding schedules, and took on a larger leadership role by the end of the season. Caroline has always brought positive energy, amazing work ethic, and has never failed to make the crew laugh. 

Favorite Season Memory:

“On a rainy day in the spring the crew was organizing the garage to make space for curing crops. Someone started playing Margaritaville on repeat and we ended up listening to it for over an hour, getting more and more deranged until we were all cry-laughing and singing and the garage was clean.”


Abe

This year was Abe’s 2nd year with us at Wonka’s and was a huge asset to us - both with crew morale and in our growth as a farm! He was our first ever CSA delivery driver with our new van, became a trusted tractor operator, and helped keep a standard for strong work ethic while maintaining a fun energy and always playing good tunes.

Favorite Season Memory:

"It was really fun having a killdeer nest in the field this spring. You don't usually get to see animal behavior that close up at your job. I really enjoyed watching those birds grow up and I'm thankful that we gave them the space to do so."


Mallory

This year was Mallory’s 2nd year working at Wonka’s and she took the reins for working and excelling at all of the jobs! Working both at the farm full-time and working almost every farmers’ market shift we would give her, Mallory knew all of the ins and outs! She is not afraid to get her hands dirty and haul huge wheelbarrows of compost, and is also extremely diligent in her work, while being a caring and thoughtful coworker to the rest of the crew.

Favorite Season Memory:

“My favorite memory from this season is the little dance parties we had in the field. Especially on the hot days or when we were wheelbarrowing compost it was so amazing to dance around with everybody and keep things fun.”


Genevieve

This summer was our first season with Genevieve and it was a joy! Genevieve radiates positivity, smiling and giggling through every job. She never shied away from a pea and bean harvest in the heat of the day, or a tomato harvest in the jungle of our greenhouse, or a late day wheelbarrowing push.

Favorite Season Memory:

“My favorite memory was a super rainy afternoon when most people had gone home, singing wagon wheel with ravine while we picked broccolini and got completely soaked. I love how much everyone enjoys braving the weather and hard work, as long as we’re doing it together!”


Lydia

Lydia returned for her redemption season after suffering an injury the previous year. We were ecstatic to learn she would be coming on full-time with us because she works with compassion and kindness for everyone and everything around her. She works with intention, is always willing to get dirty and do tasks others dislike, even if it means she will break out in an allergic reaction or go peas-crazed.

Favorite Season Memory:

“My favorite memories this season would be all of the bugs I made friends with (shocker)”


Shannon

Shannon joined our team this year and showed a lot of promise as a team member. She became our designated bouquet builder and communicated regularly about changes in flowers or potential difficulties with varieties. Shannon was a very important part of maintaining flower standards and taught us a lot about cut flowers especially because this was our first year emphasizing flower farming. 

Favorite Season Memory:

“I think my favorite memory from the season was working on the last CSA and on the donation bags; it just felt very fulfilling and peaceful, and I knew that it was doing something good for others.”


Lillian

Lillian started volunteering with Wonka’s Harvest this season and we loved her so much she had to become a full-time employee. Despite starting on later than everyone else, Lillian picked up tasks super quickly and wasn’t afraid to ask questions or get help. She was always driven, resourceful, and instrumental in our end of season field cleanup! She was a huge help in building our new raised beds!

Favorite Season Memory:

“In general- being around beautiful people & plants and getting to put nearly all my senses to use each day was probably my favorite part of working at Wonkas. Slightly more specifically, any time I could carefully thrash about in the gator I had an excellent time. And to pick one memory out, I remember lots of laughs ripping out broccolini stalks with Lydia and the gator on a chilly fall afternoon :)”


Noah

Noah returned for a 3rd season at the farm this year. Noah has always been such a dependable, trustworthy team member and this season was no different. They are extremely self motivated, routinely picking up tasks, doing repairs, and helping keep our spaces organized and tidy. Our pack shed and post harvest operations were largely lead by Noah!

Favorite Season Memory:

“A memory that springs to mind was an early weekend morning where I was harvesting flowers and jamming out to flower themed songs ("Sunflower" by Glen Campbell, "San Francisco" by Scott Mckenzie, etc.).”


