Unbuttoned Farms

Unbuttoned Farms A multigenerational farm in Holland, MI, raising Dexter Cattle while offering our community opportunities for food, connection, play and healing.

09/01/2026

I’m looking for a little help with a very specific kind of farmstand donation. ❤️

One of the things we sell at our farmstand is recycled paper for junk journaling, collaging, crafting and creating. I sort through thousands of pieces of paper every week, and some of the most interesting packs come from things that have already had a life.

Old photos. Vintage letters. Postcards. Pages from old books. Estate clean-out treasures. Things that somebody doesn’t know what to do with anymore, but another person might turn into something beautiful.

So today, I’m hoping to find one or two totes or boxes of old paper that someone would genuinely be relieved to have out of their way.

I want to be really clear about this: I do not need a truckload. I do not need a basement cleaned out. Please don’t bring me an overwhelming amount of paper.

This is intentionally a small project, and sorting through one or two thoughtful donations is exactly what I’m looking for.

If you have a tote sitting around that you’ve been meaning to sort, I’d love to give it a second life.

You can drop it right at our farmstand:

📍 4222 54th St., Holland, MI 49423

And because I believe in giving back whenever we can, if you donate a tote or two, please take a dozen ears of sweet corn on us and enter our photography raffle for a chance to win a free photo session on the farm. ❤️

100% of the proceeds from our recycled paper packs go back into our farm. We’re currently saving toward our 2027 land rent of $1,600 and eventually a skid steer, which is one of the things we need before my stepdaughter and I can bring HORSES onto the property.

Everything we do here is meant to keep giving back to the Holland community, and I hope people can see their participation in these little projects as part of that, too.

But really, my goal today is simple:

One or two totes of interesting old paper, from someone who is happy to have one or two less things to sort.

That’s it. ❤️

09/01/2026

Sir Silk says, 8.00/dzn sweet corn.
143rd and 54th. Holland.

Family photos are a must. Enter the raffle with a purchase of a dzn ears.



Ray Mishoe Amanda Carso Amanda Carso-Photography + Art

09/01/2026

Paper pack packing progressing promptly.

Thank you Steere Family Farm & Equestrian for your donation of hay to Unbuttoned Farms ❤️🙏 we appreciate every community...
08/31/2026

Thank you Steere Family Farm & Equestrian for your donation of hay to Unbuttoned Farms ❤️🙏 we appreciate every community opportunity to get something at a more affordable cost-and a lot of what we are able to do comes from others Cheering us along the way.

We are grateful when someone thinks of us when they have products that would otherwise be waste or compost.

Thank you from us and the Cows! 🐮

08/31/2026

4222 54th street holland mi 49423

Where are my Mary Oliver fans at?

08/31/2026

Corner of 143rd and 54th St in Holland! Sweetcorn, the best around, 8.00/dzn.

Don’t forget that with the purchase of dozen ears you get a free entry into our photo raffle. Drawings take place on Sept 19th.

Corn is still in stock today, August 30th, at both locations. We are appreciative, exhausted, sold out of paper packs, s...
08/30/2026

Corn is still in stock today, August 30th, at both locations. We are appreciative, exhausted, sold out of paper packs, sold out of wax wraps, stocked more handmade washcloths, two jumbo sugar scrubs ($7.50) and room Sprays ($3.00 made by Hadleigh) are available. Raffle tickets are available until September 19th at Midnight and Cost 1.00. If you are thinking, "What raffle"? Let us know and we'll drop the details again. Addresses to both stands in the comments.

Thank you Holland, we can't appreciate you more.

Our girls. From left to right: Emma, Lilly, Irma, Izzy, Josephine.Im working on a sign made from a headboard I got in sh...
08/30/2026

Our girls.

From left to right: Emma, Lilly, Irma, Izzy, Josephine.

Im working on a sign made from a headboard I got in shipshewana to put our website and a QR code so people can scan it to read about each cow or learn how to visit the farm and learn more about what we do!

They are still being rotated on the 9 square rotational grazing paddocks that Ray Mishoe worked ALL SUMMER on. It looks beautiful, walking thorough it blows my mind-this was all commercially grown feed corn and he is doing so much to bring this soil back to health. I can't believe how far he's taken this patch of land in the amount of time we've been renting it.

Onward, upward, joy filled.

Be well,
Amanda

Petey and Little Rosie-I love watching them learn each other. Petey seems like an old pro around her, not much phasing h...
08/30/2026

Petey and Little Rosie-I love watching them learn each other. Petey seems like an old pro around her, not much phasing him, from squeals to her dismount approach.

If you come to the farm and want Petey to join in for your photo session, let us know. Sessions are donation based through September 30th, with openings as soon as Sunday, August 30th. Stay 5 minutes or 50, each session is tailored to the person(s) in front of me, their connection and my felt sense of what we all might enjoy.

Thanks for being part of what were doing here at Unbuttoned Farms.

08/29/2026

Photo sessions happen at unbutton Farms through the end of September on a donation basis. If you’ve been looking for some updated family photos, decent photos of you for your dating profile, photos to commemorate a special person who has a presence in your life like a exchange student, foster child, or family, friends who you’d love some professional photos with, come hang out at our family farm in Holland Michigan.

My only ask cause that if you commit to a time, you do your absolute best to show up and if you’re not able to make it, consider asking a friend or family member to take your place. :)

Donate any amount towards your session, and that will amount will contribute to our dream of purchasing a skid steer, the prerequisite to Hadleigh and I are getting our own horses. ❤️

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4222 54th Street
Holland, MI
49423

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