2016 TLD Guide to Local Food in Southeast Michigan

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Table of Contents 3TLD comes to Southeast Michigan

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Certified Local Food Buy Local Year-round

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About TLD Product Differentiation

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Growing Food and a Crop of New Farmers at Tilian Farm Development Center

Southeast Michigan Farmers Markets

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Southeast Michigan CSA & Urban Farms

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Detroit Area Farmers growing for Detroit Communities

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Triple Bottom Line Approach to an all-Michigan Wintertime CSA

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Local Food & Farms of Oakland, Macomb, Wayne & Monroe

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Local Food & Farms of Washtenaw

A Regional Landmark: 125 years at Eastern Market

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Southeast Michigan U-Pick Farms & Orchards

Tasting Entrepreneurial Success at Red Truck

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Local Food & Farms of Ingham, Livingston, Jackson & Lenawee

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Michigan’s Bee Advocate Meghan Milbrath

Southeast Michigan Libations

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A New Year-round Ypsilanti Farmers MarketPlace

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Taste the Local Difference® is a social enterprise of the Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities. For more information on our parent non-profit organization, please visit www. groundworkcenter.org Taste the Local Difference® is: Bill Palladino — CEO Tricia Phelps — Operations Director, N Michigan Local Food Coordinator Kim Bayer — SE Michigan Local Food Coordinator Sharon May — Farm to Resource Coordinator The TLD Guide to Local Food is published

by Taste the Local Difference® 1610 Barlow Street, Suite 101 Traverse City MI 49686 Phone: (231) 941-6584 Email: info@localdifference.org www.localdifference.org Cover photo taken at the Ypsilanti Farmers Marketplace in Ypsilanti, MI featuring locally grown radishes. A full-page spread can be found in this 2016 edition on page 20, all about the new year-round MarketPlace

TLD comes to Southeast Michigan connecting food, health and our local economies Dear Friends,

Layout & Design: Chloe Arielle Foster Map Design: Flight Path Creative Advertising Sales: The Ann Cover Shot: Abby Rose Photography Photo Contributors: Abby Rose Photography, Christina Carson, Michael Poehlman, Cherry Capital Foods, Kim Bayer

This inaugural issue of the "Guide to Local Food in Southeast Michigan" is literally a dream come true for me. It's just one part of the Taste the Local Difference (TLD) local food marketing campaign that is growing statewide, and here (finally!) is a way to find the food and farms that are most connected with our communities.

Thanks to start-up funding from the Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, you'll see a focus in this issue on the innovative food system work led by women in Washtenaw County, along with emerging coverage of Wayne County and other counties that make up southeast Michigan.

As it stands, this Guide is stuffed with food system information that has never been compiled in one place before. And it's just one piece of a larger, multi-channel campaign to strengthen economic viability for farmers and health for eaters across the entire state.

Consider this your invitation to connect with us through social media, and to look for (and ask for!) the TLD mark as we create in-store identification of food grown by your local farmers and made by local producers. You can help by telling your friends and family about TLD as we strengthen this network of Michigan growers and marketplaces.

We hope that you'll use this directory (and the northern Michigan companion Guides) as finding aids for searching out local food wherever you are, in restaurants, specialty and grocery stores but also in hospitals, schools, and everywhere(!) to create meaningful connections to the people, places, farms and food you love.

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By Kim Bayer - TLD SE Michigan Local Food Coordinator

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About certified local food eventS ™

Do you organize fun community happenings and love local food? Consider working with us to create a Certified Local Food Event! This badge assures participants that a minimum of 20% of total food expenses are for local food and zero-waste practices are being implemented. We can help you connect with local farms and producers to create wonderful events, and help with marketing to reach out to an audience that strongly supports the local food community.

Contact events@localdifference.org for more information!

Buy Local Year Round

you love local food. we love local food. localdifference.org

Many locally produced items are available all year long in southeast Michigan, including: Eggs Milk Cheese Ice Cream Yogurt Butter Meat Fish Dried Fruit Frozen Fruit &

Veggies Jams Sauces Salsas Hot Sauces Breads Baked Goods Granola Honey Maple Syrup

Chocolates Vinegars Herbal Teas Juice Cider Wine Beer Distilled Spirits Pickled Vegetables Flour

There are also plenty of non-food items that come from the farms, fields, and forests of southeast Michigan: soaps, lotions, balms, sachets, yarns, and other products made with local ingredients. 

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PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION

Look for Taste the Local Difference materials to find local food in stores and throughout your community. TLD specializes in point-of-sale materials that differentiate locally grown or made products on the shelf and in the produce cooler.

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Growing food security and a crop of new farmers

written by: Kim Bayer

Late on a warm Sunday afternoon a group of exhausted beginning farmers sag into lawn chairs on the grass next to their pickup trucks at the bucolic Tilian Farm Development Center in Ann Arbor Township.

They have just finished a workday and discussion about this collaboratively managed (and certified organic) farm incubator, created in 2011 when Ann Arbor Township set aside 44 acres of land and a distressed barn to help beginning farmers get started.

The women and men beginning farmers are among the fourth and largest cohort to date, starting up 10 innovative new farm businesses at Tilian. Some are growing on less than half an acre, and the biggest uses 7 acres of land, growing organic feed for a resident pastured chicken and egg operation.

Among the startups this year are 2 apiaries, several vegetable CSAs, 2 pastured chicken and egg farms, and an all-season tomato business. Starting mid-summer they’ll be running a weekly farm stand on Sundays, connecting with neighbors and selling produce straight from the fields.

In addition to developing their own farm businesses, these new farmers take part in managing the increasing shared infrastructure at Tilian — the storage barn, wash/pack room, tractor, 4 hoophouses, a vermi-composting system, cooler and more that have been added to the site through grants and volunteer support.

Program manager Stefanie Stauffer says the model of defining protocols and then rotating monthly through maintenance gives everyone experience with each task and helps the program function with limited staff.

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As of 2015, the non-profit Michigan Food and Farming Systems (MIFFS) manages the program at Tilian. Jen Silveri, Assistant Director for MIFFS says “farmers learn best from each other. It’s the most flexible and useful approach, so peer to peer learning is a main model.”

So far it’s working – starting up is just really hard, no longer completely impossible. Among the Tilian “graduates,” some now own and operate their own farms.

Jill Lada bought the 64 acre property for Green Things Farm nearby with her husband Nate. She says “Tilian was essential for us to start a farm business in Ann Arbor...Having programming and farming peers to serve as guides during our farm's infancy was a huge boost for us.”

Like the Food Hub network, a network of farm incubators is growing in Michigan, with programs in Flint, Traverse City, and the U.P., many with a focus on engaging historically underserved farmer populations including women, people of color, immigrants, and veterans.