Charlie

Charlie has worked at the farm for 2 summers now and is our sweetest crew member to date. Taking on the official role of Market Lead this summer, Charlie lead and organized our Mount Horeb and Monroe Street market efforts. Their vibrant and compassionate energy for growing high quality produce for our communities makes them so personable at markets. Charlie also created most, if not all, our of CSA recipes up until they welcomed a beautiful baby into this world this fall.

Favorite Season Memory:

“I spent most of the 2025 season working at farmer's markets, but one of my favorite memories happened on the farm. It was a regular weeding session, where we were tackling some of the larger weeds in the field pathways. It was one of those days where it wasn't too hot yet and we had music blasting over the portable speaker - it was just a really good time of camaraderie, and we were laughing and joking as we filled buckets with thistles. Really goes to show how having such great coworkers can make the hard work of farming feel fun!”


Lexi

This was Lexi’s first season working at Wonka’s Harvest. She worked for us on weekends at the Dane County Farmers Markets and at the Monroe Street Farmers Market! Lexi did an amazing job of tracking sales at markets to see what products were most desired and to overall help with book keeping. Her attention to detail was a great help for the team to understand how their hard work on the farm translated to reaching the greater Madison Community. She also built some wonderful connections with grass roots organizations, chefs, and other vendors!

Favorite Season Memory:

“I would say my favorite memory was our farm dinner. It was so fun to eat amazing food with amazing people! I still think about that meal lol. I loved supporting our farm workers passions too, their art is stunning. For anyone who wasn’t able to make it this year I would totally recommend coming if we do something similar in the future!!

Also, I feel so blessed that I got to hold down the markets this season! I felt so in my element and I looked forward to seeing the customers and my coworkers every week :)”


Reilly

Reilly returned to Wonka’s Harvest this year as a part-time employee, adding to a rotation of Farmers Market employees! Always offering to pick up shifts for other team members, Reilly’s hard working and compassionate attitude greatly influenced our team, despite not being on the farm! Their warm smile and laugh makes it impossible not to have a good time working alongside them. They helped build more connections with customers and vendors, especially at the Monroe Street Farmers Market with Lexi.

Favorite Season Memory:

“My favorite memory from this summer was giggling behind the counter with Chuck all season, it never felt like work. I also loved to learn from Chuck’s wealth of knowledge about our produce. My time spent with them was the highlight of my farm season but also my summer!”


Anna

Anna closed out their third year as Wonka’s Harvest’s Farm Manager. They have been such a positive support system for the crew throughout the last few years. They have been instrumental in improving farm culture, production, and marketing. Their creativity and thoughtfulness bleeds into everything they do. We will miss their tenacious values, their relentless need for FUN, but we will see them at our future tie-dye parties!

Favorite Season Memory:

“My favorite memories from this season are of spending time with old friends, getting closer to new ones, and enjoying the beautiful colors of our flower field!”


Ravine

This was Ravine’s second season on the farm but first as our Production Manager! Ravine was instrumental in the success of this season - with everyday task management, building in new goals and experiments, and taking a lot of consideration for the team’s wellbeing. Ravine stepped into a greater leadership role with so much grace. She was constantly learning on the fly, making quick decisions, learning how to balance and prioritize goals, and had to bare a lot of stress and strain for the betterment of the team. Ravine is truly the embodiment of a team player. We are going to miss her dearly, but we will be cheering her on in her future farming endeavors.

Favorite Season Memory:

“My favorite season memory was crimping the cover crops from last year”

 

Introducing Our New Managers

Andie Evergreen

Self described city girl becoming a farmer. Andie grew up in Milwaukee and went to university at UW-La Crosse. She has a background in athletics; majoring in Exercise and Sport Science and numerous triathlon races under her belt–but farming has become the new workout plan. Her interest in vegetable production started during an internship at an urban agriculture non-profit. The organization had a holistic view to the food system: growing soil through vermicomposting, fostering/supporting community in growing spaces, and hosting educational classes. Since then, Andie has worked on many farms in the Madison area learning and blooming into the farmer she is today. She is excited for her first season at Wonka’s in 2026!

