2018 Guide to Local Food for Southeast Michigan

localdifference.org 2018 | 3RD Annual Edition

2018

FIND A FARM MARKET, BREWERY, OR U-PICK FARM | UNDER THE RADAR, WASHTENAW LOCAL RECIPES | KEEP GROWING DETROIT | BENEFITS OF A CSA

FARM FRESH. AT THE STORE OR AT YOUR DOOR. Call us at 313-381-8858, to have farm fresh dairy products delivered right to your door!

Our milk comes straight from our cows.

Visit Calder Farm and meet the cows that make the milk.

Farm Tours by appointment.

Local since 1946.

Visit our Flat Rock store daily 10am to 7pm 28190 Telegraph Road Flat Rock, MI 734.984.6985 Visit our Lincoln Park store daily 7:30am to 9pm 1020 Southfield Road, Lincoln Park, MI 313.381.8858 Learn more at: www.calderdairy.com

Visit our Farm daily 10am to 7pm 9334 Finzel Road, Carleton, MI For tours of 15 or more call: 734-654-2622

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Southeast Michigan local food GUIDE 4

Find Local Food Online

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Why TLD?

6 Grown In Michigan / Fruit & Vegetable Guide

local Food & Farm Directory

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16 Washtenaw,

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Lenawee & Jackson Counties

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Ingham, Livingston, Shiawassee & Genesee Counties

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Oakland, Monroe, Wayne & Macomb Counties

Economic Impact of Local Microbrews

13 Recipe / Spring People Growers Association

20 Under the Radar / Washtenaw 23 All About Food / Macomb County 24

Veterans in Agriculture

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MSU Student Organic Farm

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Greater Lansing Food Bank Garden Project

Find a Business

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Urban Farms

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Flint Fresh

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U-Pick Farms

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10 Cents a Meal Progress

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Veteran Owned Farms

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Fair Food Network

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Beer, Wine & Spirits

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Farmers Markets

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CSA Farms

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Tollgate Farm

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Benefits of CSA Memberships

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46 The Cost of Cheap Food /

Labor Shortage in Food & Ag

Grazing Fields: A family of Michigan farms pulling together bring to you verified non-GMO and humanly raised pork and eggs.

Check your local-independently owned grocer shelves': Busch's Fresh Food Markets,

Westborn Markets, Joe's Produce-Livonia, Cantoro Italian Markets-Plymouth, Plum Markets

AI-Haramain-Hamtramck, Western Market-Ferndale, Holiday Market-Royal Oak,

Hollywood Markets, Honey Bee Market-Detroit, BetterHealth Markets, Pure Pastures.

Please go to our website grazingfields.org for many more locations.

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 Layout & Design: Erin Waineo Design Cover Shot: Abby Rose Photography

BECOME A MSU EXTENSION MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEER! LEARN: Get the latest information from MSU horticulture experts.

On the Cover

GROW: Meet new people who share your gardening interest.

SHARE: Volunteer and educate others in your community.

Photo Contributors: Abby Rose Photography, The Compass Points Here, Tootsweet, Christina Marbury, Ann Arbor Distilling Company, Miss Kim, Ollie Food + Spirits, Argus Farm Stop, Ypsilanti Food Co-op, Mindo Chocolate Makers, White Lotus Farms, Macomb County, Michigan Food & Farming Systems, Michigan State University, Greater Lansing Food Bank, Farm Field Table, Flint Fresh Food Hub, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, Fair Food Network, Tollgate Farm, Americana Foundation, Keep Growing DetroitCommunities, Michigan Farmers Market Association, Royal Oak Farmers Market, Red Haven Farm-to-Table, Edible WOW, Trillium Wood Farm, Toasted Oak

Learn more at mg.msue.msu.edu

Farmer Melvin believes in hope and human possibilities. He operates We the People’s Growers Association in Ypsilanti, MI where he is helping to grow the next generation of “veggie eaters” — along with some delicious, organically grown produce — and provide job training for formerly incarcerated individuals. To find out more about Farmer Melvin and the work of We the People’s Growers Association visit: wethepeoplegrowersassociation.com

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

The Power of People Taste the Local Difference Tricia Phelps CEO

Emma Beauchamp

Communications Manager

Molly Stepanski

NE Michigan Local Food Coordinator

Bailey Samp

NW Michigan Local Food Coordinator

Alex Palzewicz

U.P. Local Food Coordinator

Kelly Wilson, RD

SE Michigan Local Food Coordinator

Paula Martin, RD

Community Health Coordinator

Sharron May

Farm to Resource Coordinator

Christina Marbury Staff Photographer

The TLD Guide to Local Food is published by Taste the Local Difference, LLC 1610 Barlow Street, Suite 101 Traverse City MI 49686 231-941-6584 info@localdifference.org

My favorite part of the local food system is the people. Don’t get me wrong, the economic impact, health implications and environmental reasoning behind buying local food is clear and valuable, but the people and their stories really bind me passionately to this mission.

Every farmer, restaurateur, retailer and consumer that TLD works with has a different story to tell. A different process of how they got where they are, a different dream for what the future holds; but after listening to so many of these incredible stories we also know there is a lot of commonality. Each has a passion for what they do and value for their community that, among other things, ties all the stories and these people together.

We have a lot we can learn from one another, just by listening with an open-mind and being willing to share. From experienced farmers mentoring new farmers, to the classically trained chefs and home cooks, there is incredible value in passing along learned experience within our field. And let us not forget the importance of sharing stories and knowledge across occupational lines too; farmer to chef for instance, without these connections the food system doesn’t work quite as efficiently as it could.

At TLD, our mission is to sell more local food in the communities we serve, and because we strive to know and support all the different pieces and people in the food system we’re able to provide our partners with trusted, viable new connections for sales, collaboration, and resources.

This resource, The Guide to Local Food, is another way for us to build and strengthen that network, we hope it’ll inspire you to reach out, connect and learn from one another.

Thanks for reading,

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5 easy steps for finding local farms, food & businesses.

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3 Next, choose a category by clicking an icon

4 Refine your search results further by typing in a specific product and selecting a region

5 Click “FILTER RESULTS” – directory listing will appear based on your search criteria

Why TLD? Become a Local Food Enthusiast today at

When you spend money at locally owned businesses, your dollar is reinvested in your community three times more than if that money had been spent at a national chain. As Michigan’s local food marketing agency, Taste the Local Difference aims to support local food business owners and strengthen Michigan’s economy from the ground up. Through our affordable marketing partnerships, we help local food businesses connect with new markets and flourish.

Our services cater to the needs of farms, farmers markets, restaurants, specialty producers, and retail stores. We highlight local products in stores, and online, to make buying local the easy option for consumers. Our variety of point-of-sale materials, transparent marketing strategy, and thoughtful use of networks gives TLD partners the time they need to focus on their business.

Taste the Local Difference promotes local food sales by connecting the many members of Michigan’s diverse food economy. Each year, we produce two Guides to Local Food; one for northern

lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, and one for southeast Michigan. These annual publications make finding local food easy by providing a county-by-county directory of local food sources. The guides also highlight local food champions in each region and showcase seasonal recipes, making these guides useful and interesting all year long.

We strive to connect local food to the entire community. In the past year, some of our projects have included matchmaking CSA farms with employers as part of a company workplace wellness benefit, facilitating grants from the Building Healthy Communities initiative to make fresh produce accessible to all, and launching our Local Food Enthusiast campaign which creates a community for those passionate about local food.

Taste the Local Difference wants you to get involved this year—as a partner, a Local Food Enthusiast, and supporter of Michigan’s Local Food economy.

Learn more and ask questions at localdifference.org.

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SEASONAL GUIDE

FRUIT

SPRING MAR

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DETROITMARKETS.ORG

Feed Your Family Better www.gccorganics.com

Alcona County ‌ Simply Delicious See what’s cooking at InspirationAlcona.org

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Specializing in Humane Animal Proteins and Building Community Around Food.

Visit us Online or Any of these Fine Locations

Farms

Supporting a

rich ecosystem of markets, restaurants, breweries and wineries.