In addition to this statewide network, the country’s National Incubator Farm Training Initiative (NIFTI) will be holding its Field School conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 25-27, 2016.

Tilian will be a key demonstration location in the NIFTI effort to “Increase understanding of what makes Incubator Farm Projects successful and how they interact with local, state and national food systems.”

For more information visit: tiliancenter.org

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CSA and Urban Farms Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms are blossoming across the state. And urban farms are re-vitalizing our neighborhoods and cities. These enterprises are run by people who are the most connected to our landscapes and who are growing food for people in their own communities.

LIVINGSTON COUNTY Davis’ Family Farm Maggie’s Farm Stone Coop Farm

OAKLAND COUNTY Sunshine Meadows Farm Tollgate Farm and Education Center Upland Hills CSA

MACOMB COUNTY Pixi Hill Farm Urban Pioneers CSA

MONROE COUNTY INGHAM COUNTY Allen Marketplace CBI’s Giving Tree Farm Good News Farm Lansing Roots Monroe Family Organics MSU Student Organic Farm Smith’s Floral Harvest Farm Thornapple CSA Titus Farms Wildflower Eco Farm

JACKSON COUNTY Frog Holler Organic Farm Pregitzer Farm Market Snick’s Farm Lands of Bru-Garick M’Organic Meadows

LENAWEE COUNTY Cook Farms Double Shamrock Farm Goetz Family Farm New Age Farm Prochaska Farms

Honest Eats Farm Jentzen Farms Shagbark Hickory Farms Shane’s U-Pick and Stand Valley Family Farm Zilke Vegetable Farm

WASHTENAW COUNTY 4Gen Farms Brines Farm Campus Farm Community Farm of Ann Arbor Dyer Family Organic Farm Emma Acres Family Circle Centennial Farm Firesign Family Farm Get Down Farm Golden Fleece Farm Green Things Farm Hand Sown Farm Harvest Kitchen Hay Creek Heritage Farm Honest Eats Farm Land Loom Locavorious Maggie’s Farm

Marks Farms and Beefalo Needle Lane Farms Old Pine Farm Our Family Farm Radicle Roots Community Farm Robin Hills Farm Salomon Gardens Seeley Farm Skinny Farm of Scio Snick's Farm Songbird Farm Steinhauser Farms Stone Soup Roots and Grains Sunseed Farm Tantre Farm The Family Farm Tilian Farm Development Center Two Tracks Acres Valley Family Farm Walnut Hill Farm White Lotus Farms Whitney Farmstead

WAYNE COUNTY ACRE Community Farm Brother Nature Produce City Commons CSA D-Town Farms Earthworks Urban Farm Feedom-Freedom Fields of Plenty Food Field Fresh Cut Flower Farm Keep Growing Detroit Michigan Urban Farming Initiative Oakland Avenue Urban Farm Old City Acres Plum Street Market Garden Rising Pheasant Farms Singing Tree Gardens Spirit of Hope Farm Sunnyside Farm Tiny Acres CSA Vinewood Knoll Farm

A Triple Bottom Line Approach To An AllMichigan Winter CSA written by: Kim Bayer

On a cool spring morning in May, Rena Basch’s biceps are evident as she totes big boxes into the processing kitchen at the Washtenaw Food Hub. Rena may be tiny, but she’s mighty! She’s the driving force behind an innovative, and mostly organic, winter time Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) business called Locavorious.

Locavorious CSA members pay upfront before the crops are even grown, in exchange for knowing that they’ll be eating the sweetest Michigan asparagus and peas in January and the most beautiful raspberries and peaches in March.

The pink-stemmed rhubarb in the boxes comes from farmer Wayne Havens, a “crazy character” who owns Green Bush Farm in Belleville, Michigan. He’s one of nearly 2 dozen farmers who supply Locavorious with the Michigan fruits and vegetables Rena’s team will be hand-processing and freezing for CSA and retail customers.

Perhaps even more important than driving business to the many farms she works with, Rena runs Locavorious as a “triple bottom line” enterprise.

It’s an approach she describes as “considering positive outcomes for people, planet and profit in all of your business decisions. Not just profit - sustainability for people, the planet and the business.”

For example, Rena’s ethos with the “people” aspect of her triple bottom line approach is to “pay higher than typical wages. Never try to squeeze growers on price. And create an inclusive and positive work environment.”

After the rhubarb, Rena’s staff will move on to asparagus, peas, strawberries, beans, corn, tomatoes, peaches, blueberries, peppers, raspberries, and finally winter squash.

From June through October, literal tons (annually 8,000-12,000 pounds) of seasonal produce is slowly squirreled away in the Locavorious freezer, saved for the dark winter day when it feels like all hope is lost. All the delicious seasons captured in a ziploc package, ready to eat.

For more information visit: locavorious.com Read more on the TLD blog: blog.localdifference.org

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Bona Sera  734-340-6335  bonaserarestaurant.com  200 W Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Cultivate Coffee and Taphouse  734-249-8993  cultivateypsi.org  307 N River St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

Grange Kitchen and Bar  734-995-2107  grangekitchenandbar.com  118 W Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

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Juicy Kitchen  734-585-5562  juicykitchen-a2.com  1506 N Maple Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Mighty Good Coffee Roasting Company  734-222-4514  mightygoodcoffee.com  217 N Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

era “History of Washtenaw County” credits immigrant expertise and

Washtenaw County has a long agricultural history. The landforms

early agricultural associations with the prominence of Washtenaw

and soil of the 720 square miles of the county were shaped by

County in the state’s agricultural importance. Today, Washtenaw

glaciers and encompass oak savannas to wet prairies, and sandy

County is home to the University of Michigan’s Sustainable Food

loam to clay floodplains. In the southeast part of the county, Native

Program and a leader in the number of farms transitioning to

Americans burned uplands to open them for food-growing and

organic production (nearly 200), and the number of Community

farmed floodplains of the Huron River, a main watershed. An 1880s

Supported Agriculture enterprises (nearly 40).