In her free time you can find Andie riding the tandem bike or kayak with her husband, at the gym swimming, going for a hike with her two Australian Cattle dogs, or catching up on zzzz’s with an afternoon nap.

Chloe Boehnen

Chloe recently graduated from The University of Wisconsin Madison studying Global health with an emphasis on food security. She began working at Wonka’s May of 2022 and fell in love with farming. She aspires to make changes to modern day agriculture to limit climate impacts and to improve community health outcomes. Wonka’s has allowed her a space to learn about no-till farming and apply a lot of what she has learned in university. It is no surprise she loves to learn new things from her coworkers, other farms, and organizations Wonka’s is involved with. Chloe is so excited to continue working at Wonka’s, sharing and producing fresh produce, in her new role as Farm Manager.

Chloe spends most of her free time hanging out with friends, traveling, playing board games, or gushing over her cats. 

 

The Farm Dinner

To celebrate Wonka’s Harvest 5 year anniversary, we shared a special evening at the farm. We got to celebrate with family, friends, staff, and customers with games, farm tours, and a wonderful dinner made by Chef Juan Umaña, a loyal customer and friend of many years. Juan planned and delivered a phenomenal plant-based dinner featuring all local ingredients. Our produce was centered, but also showcased some of our wonderful farm friends’ products (Squashington Farm, Meadowlark Organics, Vitruvian Farm, Los Abuelos, and Hickory Hill Farm). About 45 people shared a 4 course meal in our packshed. We are so excited to host more dinners like these with more people in the coming years!

 

Feeding Community

Wonka’s is constantly trying to expand our outreach and to connect with the community. This year we continued to bring our produce and flowers to Markets including Monroe Street Farmers Market, Mount Horeb Farmers Market, and the Dane County Farmers Market. Additionally, we continued to offer CSA to Madison but also tested out some Milwaukee drop sites.

Farmer’s Markets

Hi! My name is Charlie, and 2025 was my second season with Wonka's. This year I spent a lot of time working our booth at two local farmer's markets: the Mount Horeb market on Thursdays, and the Monroe St. Farmers Market on Sundays. 

The Mount Horeb farmer's market is definitely one of my favorite markets in Wisconsin, and it's so fun to experience it as a vendor. It's a small market with a very strong sense of community; we see the same vendors and many of the same patrons on a weekly basis. Getting to know our vendor neighbors, like Sarah from Tend Native Plants and Jamie from Gluten Free by Jamie, is one of my favorite parts of my job. There was one Thursday afternoon, as the market was closing, where our regular parking spots were blocked off and vendors couldn't bring trucks and vans around to pack and load up our booths. Instead, we all helped each other to pack and carry crates, tables, and folded canopies down the hill to the far parking lot where our vehicles were waiting. It was such a great example of the spirit of the market - we all help each other!

The Monroe St. market is always a busy one! It's so fun to see the variety of customers every week, always with both new and familiar faces. This one is a particular favorite of mine because of the food options - we never go hungry while we're selling our veggies! This market also has a great sense of camaraderie among vendors, and we often buy or barter for each other's goodies. It's also great to have the opportunity to donate leftover produce at the end of the market to local organizations working to feed our communities. 

Veggies like lettuce, carrots, green beans, and tomatoes are reliably popular at both markets. It's always fun to chat with customers about our variety of produce, especially lesser well-known offerings like kohlrabi, winecap mushrooms, and our selections of fresh and dried herbs.

CSA

This season we completed a grand total of 22 weeks of CSA! 

We shared our CSA through eight drop sites including the farm and also delivered CSA to members' homes. Our new van was fundamental in stream lining the pack and delivery process this year ensuring the produce stayed fresh along the route. We had four CSA sessions; Spring, Summer, Fall, and Late Fall. Each session had a variety of different veggies and products to offer that changed based on seasonality.