F I N D A FA R M

Urban Farms

Urban Farms are revitalizing neighborhoods and cities. These enterprises are run by people who are connected to the landscape, growing food for people in their own communities.

GENESEE COUNTY Ganderponics

WAYNE COUNTY Artesian Farms

 HAPPY LITTLE GREENS FARM

ACRE Community Farm

 LITTLE FLINT FARM

Brother Nature Produce

Miss Bee Haven Bee Farm

Buffalo Street Farm

Urban Fresh Farm

Brightmore Flower Farm

INGHAM COUNTY

CDC Farm and Fishery D-Town Farms Coriander Kitchen and Farm

Ancona Farms CBI’s Giving Tree Farm Bailey GREENhouse and Urban Farm  BEE WISE FARM Bird Guyz Microgreens Half Barn Farm Hunter Park Gardenhouse Magnolia Farms The Feral Field Urbandale Farm

WASHTENAW COUNTY Farmer Awad’s Urban Farm Farmer Bruce

Earthworks Urban Farm Faith Farm CSA Fields of Plenty Fisheye Farms Food Field Fractured Acre Farms Freedom-Freedom Fresh Cut Detroit Flower Farm Hamtown Farms Ile Ibeji Farm Lawn Gone Food Farm Nurturing Our Seeds Oakland Avenue Urban Farm Pingree Farms

Growing Hope  WE THE PEOPLE GROWER’S ASSOCIATION

Plum Street Market Garden Recovery Park Farms Ribbon Farm Hops Rising Pheasant Farms Singing Tree Gardens

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Beer Dollars SHARE OF SALES PRICE FOR A RETAIL 6-PACK

INGREDIENTS

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LABOR & PRODUCTION

LABOR & PRODUCTION

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ADVERTISING & MANAGEMENT

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BREWER PROFIT

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$0.38 RETAIL & DISTRIBUTOR MARKUP

$2.30 TAXES & SHIPPING

Local craft Beer

MACRO

$1.05

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$3.90 TAXES & SHIPPING

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The Economic Impact of

Beer

Megan Phillips Goldenberg,

Economist, New Growth Associates

The strength of Michigan’s craft brew industry is no secret.

Powerhouses like Bell’s Brewery and Founders may represent Michigan on the national market, but a variety of Michigan craft beers can be found in nearly any liquor and grocery retailer in the state, and small downtowns are being re-energized and redeveloped, anchored by independent, craft beer pubs.

The benefits are enormous. Craft pubs are often more family friendly than a traditional bar, allowing for community gatherings.

They host innovative community events like potlucks, concerts, and euchre tournaments, or sponsor things like the local roller derby team, farmers markets, and farm field days. Small craft breweries also require raw ingredients, utilities, and labor, making them drivers of economic and community development.

Until recently, brewers had no choice but to source the vast majority of their raw ingredients—water, grain, hops, and yeast—from “somewhere else.” But 10-12 years ago, local hops farms began to take root in Michigan. Michigan has grown into a net exporter of hops and is now fourth in the country. The emerging Michigan malt industry, in partnership with Michigan’s strong agricultural sector, is now poised to follow the same path, and a local yeast cultivation shop, Craft Cultures, has opened in the Upper Peninsula, completing the list of necessary ingredients.

Combining these new industries—yeast cultivation, micromalting, and hop production—with Michigan’s great water resource and booming craft beer industry allows the Great Lakes State to offer local and unique Michigan beverages to a loyal, adoring, and extensive crowd.

Comparing apples to apples, or in this case, six-packs to six-packs, a locally brewed six-pack that is independently and locally owned, uses local labor, buys local ingredients, and uses a local distributor to convey the product to a locally owned retailer represents approximately 2.5 times the local economic value of a domestic macro-brewed six-pack available at the same retailer.

When you spend extra dollars on a craft brew, you’re not just buying a unique tasting beverage and supporting a local brewery, you’re also supporting hops and grain farmers, micromalters, euchre tournaments, and derby teams. You’re assisting in and inspiring small town redevelopment, creating local jobs, and anchoring an industry in place.

Next time you are pursuing the craft beer selection at your local liquor store, ask for something uniquely Michigan made. The difference might surprise you!

Megan Phillips Goldenberg is an agricultural economist and the owner/operator of Macon Creek Malt House.

“When you spend extra dollars on craft brew… you’re also supporting hops and grain farmers, micromalters, euchre tournaments, and derby teams."

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ALDEN SERVICES we actually connect the dots

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Beet & Arugula

Salad Chef Adam DeManaco

HomeGrown Brewing Company / Oxord, MI

SALAD INGREDIENTS

PICKLED CHERRY INGREDIENTS

5 pounds beets (mix golden & red)

1 pound Michigan dried cherries, pickled

¾ pound arugula (8 cups) ½ cup hazelnuts, roasted and chopped 1 cup goat cheese or crème fraîche Olive oil

1½ cups red wine vinegar 2 oranges, zested & juiced ½ cup sugar 1 cinnamon stick

Salt

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DIRECTIONS • Pickle the dried cherries (1-3 days before): Add all ingredients, except cherries and sugar and bring to a simmer. Whisk in sugar until dissolved. Through a fine, wire-mesh strainer, pour liquid over cherries. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

• Peel beets and coat in olive oil, salt and pepper (to taste), and add a few dashes of red wine vinegar.

• Cover beets in foil and roast on a cooking sheet for 3 hours.

• Cool beets and cut to desired thickness.

• Make dressing: Combine ⅓ cup pickled cherry liquid with 1 cup olive oil. Whisk until emulsified.

• Combine cooled beets with cherries, arugula, and goat cheese.

Toss with a small amount of dressing (enough to evenly coat).

• Plate and serve topped with a sprinkle of chopped hazelnuts.

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CHANG ING

The SOIL Melvin Parson, We the People Growers Association

C O V E R F E AT U R E

My name is Melvin Parson, but some folks have begun to call me Farmer Parson because I’m an organic vegetable and herb grower. My farm, We the People Growers Association, is located in Ypsilanti, in the southeastern part of Washtenaw County.

Although I grow food, I consider myself to be more than a farmer; at my core, I am a champion of social justice and equality.

My journey to growing food took root in the spring of 2014 when I mysteriously ended up with a 3-by-9-foot vegetable plot and was given some transplants to grow. As I started exploring the world of growing food, shopping at local farmers markets and reviewing farmer Facebook groups, I realized the people growing and selling local food didn’t look anything like me. I believe it was at that moment that the “Universe” said to me: “Melvin, this is where I want you to sit.” I really believe that “either you have a seat at the table or you’re on the menu!”

In 2015, I became a member of a farming cooperative called The Cooperative at Dawn Farm. I also founded We the People Growers Association (WTPGA) and this is where the “table” for me begin to take shape. The founding of WTPGA began my vision of creating a sustainable growing system that will eventually support a workforce of both men and women returning home from incarceration.

In 2017, I had the opportunity to lease a ¼-acre of land from a church in Ypsilanti Township. I had the audacity to believe I could not only grow food here, but sell it. To my surprise, a lot of food was grown and 13 restaurants in Ann Arbor and three restaurants in Ypsilanti bought produce. I was even able to hire one returning citizen.

My vision for 2018 is to build WTPGA into a world-class urban farm. I’m currently in negotiations to purchase a former school site to expand WTPGA. This location will be specifically and intentionally designed to engage the surrounding community. I look forward to offering educational programming in collaboration with many key partners like Ypsilanti Community Schools, Eastern Michigan University, Michigan State University, and the University of Michigan.

Wish me well and hope to see/meet you soon!

To learn more about We the People Growers Association, please visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/FarmerParsonWTPGA, our website at wethepeoplegrowersassociation.com, or email Farmer Melvin at wtpgagrowers@gmail.com.