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Argus Farm Stop  734-213-2200  argusfarmstop.com  325 W Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Dyer Family Organic Farm  734-649-1654  dyerfamilyorganicfarm.com  5846 Becky Ln, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Eat Ideas Farm  eatideasfarm@gmail.com  4400 Pontiac Tr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Golden Fleece Farm  734-475-7355  goldenfleecefarm.com  4608 Sylvan Rd, Grass Lake, MI 49240

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Growing Hope  734-786-8401  growinghope.net  PO Box 980129, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

Hand Sown Farm  734-718-5506  handsownfarm.com  18451 W Pleasant Lake, Manchester, MI 48158

PittsField Township Farmers Market  734-822-3152  pittsfield-mi.gov/farmersmarket  6201 W Michigan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

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Wasem Fruit Farm  734-482-2342  wasemfruitfarm.com  6580 Judd Rd, Milan, MI 48160

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Beezy’s  734-485-9625  beezyscafe.com  20 N Washington St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

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El Harissa  734-585-0686  elharissa.com  1516 North Maple Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 localdifference.org

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market  734-994-7200  buschs.com  2020 Green Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Busch’s Fresh Food Market  734-998-2666  buschs.com  2240 South Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Busch’s Fresh Food Market  734-426-9600  buschs.com  7080 Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd, Dexter, MI 48130

Busch’s Fresh Food Market  734-429-6100  buschs.com  565 E Michigan Ave, Saline, MI 48176

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Silvio’s Organic Pizza  734-214-6666  silviosorganicpizza.com  715 N University, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

People’s Food Co-op  734-994-9174  peoplesfood.coop  216 N Fourth Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Ypsilanti Food Coop and Bakery  734-483-1354  ypsifoodcoop.org  312 N. River St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

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Zingerman’s Creamery  734-929-0500  zingermanscreamery.com  3723 Plaza Dr #2, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Zingerman’s Delicatessen  734-663-3354  zingermansdeli.com  422 Detroit St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Zingerman’s Bakehouse  734-761-2095  zingermansbakehouse.com  3711 Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Zingerman’s Coffee Company  734-929-6060  zingermanscoffee.com  3723 Plaza Dr #5, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

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 231-313-8489  thelandloom.com  4400 Pontiac Tr, Ann Arbor Township, MI 48105

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Zingerman’s Roadhouse  734-663-3663  zingermansroadhouse.com  2501 Jackson Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

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 washtenawfoodhub.com  4175 Whitmore Lake Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

 734-707-1795  growinghope.net/farmers-markets/ypsilanti  16 South Washington Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

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Zingerman’s Coffee Company  734-929-6060  zingermanscoffee.com  3723 Plaza Dr #5, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

 734-994-9174  peoplesfood.coop  216 N Fourth Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48198

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Al Dente Pasta  734-449-8522  aldentepasta.com  9815 Main St, Whitmore Lake, MI 48189

Arbor Teas  734-994-7698  arborteas.com  1342 N Main St Ste 4, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

The Brinery  734-780-7140  thebrinery.com  4175 Whitmore Lake Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Go! Ice Cream  734-219-7484  goicecreamgo.com  10 N Washington, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

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Harvest Kitchen  734-395-7782  harvest-kitchen.com  32 E. Cross St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

Locavorious  734-276-5945  locavorious.com  4175 Whitmore Lake Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Mindo Chocolate Makers  734-660-5636  mindochocolate.com  11061 Trinkle Rd, Dexter, MI 48130

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Zingerman’s Bakehouse  734-761-2095  zingermansbakehouse.com  3711 Plaza Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Zingerman’s Coffee Company  734-929-6060  zingermanscoffee.com  3723 Plaza Dr #5, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Zingerman’s Creamery  734-929-0500  zingermanscreamery.com  3723 Plaza Dr #2, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Sweet Gem Confections  734-260-8082  annarborchocolate.com  624 Fifth St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 taste the local difference

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Alber Orchard and Cider Mill  734-428-9310 Ann Arbor Farmers Market  734-794-6255 Ann Arbor Seed Company  734-223-7790 Back 40 Bee Farm  734-428-9867 Back Forty  734-649-1078 Berry Hill Farm  734-475-1516 Brines Farm LLC  734-926-5463 Bur Oaks Farm LLC  734-995-0859

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Family Circle Centennial Farm  734-474-6719 Firesign Family Farm  734-449-0247 Fluffy Bottom Farms  734-548-0234 Frog Holler Organic Farm  517-592-8017 Frosty Apple Orchard  734-426-2863 Fusilier Family Farms  734-320-6062 Garden Works LLC  734-995-5130 Get Down Farm  347-422-6027 Golden Fleece Farm  734-475-7355 Graciem Organics  734-663-9129 Green Things Farm  734-531-7601 Hand Sown Farm  734-718-5506 Harnois Farm  734-645-0300 Hay Creek Heritage Farms  773-531-6054 Heritage Farms  734-645-8650 Hickory Oak Farm  734-680-6551 Honest Eats Farm LLC  734-678-7130 Huling Family Farm  734-904-1433 Kelly Farms  734-426-9847

Lutz Orchard  734-429-5145 Makielski Berry Farm  734-572-0060 Manchester Farmers Market  734-428-7872 Marks Farms and Beefalo  517-605-2358 Milan Farmers and Artisan Market  734-478-8252 Nature and Nurture Seeds  734-929-0802 Needle Lane Farms  517-263-5912 Nemeth Orchard  734-485-8518 Old Pine Farm  734-123-4567 Our Family Farm  734-428-9100 Plymouth Orchard and Cider Mill  734-455-2290 Radicle Roots Community Farm  734-489-4119 Restless Roots Farm  814-207-5860 Robin Hills Farm  734-834-8496 Rowe’s Produce Farm  734-482-8538 Ruhlig’s Produce  734-426-2454 Saline Farmers Market  734-429-3518

Lesser Farms and Orchards  734-426-8009

Salomon Gardens  517-775-2057 Sanger Farms  734-433-1869 Seeley Farm  734-358-3721

Linder Farms  734-426-5463 Lippert Farm  734-502-4698

Skinny Farm of Scio  734-741-4728 Slow Farm  734-277-1017

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Cobblestone Farm Market  734-531-7604 Coleman’s Farms and Corn Maze  734-429-1212 Community Farm of Ann Arbor  734-433-0261 Denny’s U-Pick Pumpkins  248-685-2769 Dexter Blueberry Farm  734-426-2900 Dexter Cider Mill  734-426-8531 Dexter Farmers Market  734-426-8303 Dixboro Farmers Market  734-707-1607 Donahee Farms  734-459-0655 Eddie’s Blueberry Patch  734-439-8360 Emma Acres LLC  216-978-0206 Ernst Farms  734-662-8085

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Snick’s Farm  517-542-3636 Songbird Farm  248-667-2992 St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor Farmers Market  734-712- 4667 Steinhauser Farms  734-330-9138 Stone Soup Roots and Grains  734-332-1106 Sunseed Farm  734-224-4228 Tantre Farm  734-475-4323 The Campus Farm  734-647-7600 Tilian Farm Development Center  517-432-0712 Two Tracks Acres  616-734-9123 Valley Family Farm  734-904-1433 Villa VilleLyon  248-264-FORK Walnut Hill Farm  269-427-4010 Wasem Fruit Farm  734-482-2342 Westergaard Farms  734-604-4168 Westside Farmers Market  734-663-3663 White Lotus Farms  734-707-1284 Whitney Farmstead  734-717-9188 Ypsilanti Farmers Markets  734-786-8401

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& ORCHARDS For many the summer experience involves piling the kids in the car and heading to a local farm to pick their own fresh fruits and vegetables. Whatever your taste, Michigan offers a wide variety of delectable choices. Asparagus leads the way every year followed by all sorts of berries, cherries, peaches, apples and even pumpkins. Make food local and make it fun by heading out to a U-Pick Farm or Orchard for an experience you can taste.