This years drop sites:

  • Icki Sticki Mount Horeb - 1225 Springdale St, Mt Horeb, WI 53572

  • Icki Sticki Verona - 407 W Verona Ave, Verona, WI 53593

  • Chocolate Shoppe Fitchburg -  2685 Research Park Dr, Fitchburg, WI 53711

  • True Roaster Monona - 800 W Broadway Ste 900, Monona, WI 53716

  • Chocolate Shoppe East Side of Madison - 2322 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI 53704

  • Chocolate Shoppe Monroe Street - 2531 Monroe St, Madison, WI 53711

  • Vintage West Side of Madison - 674 S Whitney Way, Madison, WI 53711

 

Working Together

Partnerships

This season we had the pleasure of sharing products from partner vendors and producers including Bellebrook Botanicals, Kafetzin Coffee, Sitka Seafood, Mushroom Mike, Squashington, Meadowlark Organics, and Hickory Hill Farm. These producers were advertised on our farm store, included in our CSA, and featured as CSA add ons. Having community partnerships like these make what we do more special and strengthen our local economies. We look forward to working with more growers and producers, so if you are interested in partnering with us, please reach out!

Wholesale

We also provided wholesale produce to a number of restaurants in the greater Madison area. You might see our produce featured on the menus of Sardine, Fairchild, L’etoile, Graze, Kettle Black, Brix Cider, and Sunn Cafe. The Regent Street Market Co Op also shared our fresh produce with the Madison community. 

Reaching Our Community

Wonka’s Harvest continued to work with a number of non-profit organizations to ensure none of our excess produce went to waste. Nourish, Madison Community Fridges, Fair Share, and Second Harvest were instrumental in connecting us to our community. 

Upcoming

Markets

In 2026 we hope to bring you more of the same. You can find us this January at Garver Feed Mill on Saturday’s from 7:30 am to 1 pm. You can look forward to our dried herbs, dried flowers, mixed greens, some fresh herbs, and plenty of pork products.

CSA Signups!

January 1st we will be launching our CSA sign ups for the 2026 season and we look forward to serving up fresh produce and products from our partnered farms and organizations as CSA add ons.

Hiring For Next Season

We also will be hiring a few new employees for the 2026 season and look forward to expanding our team! Stay tuned for hiring posts over the winter months!

 

Thank You!

We wanted to thank all of everyone who purchased produce from us this year. We would not be able to do any of this great work without the support from our community. It brings us so much joy to have reached so many people in our community and we can not wait to do this all again in the 2026 season!

More Resources

If you are interested in learning more about the Farmers Markets we participate in I have them linked below. I also have included our Farm Store and some links to our partnered restaurants and partners products!

Farmers Markets

Dane County Farmers Market - http://dcfm.org/

Monroe Street Farmers Market - https://www.monroestreetfarmersmarket.org/

Mount Horeb Farmers Market - https://www.mthorebfarmersmarket.com/

Farm Store

https://www.wonkasharvest.com/farm-store

Partnered Restaurants

Graze - https://www.grazemadison.com/

L’etoile - https://www.letoile-restaurant.com/

Sardine - http://sardinemadison.com/

Fair Child - https://www.fairchildrestaurant.com/

Kettle Black Kitchen - https://kettleblackkitchen.com/

Brix Cider - https://brixcider.com/

Sunn Cafe - https://www.sunncafe.com/

Nonprofit Partnerships

Nourish Madison - https://nourishmadison.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacR0y29mOYReK-hnBbRF-MSD93Thpbf6IgyQG3na2Duz0SRCDqJ9eM5NiFPUg_aem_L4gnU-IqijA6cYwEd0Wy5Q

Madison Community Fridges - https://www.madfridges.com/about

Fair Share CSA Coalition - https://www.csacoalition.org/

Second Harvest Food Bank - https://www.secondharvestsw.org/

Product Partnerships

Bellebrook Botanicals - https://www.wonkasharvest.com/farm-store/p/bellebrook-botanicals-elderberry-syrup-maww8-4jskb-a42nz-fgn9d-76p82-k38bf-ctnma-bmkhc-ccbpb-ep6y7-c5arl-jye8j-f3g6c-66dm7-4tffm-dehz6-x3bdt-ymebw

Kafetzin Coffee - https://www.wonkasharvest.com/farm-store/p/kafetzin-coffee-medium-roast

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