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LO CA L F O O D & FA R M S

WASHTENAW, JACKSON & LENAWEE COUNTIES Washtenaw, Jackson & Lenawee

With its fertile soils and rolling hills, these counties are home

arrived in the region, they too took up agriculture and began

to most of the vineyards of Michigan’s Pioneer Wine Trail − the

to solidify the area’s significance to the state’s agricultural

only one of Michigan’s five named wine-making regions on the

production. This significance remains today as these counties

interior of the state. Outside of wine production, a relatively new

are home to nearly 4,000 farms (700,000 acres of farmland) -

industry in this region, these counties have long agricultural

30 of which are certified organic. Based in this region is also the

histories. Native Americans were the first to develop land for

University of Michigan - home to the The University of Michigan

farming when they burned uplands along the Huron River, a main

Sustainable Food Program and Campus Farm.

watershed, to open them for food production. As immigrants

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Alber Orchard and Cider Mill  734-428-9310  halberorchard.com  13011 Bethel Church Rd, Manchester, MI 48158

Ann Arbor Farmers Market  734-794-6255  a2gov.org/market  315 Detroit St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Ann Arbor Seed Company

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Black Pearl Gardens  blackpearlgardens.com  302 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

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Dexter Farmers Market  734-426-8303  dextermi.gov/farmers-market  3233 Alpine St, Dexter, MI 48130

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Frosty Apple Orchard  734-426-2863  frostyappleorchard.com  6884 Walsh Rd, Dexter, MI 48130

Great Lakes Permadynamics

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Green Things Farm  734-531-7601  greenthingsfarm.com  3825 Nixon Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Growing Hope  734-786-8401  growinghope.net  922 W Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Nature and Nurture Seeds  734-929-0802  natureandnurtureseeds.com  7100 Marshall Rd, Dexter, MI 48130

PittsField Township Farmers Market  734-822-2121  pittsfield-mi.gov/farmersmarket  6201 W. Michigan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 (at the corner of Platt & Michigan)

Raindance Organic Farm

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Slow Farm  734-277-1017  slowfarmandfriends.com  4700 Whitmore Lake Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

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The Land Loom  231-313-8489  thelandloom.com  4400 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Tilian Farm Development Center  510-388-0948  miffs.org  4400 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

We The People Growers Association  734-757-5067  wethepeoplegrowersassociation.com  1633 Knowles, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

 whitelotusfarms.com  7217 W Liberty Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

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 248-410-0284  permadynamics.org  6492 Jordan Rd, Jackson, MI 49201

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Tantre Farm  734-475-4323  tantrefarm.com  2510 Hayes Rd, Chelsea, MI 48118

Lotus Farms 41 White 734-707-1284, 734-904-755

 734-747-3099  raindanceorganic.com  2015 E North Territorial Rd, Whitmore Lake, MI 48189

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Ypsilanti Farmers Markets  734-707-1795  growinghope.net/farmers-markets/ypsilanti  100 Rice St, Ypsilanti MI 48198  16 S Washington St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Zilke Vegetable Farm  734-260-2324  ZilkeVegetableFarm.com  12491 Carpenter Rd, Milan, MI 48160

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Cultivate Coffee and Tap House  cultivateypsi.org  307 N River St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

Eat Catering & Carry-out  734-213-7011  eatannarbor.com  1906 Packard, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

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

Miss Kim  734-275-0099  misskimannarbor.com  415 N 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Ollie Food + Spirits  734-482-8050  ollieypsi.com  42 E Cross St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

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

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

Argus Farm Stop - Packard  734-997-5448  argusfarmstop.com  1200 Packard, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

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

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

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Clinton  517-456-1100  buschs.com  1950 W Michigan Ave, Clinton, MI 49236

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

Washtenaw Food Hub  Washtenawfoodhub.com  4175 Whitmore Lake Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

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

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

SPECIALTY PRODUCERS

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

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

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

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Ann Arbor Distilling  734-882-2169  annarbordistilling.com  220 Felch St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

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

Macon Creek Malt House  906-869-0372  maconcreekmalt.com  781 W Michigan Ave, Saline, MI 48176

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

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

Zingerman’s Bakehouse  734-761-2095  zingermansbakehouse.com  3711 Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Zingerman’s Candy Factory  734-277-1922  zingermanscandy.com  3723 Plaza Dr #3, 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

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More Local Food & Farming Partners Abby’s Acres  917-837-0975

Four Corners Creamery  517-423-6000

Manchester Farmers Market  734-428-7872

Steinhauser Farms  734-330-9138

Back 40 Bee Farm  734-428-9867

Frog Holler Organic Farm  517-592-8017

Milan Farmers and Artisan Market  734-478-8252

Stella Matutina Farm  734-445-8915

Berry Hill Farm  734-475-1516

Fusilier Family Farms  734-320-6062

Needle-Lane Farms  517-263-5912

Sunseed Farm  734-224-4228

Blue Shirt Farm  650-636-3217

Garno Farm Poultry  734-927-6951

Nemeth Orchard  734-485-8518

Swan Creek Heirloom Farm  517-499-6685

Brines Farm  734-926-5463

Gateway Farm  ben@gatewayfarmplymouth.com

Nightshade Farm Industries  510-388-0948

Sweet D Farm  313-757-3095

Carpenter Farms  517-610-8760

Get Down Farm  347-422-6027

Old Pine Farm  oldpinefarm123@yahoo.com

Sweet Seasons Orchards  517-524-8535

Champion Farms  734-657-1875

Golden Fleece Farm  734-475-7355

Our Family Farm  734-428-9100

The Buffalo Ranch  517-563-8249

Chef’s Way Organic Farm  chefswayfarms.com

Graciem Organics  734-663-9129

Plymouth Orchard and Cider Mill  734-455-2290

The Campus Farm  734-647-7600

Chelsea and Bushel Basket Markets  734-474-6719

Harnois Farm  734-645-0300

Pregitzer Farm Market  517-240-4600

The Farm on Jennings  734-239-9200

Clinton Farmers Market  517-945-3886

Heritage Farms  734-645-8650

Prochaska Farms  517-652-4493

Two Track Acres  616-734-9123

Cobblestone Farm Market  734-478-4772

Hickory Oak Farm  734-680-6551

Radicle Roots Community Farm  734-489-4119

Vestergaard Farms  hopevestergaard.com/about-me

Community Farm of Ann Arbor  734-433-0261

Honest Eats Farm  734-678-7130

Rowe’s Produce Farm  734-482-8538

Wasem Fruit Farm  734-482-2342

Dexter Blueberry Farm  dexterblueberryfarm.com

Huling Family Farm  734-904-1433

Saline Farmers Market  734 564-4693

Webbed Foot Pines  517-366-9108

Dixboro Farmers Market  734-707-1607

Indian Brook Trout Farm  indianbrooktroutfarm.com

Salomon Gardens  517-775-2057

Webster Farmers Market  734-717-9188

Donahee Farms  734-459-0655

Kapnick Orchards  517-423-7419

Sand Hill Apiaries  651-428-0543

Westside Farmers Market  734-663-3663

Ernst Farms  734-662-8085

Kelly Farms  734-426-9847

Sanger Farms  734-433-1869

Whitney Farmstead  734-717-9188

Family Circle Centennial Farm  734-474-6719

Kniffen Family Farms  517-605-6930

Seeley Farm  734-358-3721

Wiard’s Orchard  wiards.com/wp

Firesign Family Farm  734-449-0247

Lesser Farm  734-426-8009

Skinny Farm of Scio  734-645-4752

Wilson’s Farm  517-431-2580

Fluffy Bottom Farms  734-548-0234

Linder Farms  734-426-5463

Sodt’s Berry Farm  517-782-8933

Ford Farms Beef  517-402-3395

Lippert Farm  734-502-4698

Songbird Farm  248-667-2992

Forest Organics  734-757-8217

Lutz Orchard and Berry Farm  734-429-5145

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor Farmers Market  734-712- 4667

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Washtenaw

From the bustling university hubs of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti to the surrounding rural areas that boast delicious local products, Washtenaw County has it all. Here are a few picks that will let you experience the area like a true townie.

By Emma Beauchamp, Communications Manager

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Ollie Food + Spirits

Just off Main Street, the Ann Arbor Distilling Company is located in an intimate space with seriously good cocktails. They produce their seasonal gins and vodkas, cherry eau de vie, and more on site using materials from Michigan farms.