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Degroot’s Strawberries Destiny Farm Hazen’s Farm Lafever Chestnuts Rainbow’s End Farm Spicer Orchards

Bennett’s Orchard Charter Farm Produce Erie Orchards Cider Gaskell Family Farm U-Pick Blueberries Whittakers Berry Farm

INGHAM COUNTY

Ashton Orchards Cider Mill Beckwith’s Berries & Blooms Diehl’s Orchard and Cider Mill Erwin Orchards Franklin Cider Mill Goodson Cider Mill Long Family Orchard, Farm and Cider Mill Michigan Flower Farm Middleton Berry Farm Paint Creed Cider Mill Rochester Cider Mill Yates Cider Mill

Balzer Blueberries Clearview Orchards Diederich’s Strawberry Farm Gruber Raspberry Farm Lechleitner Blueberry Farm Swallowtail Farm

JACKSON COUNTY Bob’s Blueberries Clare Limerick Alpaca and Produce Farm Hearthstone Farm Market Terrell Family Farm Toth Brothers Blueberry Patch

LENAWEE COUNTY Gust Brothers’ Pumpkin Farm Hide Away Orchard Kapnick Orchards Keeney Orchards

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MACOMB COUNTY Blake Farms Hy’s Cider Mill Middleton Farms Cider Mill Miller’s Big Red Greenhouses and Cider Mill Stony Creek Orchard and Cider Mill Van Houtte Farm Market Verellen Orchards Westview Orchard and Adventure Farm

Alber Orchard and Cider Mill Berry Hill Farm Coleman’s Farms and Corn Maze Dancer Farms Denny’s U-Pick Pumpkins Dexter Blueberry Farm Dexter Cider Mill Donahee Farms Eddie’s Blueberry Patch Frosty Apple Lesser Farms and Orchards Lutz Orchard Makielski’s Berry Farm Rowe’s Produce Farm Wasem Fruit Farm

WAYNE COUNTY Apple Charlie’s Bird’s Big Punk’ns Obstbaum Orchards Parmenter’s Northville Cider Mill Plymouth Orchards Sandy Acres Blueberry Farm

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extension service, MSU now leads the coordination of Michigan’s

counties are home to the vineyards that make up Michigan’s Pioneer

Good Food Charter and is home to the Center for Regional Food

Wine Trail - the only one of five named wine-making regions on the

Systems (CRFS). CRFS has a mission “to engage the people of

interior of the state. Better recognized in the Lansing area is the site

Michigan, the United States and the world in applied research,

of the original “State Agricultural College” now known as Michigan

education and outreach to develop regionally integrated, sustainable

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Allen Street Marketplace  517-999-3923  allenmarketplace.com  1611 E Kalamazoo St, Lansing, MI 48912

Michigan Garlic Farm  810-923-7605  michigangarlicfarm.com  1048 Sarah Drive, Pinckney, MI 48169

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Zatkovich Pastures, LLC  517-851-4352  zatkovichpastures.com  17050 Kane Rd S, Stockbridge, MI 49285

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Pinckney  734-878-7500  buschs.com  1277 East M-36, Pinckney, MI 48169

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Tecumseh  517-424-1100  buschs.com  1450 West Chicago Blvd, Tecumseh, MI 49286

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More Local Food & Farming Partners Adrian Farmers Market  517-265-6348 Allen Farmers Market  517-999-3923 Balzer Blueberries  517-628-2370 Blue Egg Farm  517-522-5375 Bob’s Blueberries  517-522-5314 Brighton Farmers Market  810-955-1471

Frog Holler Organic Farm  517-592-8017

Carpenter Farms  517-610-8760 CBI’s Giving Tree Farm  517-482-8885

Green Oak Farmers Market and Community Market  313-590-1960 Gruber Raspberry Farm  517-655-2901 Gust Brothers’ Pumpkin Farm  517-486-2237 Hartland Farmers Market  810-599-7603 Hazen’s Farm  517-548-1841 Hearthstone Farm Market  517-750-2696 Hickory Knoll Farms Creamery, LLC  517-712-0626 Hide Away Orchard  517-263-0060 Holt Farmers Market  517-268-0024 Howell’s Sunday Farmers Market  517-546-3920 Kapnick Orchards  517-423-7419 Keeney Orchards  517-431-2400 Kern Road Farm  517-223-1849

Clare Limerick Alpaca and Produce Farm  517-787-6955 Clearview Orchards  517-655-1454 Clinton Farmers Market  517-432-3381 Cook Farms  989-731-1332 Davis’ Family Farm  248-887-7124 Degroot’s Strawberries  517-223-9311 Destiny Farm  248-789-5384 Diederich’s Strawberry Farm  517-521-4667 Double Shamrock Farm  517-605-8460 East Lansing Farmers Market  517-319-6888 Family Circle Centennial Farm  734-474-6719 Ferris Organic Farm  517-628-2506 Four Corners Creamery  517-423-6000 Fowlerville Farmers Market  517-294-6088 Friends of Walker Tavern Farmers Market  517-467-7793

Full Circle Organic Farms  517-719-0073 Good News Farm  989-427-0022 Grand River Farmers Market  517-788-4355 Grass Lake Farmers Market  734-323-9856 Green Market at Allegiance Health  517-879-7339

Lafever Chestnuts  810-750-5037

Lechleitner Blueberry Farm  517-676-4220 Maggie’s Farm  734-476-5453 Mason Area Farmers Market  517-676-4175 Meridian Township Farmers Market  517-712-2395 Michigan Fine Herbs, Herbco  616-293-4233 M’Organic Meadows  517-358-8540 Monroe Family Organics  517-896-6884 Motave Meadows  734-786-1497 MSU Student Organic Farm  517-230-7987 Needle-Lane Farms  517-263-5912 New Age Farm  517-902-4789 Open Air Market of Stockbridge  517-851-7437 Our Farm  734-428-9100 Pinckney Market in the Park  734-878-6206 Pregitzer Farm Market  517-240-4600 Prochaska Farms  517-652-4493 Rainbow’s End Farm  517-223-1079 Salomon Gardens  517-775-2057 Sand Hill Apiaries  651-428-0543 Smith’s Floral Harvest Farm  517-484-5327

