September 11, 2019

Know your Farmer: Tortoise & Hare Farm

Meet Brett, Krista, and barn dog, Duke, of Tortoise & Hare Farm in Muskegon, Michigan! Tortoise and Hare is a small farm that uses organic and sustainable methods to…

August 19, 2019

Know Your Farmer: Piggly Petals Flower Farm

Meet Carmen and Sherri, the mother-daughter duo behind the beautiful blooms from Piggly Petals Flowers Farm! Piggly Petals was established just last year in 2018. Together, Carmen and…

August 18, 2019

Combating Climate Change: Creating Climate-resilient Orchards

In my previous post of this Climate Change series, (see the first and second post here), I discussed how tree fruit growers in Michigan are faced with adapting to…

August 6, 2019

Know Your Farmer: Nature & Nurture Seeds

MMeet the crew at Nature & Nurture Seeds! Together with volunteers and interns, co-founders of Nature & Nurture Seeds Erica Kempter and Mike Levine run their organic and…

July 29, 2019

Know Your Farmer: Standen Acres

Meet Corey Standen of Standen Acres in Alpena! On their 40-acre farm, Corey, his wife, Carrie, and their two kids raise pigs on pasture. Standen Acres use a…

July 19, 2019

Know Your Farmer: Hallstedt Homestead

For all sweet cherry lovers out there, Hallstedt Homestead is the place for you. The Northport orchard, run by Sarah and Phil Hallstedt, is a new haven for…

July 15, 2019

A New Normal for Michigan Orchards

This is the second post of a three-part series. Before reading this, make sure you read the first post of the series here! To quickly recap, in the…

July 15, 2019

Know Your Farmer: Fisheye Farms

Meet Andy Chae and Amy Eckert of Fisheye Farms in Detroit! Andy and Amy started their urban farm in 2015 in Detroit’s West Village, and they have since…

July 8, 2019

Know Your Farmer: Saskatoon Michigan

Meet Steve DuCheney of Saskatoon Michigan Farm! “Saskatoon” Steve grows mostly Saskatoon berries and a few Honeyberries on his farm in Williamsburg, Michigan. 

June 25, 2019

How will Climate Change Impact Michigan’s Fruit Orchards?

There has been a lot of discussion in recent years about how climate change in going to impact agriculture. The Midwest has been characterized by increasing average temperatures,…