From Korean Fried Chicken to Bacon Kimchi Collard Greens, local Michigan ingredients shine through the dishes at Miss Kim. As one of the newest businesses in the Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, you can expect the same great devotion to quality ingredients and great service.

Ollie Food + Spirits provides non-fussy fare with a changing brunch menu each week. They highlight local producers in their dishes and their daring cocktails.

Head to Depot Town for cold drinks, great food, and good times.

 220 Felch St, Ann Arbor  annarbordistilling.com  734-882-2169

Tuesday-Saturday / 4-10pm Sunday / 2-8pm

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Tuesday–Saturday / 11am-2:30pm, 5-10pm Sunday / 11am-2:30pm, 5-9pm

 42 East Cross St, Ypsilanti  ollieypsi.com  734-482-8050

Wednesday-Thursday / 11am-11pm Friday / 11am-12am Saturday / 8am-12am Sunday / 8am-3pm

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 1200 Packard St, Ann Arbor  argusfarmstop.com  734-997-5448

What is better than one Argus Farm Stop? Two of them! Located in a densely populated neighborhood on Packard Road, Argus 2.0 provides an oasis of locally grown vegetables, specialty products, and hot coffee that directly supports local farmers.

Monday-Friday / 7am-7pm Saturday-Sunday / 8am-6pm

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Ypsilanti Food Co-op  312 N River St, Ypsilanti  ypsifoodcoop.org  734-483-1520

Jam-packed full of local produce and products, the Ypsilanti Food Co-op is your stop for the necessities. They also offer hot soups and ready-to-go sandwiches for when you are on the run.

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

With a sister location in the actual Mindo, Ecuador, Mindo Chocolate Makers offers offers bean-to-bar chocolate made right in Dexter. This artisan chocolate is made the traditional way with the finest of cacao beans. Call ahead for a worthwhile tour.

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 7217 West Liberty Rd, Ann Arbor  whitelotusfarms.com  734-707-1284

White Lotus Farms is one of the most popular vendors at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market and Eastern Market, but have you been to their farm? Just west of Ann Arbor, they have it all: dairy cows and goats, fresh cheeses, certified organic vegetables, flaky croissants from the bakery, and more.

Seasonal Hours / Please call ahead

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U-PICK Farms INGHAM COUNTY Balzer Blueberries

Blueberries / July-August

Miller’s Big Red Greenhouses and Cider Mill

Apples, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Strawberries June-October

Clearview Orchards

Stony Creek Orchard and Cider Mill

Diederich’s Berry & Produce Farm

Westview Orchard & Adventure Farm

Apples / September-October Asparagus, Strawberries / June-July

Gruber’s Farm

Raspberries, Chestnuts / July-October

Lechleitner Blueberry Farm Blueberries / July-August

JACKSON COUNTY Hearthstone Farm Market Beans, Peppers, Tomatoes, Pumpkins / June-October

LENAWEE COUNTY Kapnick Orchards

Cherries, Blueberries, Peaches, Apples, Pumpkins / June-October

Brainerd Farms

Apples and Peaches / September-October

LIVINGSTON COUNTY Degroot’s Strawberries Strawberries / June

Hazen’s Farm

Blueberries, Peaches, Raspberries, Apples, Plums / July-September

Spicer Orchards

Strawberries, Tart Cherries, Sweet Cherries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Apples, Plums / June-October

OAKLAND COUNTY Diehl’s Orchard and Cider Mill Pumpkins / October

Erwin Orchards

Asparagus, Sweet Cherries, Raspberries, Apples, Pumpkins / May - October

Long Family Orchard: Farm & Cider Mill Apples, Pumpkins / September-November

 MIDDLETON BERRY FARM

Asparagus, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Strawberries, Tomatoes / May-June, August-October

MACOMB COUNTY Blake Farms

Apples, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Tomatoes / July-October

Apples / September-November

Strawberries, Cherries, Raspberries, Apples, Pumpkins / June - October

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Erie Orchards Cider

Blueberries, Apples, Peaches / July-September

 GASKILL FAMILY FARM

Blackberries, Raspberries, Strawberries / June-August

Gust Brothers

Pumpkins, Fall Decorations / September-October

Stotz Berry Farm Strawberries / June

Whittakers Berry Farm Strawberries / June

WASHTENAW COUNTY  ALBER ORCHARD AND CIDER MILL Apples / September-November

Berry Hill Farm

Raspberries / July

Dexter Blueberry Farm Blueberries / August

Donahee Farms

Pumpkins / October

 FROSTY APPLE ORCHARD Apples / September-November

Lutz Orchard

Apples / September-October

Rowe’s Produce Farm

Peas, Strawberries / June-July

 SLOW FARM

Asparagus, Blackberries, Corn, Gooseberries, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Rhubarb, Squash, Strawberries / June-October

Wasem Fruit Farm

Apples, Pumpkins, Tart Cherries / July, September-October

WAYNE COUNTY Obstbaum Orchards

Apples / September-October Blueberries / July

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All About Food Collaborative Jack Johns, Macomb EDC

Kaitlin Wojciak, MSU Extension

Both the population and the food industry have recently seen dramatic growth in Macomb County. New food and drink establishments are opening throughout the county from the dense urban south all the way to the rural north part of the county.These new businesses have demonstrated a promising transformation contributing to the local food economy, including large warehouse distribution centers expanding to supply local food products throughout the states. There are even two dedicated economic developers that work for the county specializing in the food industry to help both small and large businesses grow. They can be reached by going to MacombBusiness.com.

In an effort to convene food systems stakeholders to benefit from the positive food industry momentum, the Macomb Food Collaborative hosts an annual All About Food From Farm to Fork event. The event aims to gather people across the food system sectors to learn, grow and share about food. Throughout the day, practitioners, community members and food officials share their wisdom and

perspective on a variety of food related topics. The topics have included food business development, gardening, food education, cooking demonstrations, special diets, current and controversial food topics and many more. A locallysourced delicious lunch is included with registration, generously provided by local food businesses and establishments.

Between sessions, participants have the opportunity to network while perusing food related information and local food wares that are for sale within the local vendor food show. The most up to date information about the annual conference can be found by visiting the Macomb Food Collaborative website at macombfood.org/ all-about-food-conference.

The Macomb Food Collaborative works to ensure access to safe, fresh, and fair food for all. The group promotes a vibrant local food economy, sustainability and good nutrition through education, outreach and support.

Please visit the Collaborative website MacombFood.org for more information.

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VETERANS IN A G R I C U LT U R E M I C H I G A N FO O D & FA R M I N G SYS T EM S

Amazing things are happening in Michigan agriculture and Veterans are leading the charge to a more local, diversified, and sustainable future.

I never imagined that I would have a future in farming or that I would love it so much. I was a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and enlisted immediately after September 11th. I served from 2002-2006. Now, my wife, daughters, and I are homesteading outside of Flint, MI. We raise chickens, goats, hogs, and are growing all of our vegetables in a hoop house. We make goats milk soap, collect eggs, and sell our hand grown, organic produce at the Flint and Fenton Farmers Markets.

It has been an incredibly fulfilling adventure developing the plan, building the infrastructure, getting licensed, making a thousand mistakes, and jumping in with both feet. I never would have been able to make the progress without Michigan Food and Farming Systems (MIFFS ) and Vets in Ag (VIA) Network. They have both been hubs of advice and referrals that have contributed so much to our farm’s success.

MIFFS is a premier agricultural non-profit in Michigan that seeks to facilitate a diversified local food economy by supporting historically underserved farmers. Many of their programs support veteran, women, minority and beginning farmers. They also create networking opportunities for producers and buyers to create mutually beneficial relationships.

Founded by Dr. Adam Ingrao, a post 9/11 Army Veteran and Owner of Bee-Wise Farms, the VIA Network is a veteran led group operating within Michigan Food and Farming Systems. The Network offers farmer veterans access to resources, education, mentorship, and advocacy throughout Michigan and the nation. The vet to vet approach provides a community for Michigan’s farmer veterans who work together to ensure the long-term success of one another. Our farm is a testament to the VIA Network. There is no way we could have come as far as we have without Adam’s, and VIA’s, support.