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LIBATIONS BREWERIES INGHAM COUNTY Eaglemonk Pub and Brewery Ellison Brewery and Spirits Lansing Brewing Company Midtown Brewing Company Old Nation Brewing Company Sleepwalker Spirits and Ale

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WASHTENAW COUNTY DeAngelis Cantina Del Vino Winery Spotted Dog Winery

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Arbor Brewing Company Brewpub (Ann Arbor) Arbor Brewing Company Microbrewery (Ypsilanti) Biercamp Blue Tractor Brewery Chelsea Alehouse Brewery Grizzly Peak Brewing Company Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales NULL Taphouse Original Gravity Brewing Company Salt Springs Brewery Stony Lake Brewing Co. Unity Vibration Kombucha Wolverine State Brewing Co. Ypsi Alehouse

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LENAWEE COUNTY Cotton Brewing Company Tecumseh Brewing Company

LIVINGSTON COUNTY Block Brewing Company Brewery Becker Eternity Brewing Company River’s Edge Brewing Witch’s Hat Brewing Company

Snick’s Farm  517-542-3636 Sodt’s Berry Farm  517-782-8933 South Lansing Farmers Market  517-374-5700

Lands of Bru-Garick  734-323-9856 Lansing City Market  517-483-7460

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Lily’s Seafood Grill and Brewery North Center Brewing Company Northern Oak Brewery River Rouge Brewing Company Roak Brewing Co. Rochester Mills Beer Company Royal Oak Brewery Schramm’s Mead Witch's Hat Brewing Woodward Avenue Brewers

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JACKSON COUNTY Chateau Aéronautique Winery Cherry Creek Cellars Lone Oak Vineyard Estate Sleeping Bear

American Fifth Spirits Red Cedar Spirits Sanctuary Spirits Sleepwalker Spirits and Ale

OAKLAND COUNTY Detroit Distillery Motor City Gas Valentine Distilling

MONROE COUNTY Temperance Distilling Company

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A New Year-round Ypsilanti Farmers MarketPlace written by: Kim Bayer

It’s been 13 years since the energetic, now-Mayor Amanda Edmonds started the non-profit Growing Hope as a community gardening organization in Ypsilanti. With the support of countless volunteers, fundraisers and grants, Growing Hope has conquered many milestones. But perhaps the most significant is now on the horizon, with the opening of a new, year-round Ypsilanti Farmers MarketPlace (YFM), located in the middle of downtown Ypsi, just a block off the main throughway of Michigan Avenue.

Growing Hope now manages several farmers markets as well as gardens, runs youth programs, and was able to purchase a permanent home and education center on the edge of town.

The new project at the Ypsilanti Farmer’s MarketPlace is an attempt to integrate that work, energize the local economy and strengthen the fabric of the downtown area through the adaptive re-use and re-envisioning of current infrastructure.

Laura Gillis, project manager for the YFM, says it took Edmonds years of memorizing and studying city property maps to light up the potential of the site.

It involves re-purposing 2 adjacent properties, both remnants of earlier eras. On one lot sits the world’s tiniest former bank, a 1970s dollhouse-sized building. The bank’s u-shaped drive backs up to a brick 1930’s era tire repair workshop with a barrelvaulted ceiling. Like a “magic eye” puzzle, not many could have seen the potential for a community center hidden here with the overgrown and ramshackle condition at the start.

Now with a bright green sign ablaze, new landscaping, lighting and bustling activity, it makes total sense. The two properties have been melded together with accessible walkways, and are being developed as a “healthy hub for Ypsilanti.” The vision is

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broad and includes a year-round indoor farmers market, retail space, education and event space, a licensed kitchen for catering and demonstration, meeting space, and community space.

As in many places across the country, the food community is a cornerstone of restoration and re-vitalization in Ypsi, and the number of farms and food businesses keeps increasing. In this growing and racially diverse but economically challenged city, Edmonds says “it’s important to be here on this block, downtown, visible, 2 blocks from a liquor store. Now there’s less drug paraphernalia, less of that kind of activity.”

Like the urban gardening renaissance that has bolstered Detroit, growing a beloved community was Growing Hope’s focus from the beginning and gardening was the vehicle to engage people from every demographic in developing a better narrative for the city.

Seeing the signs of success, Edmonds is wary of gentrification and wants to build on community strengths and inclusion.

She says “we have a huge cross section of community - age, income, race, ability level….that’s how we help the community grow instead of gentrify, if we have that mix…We want to find ways to include rather than exclude people, with amenities that serve everyone. And food assistance is a core piece.”

When I ask Edmonds about the timeline for launching the fully built-out facility with programming and events she laughs and says “it will be done in two hundred thousand dollars. I don’t know how long that will take, but it will be done in that amount of money.”

For more information visit: growinghope.net

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Community Farmers Markets The beautiful community markets throughout small towns and cities where farmers sell fresh produce direct to consumers and specialty producers vend their locally made goods.

PAYMENT OPTIONS SNAP DUFB Project FRESH Senior Market FRESH Hoophouses for Health Prescription for Health Market Bucks Allegiance Hospital ID+ Credit/Debit

INGHAM COUNTY

Allen Farmers Market May-Oct: W (2:30 PM - 7:00 PM) East Lansing Farmers Market June-Oct: Su (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Green Market at Allegiance Health Jan-Dec: Th (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Huron Valley Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Warren Farmers Market May-Oct: Su (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

LENAWEE COUNTY

Adrian Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (9 AM - 1 PM)

Kensington Metropark Farmers Market June-Sep: F (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

MONROE COUNTY

Clinton Farmers Market May-Oct: F (3 - 7 PM)

Lake Orion Farmers Market June-Sep: W (2:00 - 7:00 PM)

The Market on Evans (in Tecumseh) May-Oct: Sa (9 AM - 1 PM)

Lathrup Village Farmers Market May-Dec: W (2:00 - 7:00 PM)

LIVINGSTON COUNTY

Market on the Green (in Franklin) May-Oct: Su (11:00 AM - 4:00 PM)

Brighton Farmers Market May-Sep: Sa (8:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

Milford Farmers Market May-Oct: Th (3:00 PM - 8:00 PM)

Green Oak Farmers Market and Community Market May-Oct: Su (10:00 AM - 3:00 PM)

Oakland County Market May-Dec: T, Th, Sa: (7:00 AM - 1:30 PM)

Fowlerville Farmers Market May-Oct: F (3:00 - 7:00 PM)

Oxford Farmers Market May-Oct: Th (2 00- 7:00 PM) and Sa (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Hartland Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

Novi All Seasons Market June-Oct: Sa (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Howell’s Sunday Farmers Market May-Oct: Su (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Royal Oak Farmers Market Jan-Dec: Sa (7:00 AM - 1:00 PM) and May-Dec: F (7:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

Pinckney Market in the Park May-Sep: Sa (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM)

Bedford Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (8:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Dundee Farmers Market May-Oct: Su (10:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Monroe Farmers Market Jan-Dec: Sa, Tu (7:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

WASHTENAW COUNTY

Ann Arbor Farmers Market May-Dec: W & Sa (7:00 AM - 3:00 PM), Jan-April: Sa (8:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Ann Arbor: Cobblestone Farm Market May-Oct: Tu (4:00 - 7:00 PM) Ann Arbor: St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Jan-Dec: W (11:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Ann Arbor: Westside Farmers Market June-Sep: Thu (3:00 PM - 7:00 PM)

Royal Town Farmers Market (in Ferndale) May-Oct: Sa (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Argus Farm Stop Year-round (M-F 7am-7pm, Sa 7am-6pm, Su 8am-6pm)

Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Farmers Market June-Oct: Th (8:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

South Lyon Farmers and Artisan Market May-Oct: Sa (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Chelsea Bushel Basket Farmers Market May-Oct: W (2:00 PM - 6:00 PM)

Meridian Township Farmers Market May-Oct: W, Sa (8:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Beets, Beats and Eats Farmers Market (in Ortonville) June-Sep: F (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

Springfield Farmers Market June-Oct: Su (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Chelsea: Saturday Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Open Air Market of Stockbridge May-Oct: F (4:00 - 7:00 PM)

Birmingham Farmers Market May-Oct: Su (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

South Lansing Farmers Market June-Oct: Th (3:00 - 7:00 PM)

City of Walled Lake Farmers Market May-Oct: W (7:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

Williamston Farmers Market May-Oct: Su (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Clarkston Area Farmers Market June-Oct: Sa (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

Holt Farmers Market Jan-Dec: Sa (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Lansing City Market Jan-Dec: Tue-Fri (10:00 AM - 6:00 PM and Sat (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM) Mason Area Farmers Market Jul-Oct: Sa (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

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Clawson Farmers Market May-Sep: Su (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

Friends of Walker Tavern Farmers Market (in Brooklyn) May-Oct: Su (10 AM - 2 PM)

Downtown Rochester Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (8:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

Grass Lake Farmers Market May-Oct: W (4 -7 PM)

Farmington Farmers and Artisans Market May-Nov: Sa (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Grand River Farmers Market Downtown Jackson May-Oct: Tu, F, and Sa (8 AM - 1 PM)

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Hazel Park Growers and Makers Market June-Sep: Su (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

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MACOMB COUNTY

Dodge Park Farmers Market June-Oct: Th (3:00 - 8:00 PM) Mt. Clemens Farmers Market May-Nov: F (2:00 PM - 6:00 PM) and Sa (7:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Mount Clemens Downtown Farmers Market Jul-Sep: W (2:00 - 6:00 PM) New Baltimore Farmers Market June-Oct: Su (8:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Shelby Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Romeo Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

Dexter Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (8:00 AM - 1:00 PM) and Tu (2:00 PM - 6:00 PM) Dixboro Farmers Market May-Oct: F (3:00 - 7:00 PM) Manchester Farmers Market May-Oct: Th (3:30 - 7:00 PM) Milan Farmers and Artisan Market June-Oct: F (4:00 - 7:00 PM) PittsField Charter Township Farmers Market June-Oct: Th (3:00 - 7:00 PM) Saline Farmers Market Outdoor: Sa (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Indoor: Tu (3:00 - 7:00 PM), Winter: Sa (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Saline Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Downtown Saline June-Sept: Tu (3:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Saline District Library Oct-Apr: Sa (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Liberty School Ypsilanti Farmers Markets May-Oct: Tu (3:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Ypsilanti Farmers Marketplace May-Oct: Sa (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Depot Town

Livonia Farmers Market June-Oct: Sa (8:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Meldrum Fresh Market May-Oct: Th (11:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Northville Farmers' Market May-Oct: Th (8:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Northwest Detroit Farmers' Market June-Oct: Th (4:00 PM - 8:00 PM) Oakland Avenue Farmers Market June-Oct: Sa (11:00 AM - 3:30 PM)

WAYNE COUNTY

Brightmoor Farmers Market June-Sep: F (4:00 - 7:00 PM)

Peaches & Greens Jan-Dec: Tue - Fri (10:00 AM - 6:00 PM) and Sa: (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Brownstown Farmers Market June-Aug: Tu (12:00 PM - 6:00 PM)

Plymouth Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (7:30 AM - 12:30 PM)

Canton Farmers Market 48188 May-Oct: Su (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

Redford Township Market at the Marquee June-Oct: Su (10:00 AM - 3:00 PM)

CHASS Mercado June-Oct: Th (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM) City of Melvindale DDA Farmers Market June-Oct: W (2:00 PM - 6:00 PM) Corktown Farmers Market May-Oct: Th (4:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Dearborn Farmers and Artisan Market 48124 May-Oct: Fr (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM) Detroit Eastern Market Jan-Dec: Sa (6:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Su (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM) and June-Oct: Tu (9:00 AM - 3:00 PM) D-Town Farm Stand June-Sep: Sa (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM) and Su (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Eastern Market Farm Stand June-Oct: Tue-Sat - Monthly pickup based on site location. See easternmarket. com for more information.

Romulus Farmers Market June-Oct: W (12:00 PM - 6:00 PM) Sowing Seeds Growing Futures Farmers Market June-Oct: Tu (3:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Wayne Farmers Market May-Oct: W (3:00 - 7:00 PM) Wayne State University Farmers Market June-Oct: W (11:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Westland Farmers and Artisan Market May-Oct: Th (3:00 - 7:00 PM) West Park Farmers Market June-Oct: W (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM) and Sa (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM) Windmill Farmers Market June-Oct: Sa (9:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Wyandotte Farmers Market June-Oct: Th (12:00 - 6:30 PM)

Grosse Pointe Woods Farmers Market June-Oct: Su (10:00 AM -2:00 PM) Islandview Farmers Market June-Sep: W (4:00 PM - 7:00 PM) Lincoln Park Farmers Market June-Oct: Su (11:00 AM - 4:00 PM)

Learn more about these Michigan farmers markets on the TLD website: localdifference.org/farmers-markets

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Detroit Area Farmers Growing for Detroit Communities written by: Lynn Geiger

For the last four years, Cary Junior has been working to create a market for a small group of black farmers not far from Detroit’s city center.

As general manager of the Southeast Michigan Producers Association, or SEMPA, Junior has been leading an effort to build the capacity of these farmers and get their greens, tomatoes, corn, squash and other vegetables into the hands of fellow Detroiters who lack access to healthy, fresh local food.

“There are a lot of food insecure neighborhoods here,” explains Junior. “We want to get these farmers’ products into these neighborhoods.”