Currently, the VIA Network is working to expand its efforts to help veterans become farmers and succeed in their quest to nourish their communities. I am proud to announce, on behalf of MIFFS and the VIA Network, our newest initiative supporting veterans and their success in agriculture. We have partnered with Taste the Local Difference to produce a product guide featuring veterans, their farms, and their products from across the state. We want you to know where Michigan’s veteran farmers are located and how you can support local food systems, local economies, and your local veterans.

Thank you for supporting veterans and your local food economy!

Jeremy L. Huffman is a former Marine Sergeant and the Owner of Huffman’s Homestead. He also serves as a Veteran Outreach Officer for MIFFS and is on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Farmers Union.

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 BIXEL FAMILY FARM

 MCCALLUM'S ORCHARD AND CIDER MILL

Alpena / Air Force

St. Clair / Navy

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 NEW EARTH MICRO FARM

 WILD BLUE YONDER FARM

Tuscola / Air Force

 PEACEFUL MEADOWS FARM

Antrim / Air Force

 ALICE'S IRIS FARM

Genesee / Air Force

Antrim / Air Force

 ARDENCAPLE FARM HIGHLAND HOPS Emmet / Navy

 BROWN ACRES

Oceana / Army

Genesee / Army

MID MICHIGAN

 HUFFMAN'S HOMESTEAD

Genesee / Marines

 BEE WISE FARMS Ingham / Army

 BREAK O' DAY FARM

Shiawassee / Army

 REEVES BLUEBERRY FARM Gratiot / Air Force

 COUNTRY MILL FARMS Eaton / Marines

 HILLCREST FARMS Eaton / Army

 HAPPY LITTLE GREENS FARM  MICHIGAN WOMEN VETERANS EMPOWERMENT

 PINE ROW FARM

 LAETUS PULLUS FARMS

Genesee / Marines

Genesee / Navy

Missaukee / Army

Ingham / Army

 CHESSFROG FARMS

 LARRY'S CAPSAICIN SENSATIONS Wayne / Navy

UPPER PENINSULA  DP EQUINE MANURE COMPOSTING Chippewa / Marines

 HAPPY DAY FARM

Delta / Air Force

 TAIGA FARM AND VINEYARDS Gogebic / Army

 NORTHERN LIGHTS FARM

Menominee / Army

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Overwhelmed by conflicting information about food & health?

Most of us are.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CAN HELP. We want to be your trusted partner in discussions about food and where it comes from. Please pull up a chair to Our Table as we talk about food and its impact on our health, our planet and our society.

Join the conversation at food.msu.edu.

FA R M E R F I E L D S C H O O L 2 018 CUT FLOWERS FOR WEDDINGS & EVENTS

July / Seeley Farm near Ann Arbor

ADDING VALUE TO YOUR ON-FARM MARKETING

August / Free webinar with 3 Farmers

CHEAPER REALLY IS BETTER – IMPROVING CROP FERTILITY October / Live Edge Farm near Bangor

Student Organic Farm Katie Brandt & Denae Friedheim, MSU Student Organic Farm

Farmers are notorious for being Jills- and Jacks-of-all-trades; they not only have to manage a farm’s production, they also often serve as the operation’s engineer, welder, accountant, marketing specialist, and more. Not every person interested in small-scale farming is interested in starting a business, but there is still a great need for a skilled labor force on small-scale farms. The more farmers can delegate to reliable employees, the more their farms can grow—literally and figuratively. These farms will be more efficient, productive, and successful.

As the local food movement in Michigan grows, so do opportunities for farmer training and education. The Michigan State University Student Organic Farm (SOF) has offered the Organic Farmer Training Program since 2007. The program shifted in 2017 to a new one-day-per-week format accessible to commuters, full-time farmworkers, and career-shifters to enable them to gain the necessary hands-on experience required for entrepreneurship and managementlevel positions. The program offers a combination of field trips, hands-on

activities, lectures, guest speakers, discussions and one-on-one advising.

Assignments are practical and relevant, culminating in each graduate writing a Farm Business Plan. The 2018 OFTP is full, but email msufarm@msu.edu to be notified when our 2019 application is posted this June.

In 2015, the SOF started the Farmer Field School, a program that consists of half- and one-day workshops throughout the year on various topics designed to help existing farmers hone their skills and improve their operations. These workshops are hosted and led by successful farmers from around the state and have focused on topics like Shoulder Season Production, Pest & Disease Management, Transplant Production, Cut Flower Production and Marketing, Summer Fruit Hoophouse Production, and more. Check out the website to register for 2018 workshops and stay tuned for future distance learning opportunities that are in the works!

Learn more at msuorganicfarm.org/farmer-field-school

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INGHAM, LIVINGSTON, SHIAWASSEE & GENESEE COUNTIES Ingham, Livingston, Shiawassee & Genesee

This region is the site of the original “State Agricultural College”:

region is also home to edibleFlint, an organization dedicated

Michigan State University. Still a center for agricultural research

to helping Flint residents grow and access healthy food.

and the state extension service, MSU is also home to the

Since 2009, they’ve supported 826 food gardens. With this

Center for Regional Food Systems (CRFS). CRFS has a mission

work, and that of many others, the Flint food system is rapidly

“to engage the people of Michigan, the United States and the

growing to include many new urban farmers, Michigan focused

world in applied research, education and outreach to develop

retail options, vibrant farmers markets, a delicious restaurant

regionally integrated, sustainable food systems.” CRFS leads

scene, and a local food hub.

the coordination of Michigan’s Good Food Charter. This

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Bee Wise Farms  517-492-7474  beewisefarms.com  703 S Francis Ave, Lansing, MI 48912

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Break O’ Day Farm  517-410-1061  269 N Searls Rd, Webberville, MI 48854

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Chapman Family Farm  517-525-3359  chapman3rdfamilyfarm.weebly.com  3270 Obrien Rd, Stockbridge, MI 49285

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 517-999-3911  allenneighborhoodcenter.org/food/market  1611 E Kalamazoo St, Lansing, MI 48912

Eastern Ingham Farmers Market  517-525-5293  P.O. 534, Williamston MI 48895

Flint Farmers Market  810-232-1399  flintfarmersmarket.com  300 E First St, Flint, MI 48502

Flint Fresh Mobile Market  810-620-1902  flintfresh.com/pages/mobile-market

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 517-543-1019  MichiganOrganicApples.com  4648 Otto Rd, Charlotte, MI 48813

DeVries Nature Conservancy Farm  989-723-3365  devriesnature.org/Heritage-Farm  2635 N M 52, Owosso, MI 48867

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Little Flint Farm  810-240-9733  407 W Fifth St, Flint, MI 48503

Michigan State University Student Organic Farm  517-230-7987  msuorganicfarm.org  3291 College Rd, Holt, MI

Grazing Fields Farm  517-231-2240  grazingfields.org  1300 Mt. Hope Hwy, Charlotte, MI 48813

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Michigan Women Veterans Empowerment  810-373-5744  empowermiwomenvets.com  1041 Leisure Dr, Flint, MI 48507

Happy Little Greens Farm  810-449-3893  HappyLittleGreens.com  1831 Bennett Ave, Flint, MI 48506

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Laetus Pullus Farms  517-755-8572  Beardslee Rd, Perry, Mi 48872

 miffs.org/services/farming_centers/wia_farm_ development_center  Genesys Health System/Health Park Campus, Grand Blanc, MI 48439

Hillcrest Farms  517-455-6580  5858 Hillcrest Dr, Eaton Rapids, MI 48827

Huffman’s Homestead  810-447-0024  huffmanshomestead.com  10374 Lennon Rd, Swartz Creek, MI 48473

MIFFS Women in Ag WIA - Farm Development Center

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Peaceful Meadows Farm  810-288-5121  1203 N Lewis, Clio, MI 48420