SEMPA (originally called the Coalition of Black Farmers) is a farmer cooperative of small and limited resource producers in southwest Wayne County, southeast Washtenaw County and northwest Monroe County with a single mission: underserved farmers serving underserved community.

“A lot of these guys have been farming for 30 years,” says Junior, noting the average age of the farmers is 68. And while the farmland is there, the markets for these farmers haven’t been – most sell their produce at roadside stands, and a few take it to rural farmers markets.

But now by collaborating and working as a cooperative, the plan is to give these farmers strength in numbers and be able to get

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these fresh vegetables to neighborhoods that lack access to fresh, quality produce and to also supply local restaurants and maybe even a small school.

“There is a lot of idle farmland here,” Junior says, adding these farmers have the ability to grow more produce but just need access to larger markets. “We want to bring that farmland back into production to help create a small, local food system.”

Junior, with his economic development background as well as work with other food system organizations in the state, is also trying to connect these farmers with resources to help them expand their operations and ultimately to make farming more profitable.

Seven farmers are officially part of the cooperative with another 15 or so in a “wait and see” position and another couple dozen to hopefully bring into the fold once the network gets up and running.

“If we can get the network going, create these ‘mini-markets,’ hire local people to work … then we can create some local economic stability for these farmers and these communities,” Junior says.

For more information visit: sempa.org

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and then long, narrow French “ribbon farms” along the river, Detroit

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Carleton  734-645-1600  buschs.com  12599 Grafton Rd, Carleton, MI 48117

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Farmington Hills  248-427-7400  buschs.com  24445 Drake Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48335

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Novi  248-348-0708  buschs.com  41840 W Ten Mile Road, Novi, MI 48375

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More Local Food & Farming Partners Apple Charlie’s  734-753-9380 Artesian Farms  248-318-0544 Ashton Orchards Cider Mill  248-627-6671

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regional landmark for 125 years, Eastern

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Eastern Market’s

Market is celebrating its rich history of

mission is to build the economic vigor of the food

nourishing a healthier, wealthier and

sector. A champion of great partnerships, its programs

happier Detroit. Open year round, it

include food entrepreneurship, fresh food access,

consists of five market sheds, 150 neighborhood

nutrition education and the operation of the public

businesses, up to 200 vendors serving up to 80,000

markets. Learn more about supporting the Market and

Saturday visitors, and seasonal Tuesday and Sunday

becoming a friend :

markets. More than just a Farmer’s Market, Eastern Market remains a unique meeting place to experience different food, cultures and camaraderie.

To continue to shepherd the growth of food and agriculture businesses, Eastern Market has pioneered an actionable 2025 Economic Development Strategy.

The plan will maintain the authentic working market district, accessibility, and job creation amidst new development. Existing food businesses, some native to the market district for five generations, will expand in the face of growing consumer demands and increased restrictions in food safety laws.

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Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Farmers Market  248-898-3031 Beckwith’s Berries & Blooms  248-628-7123 Bedford Farmers Market  734-847-7979 Beets, Beats and Eats Farmers Market  248-627-8070 Belleville Farmers Market  734-699-2034 Bennett’s Orchard  734-854-2523 Bird’s Big Punk’ns  734-941-1037 Birmingham Farmers Market  248-530-1200 Blake Farms  586-784-5343 Boyka’s  586-286-1886 Brendan Bielat Greenhouses, LLC  810-392-3363 Brightmoor Farmers Market  313-212-8851 Brother Nature Produce  313-914-0031 Brownstown Farmers Market  734-675-5911 Calder Dairy  313-381-8858 Calder Farm  734-654-2622 Canton Farmers Market  734-394-5375 Charter Farm Produce  734-269-6297 CHASS Mercado  313-849-3920 Chestnut Growers, Inc  810-923-2954 City Commons CSA  734-312-5295

Downtown Rochester Farmers Market  248-656-0060 Dundee Farmers Market  734-320-0413 Earthworks Urban Farm  313-579-2100 Ext. 204 Erie Orchards & Cider Mill  734-848-4518 Erwin Orchards  248-437-0150 Farmington Farmers and Artisans Market  248-971-5882 Fields of Plenty  509-540-2769 Fisheye Farms  313-649-7026 Food Field  517-803 8545 Franklin Cider Mill  248-626-2968 Gaskell Family Farm  734-446-9205 Goodison Cider Mil  248-652-8450 Grosse Pointe Woods Farmers Market  313-882-5100 Hazel Park Growers and Makers Market  248-506-0949 Honest Eats Farm  734-678-7130 Huron Valley Farmers Market  248-755-1195 Hy’s Cider Mill  810-798-3611 Iott Ranch  734-777-4769

City of Melvindale DDA Farmers Market  313-220-3020 City of Walled Lake Farmers Market  248-624-4847 Clarkston Area Farmers Market  248-821-4769

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Clawson Farmers Market  248-435-6500 Corktown Farmers Market  313-444-9342 D-Town Farm Stand  313-345-3663 Dave Ruhlig Farms  734-777-2757 Dearborn Farmers and Artisan Market  313-584-6100 Diehl’s Orchard and Cider Mill  248-634-8981 Dodge Park Farmers Market  586-446-2700

Kensington Metropark Farmers Market  248-504-1476 Labrosse Farm  313-549 0999 Lake Orion Farmers Market  248-390-1653 Lamb Farm  734-428-8634 Lathrup Village Farmers Market  248-557-2600 Lincoln Park Farmers Market  313-427-0443 Livonia Farmers Market  734-427-4311 Local Grown Harvest  734-347-5021 Long Family Orchard, Farm and Cider Mill  248-360-3774 Market on the Green  248-626-9666 Michigan Flower Farm  248-390-7266 Middleton Berry Farm  248-831-1004 Middleton Farms Cider Mill  586-731-6699 Milford Farmers Market  313-999-1165 Miller’s Big Red Greenhouses and Cider Mill  586-281-3555 Monroe Farmers Market  734-241-9570 Mount Clemens Downtown Farmers Market  586-493-7602 Mt. Clemens Farmers Market  586-469-2525 New Baltimore Farmers Market  586-215-7484 Norm Holtz  734-604-2820 Northville Farmers’ Market  248-349-7640 Northwest Detroit Farmers Market  313-387-4732 Novi All Seasons Market  248-347-0400 Oakland Avenue Farmers Market  313-649-7756 Oakland County Market  248-858-5495