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Red House Ranch  810-516-0283  red-house-ranch.com  6353 Hill Rd, Swartz Creek, MI 48473

Reeves Blueberry Farm  989-820-6360  200 S Crapo Rd, Ithaca, MI 48847 Stone Coop Farm  810-599-5017  stonecoopfarm.com  9615 Musch Rd, Brighton, MI 48116

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Trillium Wood Farm  517-655-4555  trilliumwoodfarm.com  1585 Frost Rd, Williamston, MI 48895

Westwind Farm  810-701-8151  westwindmilling.com  11487 Reid Rd, Swartz Creek, MI 48473

Zumo Eco Farm  517-488-7144  zumoecofarm.org  5070 Zimmer Rd, Williamston, MI 48895

Stone E River Ranch

FOOD TRUCK

 517-575-3258  12656 S Grange Rd, Eagle, MI 48822

Titus Farms

Good Bites

 517-910-3002  titusfarms.com  3765 Meridian Rd, Leslie, MI 49251

 517-993-8081  goodbitestruck.com  440 S Jefferson St, Mason, MI 48854

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Red Haven Farm to Table Restaurant  517-679-6309  eatredhaven.com  4480 S Hagadorn Rd, Okemos, MI 48864

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Brighton  810-229-0317  buschs.com  9870 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI 48116

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Pinckney  734-878-7500  buschs.com  1277 E M-36, Pickney, MI 51001

The Local Grocer  810-285-9900  thelocalgrocer.com  601 Martin L King Ave, Flint, MI 48502

32 The Old Town General Store

 517-487-6847  oldtown-generalstore.com  408 E Grand River Ave, Lansing, MI 48906

SPECIALTY PRODUCER Organic Farmhouse Ciders 34 JK’s810-659-6568  almar-orchards.com/scrumpy

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 1431 Duffield Rd, Flushing, MI 48433

More Local Food & Farming Partners Almar Orchards  810-659-6568 Bailey GREENhouse & Urban Farm  517-432-4944 Black Oak Farm  517-256-0974 Brighton Farmers Market  810-955-1471 Capital Village Trade Cooperative  egypt.mapes@gmail.com CBI’s Giving Tree Farm  517-482-8885 Clearview Orchards  517-655-1454 Crosby Mint Farm  800-345-9068 Davison Farmers Market  810-412-5883 Degroot’s Strawberries  517-223-3508 Diederich’s Berry & Produce Farm  517-521-4667 Downtown Owosso Farmers Market  989-413-3728 East Lansing Farmers Market  517-319-6888

Eaton Rapids Medical Center Farmers Market  517-663-9453 Elemental Foods  248-854-9704 Fenton Farmers Market  810-714-2011 Ferris Organic Farm  517-628-2506 Full Circle Organic Farms  info@fullcircleorganicfarm.com Ganderponics  810-513-6728 Gruber’s Farm  517-655-2901 Half Barn Farm  517-604-1899 Hay Creek Heritage Farm  haycreekheritage.com Hickory Knoll Farms Creamery  517-712-0626 Holt Farmers Market  holtfarmersmarket.org Howell’s Sunday Farmers Market  517-546-3920

Hunter Park GardenHouse  517-999-3910

Porter’s Orchard  810-636-7156

Kern Road Farm  517-223-1849

Renegade Acres  248-330-8407

Lansing Roots Farm  517-853-7813

Roeske Farms  810-632-5737

Linden Farmers Market  810-714-2011

Spicer Orchards  810-632-7692

Magnolia Farms  517.243.9504

Stone Hedge Farm  517-676-9271

Meridian Township Farmers Market  517-712-2395

Swallowtail Farm  517-980-6634

Michigan Garlic Farm  810-923-7605

Tasty Acre Foods  810-814-6408

New Day Gardens  8104597144

Ten Hens Farm  517-599-3345

Open Air Market of Stockbridge  517-851-7437

Thread Creek Farm  810-694-4335

Owosso Organics  owossoorganics.com

Todosciuk Farms & Greenhouses  517-546-0743

Owosso Original Farmers Market  517-256-6425

Urbandale Farm  517-999-3916

Pallister Farms  248-534-8681

Zatkovich Pastures  517-851-4352

Patriot Pines Farm  810-373-6163

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GARDEN PROJECT

Julie Lehman, Garden Project Manager, Greater Lansing Food Bank

Viewing the bounty of our region’s farms is one of my favorite things about a Michigan road trip. There is something special about seeing acres of winter squash whiz by, or apple trees blurred with red each autumn. Our state boasts a diverse and abundant agricultural industry. That diversity, however, extends beyond the farms viewable from a passing car.

Sprinkled across midMichigan is a network of more than 100 community gardens supported by the Greater Lansing Food Bank’s Garden Project.

For more information about the Greater Lansing Food Bank’s Garden Project, visit glfoodbank.org or facebook.com/TheGardenProject

Each garden was formed by individuals coming together with a shared vision.

Some were started by friends to revitalize an abandoned urban lot; others were created to teach students about where their food comes from. Many individuals and families simply wanted to grow their own food. Collectively, these gardens cover over 30 acres of growing space and contribute to the food security of more than 11,000 individuals. Over the average

growing season, each community gardener grows roughly 355 pounds of produce in their community garden plot—enough food for 296 of their meals.

The Garden Project, first formed in 1982 as the “Self-Help Garden Program,” focuses on more than just helping individuals take more food home. It empowers community members to grow the food that they want to eat—food that is local, traditional to their diets, and nutritious for their families. To do this, the project provides resources, land access, seeds, and starts so gardeners can be selfreliant and the community has greater capacity to prevent hunger in the future.

So on your next road trip across our great state, we invite you to take a detour to one of the many community gardens tucked into neighborhoods, churchyards, public parks and school courtyards. Or better yet, join one!

Because it is not only the farmers of Michigan that are contributing to our state’s rich agrobiodiversity, but also a network of more than 3,000 community gardeners, connected and empowered to grow food that really nourishes.

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The Story Behind Farm Field Table,

MICHIGAN’S LOCAL BUTCHER SHOP Jake Romine, Partner, Farm Field Table

It was November of 2013. My brother Matt and I were starting our first restaurant, The Mulefoot Gastropub. Matt had spent the morning calling local farms to obtain Michigan-raised, non-GMO, grass-fed meat products. The farms regretfully explained that the logistics, USDA butchering, and large volumes were going to make a direct purchase very difficult. And many of them didn’t have grass fed or non-GMO options to begin with.

We continued our search at the local grocery store, checking labels for sourcing. Another roadblock. “United States” was as specific as they got. We couldn’t believe it. If it was this hard for us to access local healthy food, we thought, it must be many times worse for the typical consumer.

So I asked chef Matt a simple question: “Chef, can we do better?” His answer: “I know we can.”

The brothers behind the butcher shop.

1 Insist on Quality We believe there’s nothing more important than what you put in your body. Early on, we almost abandoned the idea for Farm Field Table because we couldn’t find farmers willing to grow products with non-GMO feed or the grass-pasture/grain-finished blend that makes a healthy product and chef-approved flavor. Months of research paid off when we found a handful of small farms willing to change their feed providers to non-GMO. Today, we have more than fifty small Michigan farms whose craftsmen raise some of the best beef and pork in the country. We’re so confident in the quality of their work that we offer a Farm Field Table Satisfaction Guarantee on every purchase.

From that moment on, we were committed.

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shop that would be known as Farm Field Table. We would offer consumers and restaurants everywhere what we wanted ourselves: local, healthy, quality meat fit for the country’s best restaurants. And at a reasonable price, too. We opened a farm, raising Mulefoot heritage hogs to get our hands dirty and supply our farm-to-table restaurant, The Mulefoot Gastropub.

Farm Field Table opened in December 2016 as a licensed USDA butcher shop in Ferndale, MI. Our client list includes many of the top restaurants across the state, from Detroit to Traverse City. We pride ourselves on sourcing only the finest local products including Michigan Wagyu beef, dry-aged steaks, heritage pork, free-range chickens, lamb, goat, duck, and rabbit. Our supply is based the finest cuts currently in season, rather than what’s merely in demand.

We’ve learned a lot during this journey, and wanted to share a few lessons we picked up along the way:

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Make Ordering Quick & Convenient

Offer the Best Cuts from the Whole Animal

We heard over and over again that our customers wanted an easy way to try Farm Field Table without driving to Ferndale, MI. So we created a simple shipping option that makes ordering a snap. Simply visit our website to order online or call our us and we’ll deliver directly to your home.

Farmers and butchers both know that the best flavors come from cuts the average restaurant-goer has never heard of. That’s why we pride ourselves in being a whole animal butchery. Using the whole animal radically improves sustainability by reducing the carbon footprint, while giving us a better understanding of each farmer and their processes. We even know what each animal eats and where they graze. Now, the cuts butchers kept for themselves are available to you.

Order at FarmFieldTable.com

SUMMER RECIPE

SPRING GREEN KIMCHI Chef Ji Hye Kim, Miss Kim / Ann Arbor, MI Most people familiar with kimchi know it as a longfermented, funky napa cabbage with almost bubbly effervescence. But kimchi is much more broader than that. I love long-fermented napa cabbage kimchi in the winter, but when spring comes, I start longing for fresh and sprouty greens. In spring, I enjoy making gutjuri, a sort of fresher, quicker, not-so-fermented version of kimchi. My favorites are cilantro and watercress, but it works wonderfully with arugula, mustard greens, or young lettuce.

VEGETABLE PREP

KIMCHI PASTE PREP

1 bunch cilantro, watercress, arugula or any young spring greens or herbs

2 teaspoons Korean chili flakes

1 head scallions, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 red pepper, like fresno

2 teaspoons Korean salted shrimp ¼ tablespoons granulated cane sugar 1 teaspoon scallions, chopped 1 teaspoon garlic, finely minced 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1 teaspoon sesame seeds

DIRECTIONS • Clean the greens. Cut into 2-inch pieces as needed.

Spin dry the greens.

• Wash scallions and cut into 1-inch pieces.

• Cut the red pepper the long way, seed it, and julienne into thin pieces, about 1 inch long.

• Finely mince salted shrimp, then mix all ingredients for the kimchi paste.

KORYO CARROT SAL AD Chef Ji Hye Kim, Miss Kim / Ann Arbor, MI This Central-Asian version is another favorite variation of kimchi.

In the mid-20th century, there were a significant number of Koreans living in Russia, and Josef Stalin deported approximately 500,000 Central Asia. Now known as “KoryoSaram,” Koreans in Central Asia make their own version of kimchi, making the most of the local produce and ingredients. I love the resilience of Koryo Saram and this dish. This marriage of tradition and local ingredients is at the heart of the food at Miss Kim. The original recipe is from Caroline Eden and Eleanor Ford’s wonderful book Samarkand, but we add beets and carrot-top greens to ours to use even more local ingredients

• Dress the greens, 1-inch scallions, and the red chilis with the kimchi paste.

INGREDIENTS

• Serve immediately.

¾ pounds carrots

3 tablespoons rice vinegar

¼ pounds beets

2 teaspoons sugar

½ teaspoon kosher salt

1 garlic clove, finely minced

½ teaspoon sesame seeds

1-2 thai chiles, seeded and finely chopped

½ teaspoon perilla seeds 1 teaspoon coriander seeds ½ teaspoon cumin seeds

2 tablespoons canola oil 4 ounces carrot-top greens

DIRECTIONS • Wash, peel, and julienne carrots and beets. Toss in the kosher salt and set aside for an hour.

• Toast the sesame, perilla, coriander, and cumin seeds in a dry pan until fragrant.

• Make the dressing by whisking the vinegar, sugar, garlic, chiles, and oil together with spices.

• Dress the carrots and beets with the dressing, let sit for another hour. Garnish with carrot-top greens to serve.

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BREWERIES

GENESEE COUNTY

Fenton Winery and Brewery Lynchpin Beer Company Northern Oak Brewing Redwoods Steakhouse Brewery & Grill Tenacity Brewing The Redline Brewery

INGHAM COUNTY

Bad Brewing Company Eaglemonk Pub and Brewery Ellison Brewery + Spirits Lansing Brewing Company Midtown Brewing Company Old Nation Brewing Company

JACKSON COUNTY

127 Brewing Bifferhaus Brewing Company Grand River Brewery Tootsie’s Brewery

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

OAKLAND COUNTY

Ascension Brewing Company B. Nektar Meadery Bastone Brewery Black Lotus Brewing Co. CJ’s Brewing Company Draught Horse Brewery Drafting Table Brewing Company Exferimentation Brewing Farmington Brewing Company Filmore 13 Brewery Griffin Claw Brewing Company  HOMEGROWN BREWING COMPANY Kickstand Brewing Company Lily’s Seafood Grill and Brewer North Center Brewing Company Northern Oak Brewery Parker’s Hilltop Brewery River Rouge Brewing Company Roak Brewing Co. Rochester Mills Beer Company Royal Oak Brewery Schramm’s Mead Third Monk Brewing Company Witch’s Hat Brewing Woodward Avenue Brewers (Ferndale) 34

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MACOMB COUNTY

Baffin Brewing Company Brown Iron Brewhouse Brooks Brewing Dragonmead Brewery Falling Down Beer Company Great Baraboo Brewing Company Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. Sherwood Brewing Company Superior Lakes (Mead)

WASHTENAW COUNTY

Arbor Brewing Company Brewpub (Ann Arbor)

Arbor Brewing Company Microbrewery (Ypsilanti)

Biercamp Blue Tractor Brewery Chelsea Alehouse Brewery Grizzly Peak Brewing Company Homes Brewery Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales Liberty Street Brewing Company NULL Taphouse Original Gravity Brewing Company Salt Springs Brewery Stony Lake Brewing Co. Wolverine State Brewing Co. Ypsi Alehouse

Wayne County

Atwater Brewing Company Batch Brewing Company Brew Detroit Canton Brew Works Dearborn Beer Company Detroit Brewing Company Downey Brewing Company Front Street Brewery Jolly Pumpkin Pizzeria and Brewery Motor City Brewing Works North Center Brewing Company

WINERIES

INGHAM COUNTY

Burgdorf’s Winery

JACKSON COUNTY

Chateau Aéronautique Winery Cherry Creek Cellars Lone Oak Vineyard Estate Sleeping Bear Sandhill Crane Vineyards

MACOMB COUNTY

Blakes Cider and Winery Filipo Marc Winery Sage Creek Winery Village Winery Washington Street Wine House Westview Orchards

LENAWEE COUNTY

Black Fire Winery Flying Otter Winery J. Trees Cellars Pentamere Winery

WASHTENAW COUNTY

DeAngelis Cantina Del Vino Winery Spotted Dog Winery

DISTILLERIES

INGHAM COUNTY

American Fifth Spirits Michigrain Distillery Ellison Brewery + Spirits Red Cedar Spirits Sanctuary Spirits

JACKSON COUNTY

127 Brewing Bifferhaus Brewing Company Grand River Distillery Tootsie’s Brewery

OAKLAND COUNTY

Motor City Gas Valentine Distilling

MONROE COUNTY

Temperance Distilling Company

WASHTENAW COUNTY

Ann Arbor Distilling Company Ugly Dog Distillery

WAYNE COUNTY

Detroit City Distillery Our Detroit Rusted Crow Detroit Rusted Crow Distillery Two James Spirits

Try this beer!

HOMEGROWN BREWING COMPANY Our new Juicy IPA is a great example of a New England IPA, recently recognized as an official beer style and perfect for spring. This full-bodied, hazy ale is loaded with Mosaic, Galaxy, and Citra hops, and has an ultra smooth, tropical fruit juice flavor and aroma.