Islandview Farmers Market  313-571-0937

Obstbaum Orchards  248-468-9180

Jentzen Perenial Farm  734-777-2824

Old City Acres  734-771-9984

Olejnik Farms & Greenhouses  586-255-8088 Oxford Farmers Market  517-432-3381 Paint Creek Cider Mill  248-656-3400 Parmenter’s Northville Cider Mill  248-349-3181 Peaches & Greens  313-870-9210 Pixi Hill Farm  248-225-0616 Plantscapers Choice, LLC  313-614-6816 Plymouth Farmers Market  734-453-1540 Plymouth Orchards  734-455-2290 Redford Township Market at the Marquee  313-387-2504 Rising Pheasant Farms  313-231-3275 Rochester Cider Mill  248-651-4224 Romeo Farmers Market  586-961-3449 Romulus Farmers Market  734-941-9388 Ronald Stadler  734-587-3452 Royal Oak Farmers Market  248-246-3276 Royal Town Farmers Market  248-494-8780 Rudich Farms, Inc.  586-749-5524 Ruhlig Farms & Greenhouses  734-587-3753 Sandy Acres Blueberry Farm  734-657-2828 Shag Bark Hickory Farms  734-649-9899 Shane’s U-Pick and Stand  734-752-3211 Shelby Farmers Market  586-739-4800 Singing Tree Gardens  313-319-0583 South Lyon Farmers and Artisan Market  734-707-1358 Sowing Seeds Growing Futures Farmers Market  248-719-0522 Springfield Farmers Market  269-441-9273

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Stony Creek Orchard and Cider Mill  586-752-2453 Sunnyside Farm  313-556-6095 Sunshine Meadows Farm  248-464-1825 The Farmer’s Hand  845-915-0132 Tiny Acres CSA  313-575-8814 Tollgate Farm and Education Center  248-347-3860 Upland Hills CSA  248-693-0432 Urban Pioneers CSA  303-284-3494 Valley Family Farm  734-904-1433 Van Houtte Farm Market  586-752-5671 Van Steenkiste Farms, LLC  586-337-4878 Verellen Orchards  586-752-2989 Vinewood Knoll Farm  734-788-2109 Vittore Farm  517-451-2068 Warren Farmers Market  586-258-2004 Wayne Farmers Market  734-786-8401 Wayne State University Farmers Market  877-978-4636 West Park Farmers Market  313-822-2812 Westland Farmers and Artisan Market  734-326-7222 Westview Orchard and Adventure Farm  586-752-3123 Whittakers Berry Farm  734-269-6612 Windmill Farmers Market  313-861-9626 Wixom Farmers Market  248-624-2850 Wyandotte Farmers Market  734-720-1447 Yates Cider Mill  248-651-8300

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Tasting Entrepreneurial Success At Red Truck written by: Lynn Geiger

A recently launched retail project is hoping to drive more local food sales, and support an ever-growing number of food entrepreneurs in Detroit.

With a 1941 Ford truck as its signature mark, Red Truck Fresh Produce is located inside the Gratiot Central Market (at Gratiot Avenue and Russell Street in the Eastern Market district), adding fresh local produce and locally created food products to the meat mecca.

The project is a collaboration of several food-related businesses and organizations, including FoodLab Detroit, a multi-armed nonprofit serving Detroit area “foodpreneurs,” to strengthen the local food movement by building new avenues to consumers.

The new endeavor creates a critically important merchandising opportunity, explains FoodLab’s Devita Davison – that is, getting local products premium shelf space and hopefully into shoppers’ baskets.

“FoodLab’s strategic presence in the Red Truck Fresh Produce is one of the many ways we are working to create community through food,” says Davison.

FoodLab Detroit was established in early 2011, when a handful of good food entrepreneurs gathered around a kitchen table and brainstormed ways to contribute to the city’s efforts to get more

healthy food on their neighbors’ tables, and grow their businesses at the same time. Today, the organization boasts a diverse group of locally owned food businesses, from jam makers, bakers and caterers to corner stores, cafes and distributors all growing metro Detroit’s food economy.

Among FoodLab member brands available at Red Truck are Motor City Popcorn, Nirvana Tea, Mitten Bites, Slow Jams, Friends Potato Chips and The Malcolm Tradition Gourmet Shortbread.

“By bringing our community together through merchandising incredible, high-quality products at Red Truck Fresh Produce, we aim to celebrate local producers by differentiating local products from commodity-scale products,” adds Davison.

Red Truck’s fresh produce comes rom Eastern Market’s wholesale market and Keep Growing Detroit growers. Red Truck Fresh Produce is co-owned by Eastern Market and Community Growth Partnership, a Warren-based nonprofit collaborative of local grocers and affiliated groups led by United Food and Commercial Workers. The market is staffed by military veterans working as part of Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit’s Operation Good Jobs program.

GET YOUR HANDS ON LOCAL FOODS Locally grown foods and locally produced goods are easy to spot in area grocery stores. Just look for the orange labels!

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Michigan’s Bee Advocate Meghan Milbrath written by: Kim Bayer

Freckle faced with a long ponytail and cowgirl boots, Meghan Milbrath is a researcher and educator who looks more like a farm girl than a beekeeping powerhouse and recent PhD from the University of Michigan.

At U-M she studied disease transmission risk and now teaches and lectures across the state as coordinator with the Michigan Pollinator Initiative at MSU. With “deadout” rates for hives approaching 50% in Michigan in 2015, mainly due to the varroa mite, pesticides and lack of bee-safe flowers, it’s well known that the plight of the honeybee is approaching catastrophic levels.

Milbrath says “there are a lot of things that could be improved for bees and other pollinators in Michigan. One of the most important is increasing the amount of safe forage for bees. Bees and other pollinators need lots of flowers, and there is so much potential in the Michigan landscape.”

That’s why she and her husband are creating a 24 acre pollinator habitat planted with native flowers at Sandhill Apiaries

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in Stockbridge, Michigan, where they keep nearly 200 hives and raise Michigan-adapted and varroa- resistant “ankle-biter” queens.

Although the situation is dire, she says interest is growing across the state, and “most bee clubs in Michigan report over 500% increases in participation in the last 5 years.”

In addition to her work as a researcher, lecturer and beekeeper, Milbrath works to improve the situation for bees by helping new beekeepers get started in a 9 month class.

At the beginning she cautions “you are the biggest threat to your bees.” She also believes you don’t need to become a beekeeper to save the bees. If you really want to help bees, learn about and plant the trees and flowers they most need to survive. She says “there is no such thing as too little pollinator habitat. Any place that flowers can be planted can help bees. No space is too small.”

For more information visit: sandhillbees.com

Working to reconnect Ann Arbor and Traverse City by passenger rail

working today for a brighter tomorrow Groundwork incubates innovative programs for local food, clean energy, and strong cities and towns—including an initiative to reconnect Ann Arbor and Traverse City by passenger rail. Groundwork believes A2TC rail will solidify Michigan as a leader in a new era of modern train travel while boosting economic development in cities and towns throughout the state.

get involved. learn how at groundworkcenter.org/a2tc