Vegetable Carpaccio Chef Anthony Maiale

FA L L R E C I P E

Red Haven Farm to Table / Lansing, MI

VINAIGRETTE INGREDIENTS

SALAD INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

½ cup extra virgin olive oil

1 radish, thinly sliced

½ cup sherry vinegar

1 beet, thinly sliced

½ cup maple syrup

1 apple, thinly sliced

• To puff rice, fill medium pot ⅓ full with oil. Heat on medium heat until oil reaches 425 degrees. CAUTION: Oil will be hot! Add rice to oil, rice will instantly puff, remove rice quickly with strainer. Transfer to paper towel lined plate and season with salt.

1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped

1 turnip, thinly sliced

1 teaspoon fresh sage, chiffonade

2 tablespoons leeks, thinly sliced

1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped 1 tablespoon shallot, minced

Microgreens 1 cup dry wild rice 1 quart canola oil

(You can store any extra cooled rice in airtight container up to one week.)

• To make vinaigrette, combine oil, vinegar, maple syrup, herbs, shallots in small bowl and whisk to combine.

• To assemble salad, shingle thinly sliced vegetables and apple on plate.

Distribute leeks over sliced veggies. Season with salt and pepper.

• Ladle dressing over top of veggies.

• Finish with a sprinkling of puffed rice and a handful of microgreens.

WINTER RECIPE

S AVO RY

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

1 medium butternut squash (or 2 delicata), halved and seeds removed

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Place the squash, cut sides down, on the baking sheet and roast for about 30 minutes. Let the squash cool, then scoop the flesh into a small bowl and discard the skin.

2 tablespoons olive oil 1 shallot, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, pressed or minced 1 cup pumpkin purée, fresh or canned

SOUP Erin Caudell

The Local Grocer / Flint, MI

1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon ancho chile powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon dried oregano ¼ teaspoon ground coriander Pinch of ground cloves 3 cups vegetable broth or water Juice from ½ lemon

• In a medium pot, warm the oil over medium heat. Add the shallot and cook until softened, about 2 minutes. Add the garlic, squash, pumpkin, salt, chile powder, cumin, oregano, coriander and cloves. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes.

• Pour in the vegetable broth or water and lemon juice. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat and cook for about 10 minutes, or until the squash is completely softened.

• Using an immersion blender, blend the soup until smooth, about 1 minute.

• Taste the soup and add more salt as needed, around ½ teaspoon for vegetable broth or 1 teaspoon if you used water.

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Flint Fresh Food Hub Expanding Opportunities For Local Growers

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Flint Fresh Food Hub will open Summer 2018!

Visit flintfresh.com for more information.

Erin Caudell

Operating Manager, Flint Fresh

Farmers in mid-Michigan will soon have another opportunity for wholesaling produce. The Flint Fresh Food Hub will open in the summer of 2018 at its newly renovated, 13,000-square-foot facility, bringing together fresh produce from small- and medium-scale growers, as well as large-scale farms. The local produce, meat, and dairy products will be sold to institutions like medical centers, schools, and restaurants.

Food hubs can vary dramatically in function and form. Traditionally, they store, wholesale, and distribute food to their customers. One of the most exciting features in the new Flint Fresh facility is a processing kitchen, providing the ability to clean, peel, chop, dice, package, and freeze produce from different growers.

This additional capacity will help schools and institutions buy more local produce, which they often don’t have time or facilities to process. The hub also plans to provide fresh local produce to retailers throughout mid-Michigan.

The Flint Fresh Food Hub will also be home to the Mobile Market, which visits

community locations and workplaces to increase residents access to fresh food, and the Veggie Box program that delivers fresh vegetables directly to homes.

In 2017, Flint Fresh began developing relationships with small farmers interested in expanding their businesses into the wholesale market. Over the course of the growing season, Flint Fresh bought produce from and worked with over 15 beginning farmers who are learning about issues like soil and water quality, food safety, harvest and post-harvest practices, and produce storage. This was the first foray into retail for many of these growers and their produce was used in Flint Fresh Veggie Boxes and on the Flint Fresh Mobile Market.

Flint Fresh hopes to become a useful addition to the local and regional food system by enhancing the connection between local growers and the people who want the healthy things that they produce.

Visit flintfresh.com for more information.

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Expands to Washtenaw Region

Student Trays Fill with Michigan Produce

By Tori Craig, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities

Students at Dexter Community Schools were treated to something new for lunch this past year—a series of sumptuous “Michigan Made Meals.”

And at Ypsilanti Community and Ann Arbor Public schools, students were turned on to locally grown foods through “pop-up” farmers markets on school grounds.

These three Washtenaw County districts are among seven in southeast Michigan that received a boost to their budget for local produce purchases this year thanks to the expansion of a new state program approved by state legislators: 10 Cents a Meal for School Kids & Farms.

The matching grant program started in northwest and west Lower Michigan in the 2016-2017 school year, but Washtenaw residents saw promise for it in their region, too.

With encouragement from State Rep. Adam Zemke (D-Ann Arbor), legislators opened up the opportunity for districts in

the six-county area called Prosperity Region 9 to apply for the grant funding.

Bedford Public, Hillsdale Community, Jackson Public, and Monroe Public, in addition to Ann Arbor, Dexter and Ypsilanti, are among 32 districts that received funding in the three targeted west, northwest, and southeast regions.

In addition to tasty meals, food service directors are working to strengthen farm to school education efforts.

“The pop-up market in the district was a big hit,” said Neha Shah, a teacher in Ann Arbor Public Schools. “It got the students excited to go to the local farmers market.”

The school meals are bolstering markets for farms, too. At one of those “Michigan Made Meals,” a whopping 412 pounds of local produce filled lunch trays, some of it grown by Wing Farms and Tantre Farm, both within 17 miles of the Dexter school. tencentsmichigan.org

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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  Double Up Food Bucks  WIC Project FRESH  Senior Project FRESH  Hoophouses for Health  Prescription for Health

 FARMERS MARKETS AT THE CAPITAL Jul 26, Aug 23, Sep 20: Th (9 AM–2 PM)   

Holt Farmers Market

Jan-Dec: Sa (9 AM–2 PM)   

Mason Area Farmers Market

GENESEE COUNTY City of Grand Blanc Farmers Market

May–Oct: SU (10 AM–3 PM)     

Davidson Farmers Market

Year Round: T, TH, S (8 AM–6 PM)

Fenton Farmers Market Jun–Sept: TH (5–8 PM)  

 FLINT FARMERS MARKET Year Round: T, TH (9 AM–6 PM), S (8 AM–5 PM)     

 FLINT FRESH MOBILE FARMERS MARKET

Visit: www.facebook.com/ FlintFreshMobileMarket for hours  

Linden Farmers Market Jul- Aug: W (5–8 PM)  

INGHAM COUNTY  ALLEN FARMERS MARKET May-Oct: W (2:30–7 PM)     

East Lansing Farmers Market June-Oct: Su (10 AM–2 PM)  

 EASTERN INGHAM FARMERS MARKET

May-Oct: Su (10 AM–2 PM)    

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Meridian Township Farmers Market

May-Oct: W, Sa (8 AM–2 PM)    

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

South Lansing Farmers Market

June-Oct: Th (3–7 PM)    

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

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

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

Green Market at Allegiance Health

Jan-Dec: Th (9 AM–2 PM)    

LENAWEE COUNTY Adrian Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM)    

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

LIVINGSTON COUNTY Brighton Farmers Market May-Sep: Sa (8 AM–1 PM) 

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

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

Howell’s Sunday Farmers Market

May-Oct: Su (9 AM–2 PM)  

OAKLAND COUNTY Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Farmers Market June-Oct: Th (8 AM–2 PM)    

 BIRMINGHAM FARMERS MARKET

May-Oct: Su (9 AM–2 PM)

City of Walled Lake Farmers Market

May-Oct: W (7 AM–1 PM) 

 CLARKSTON AREA FARMERS MARKET

June-Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM)

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

Lathrup Village Farmers Market

May-Dec: W (2–7 PM)    

Market on the Green (in Franklin)

May-Oct: Su (11 AM–4 PM)

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

 OAKLAND COUNTY FARMERS MARKET

May-Dec: T, Th, Sa (7 AM–1:30 PM) Jan-April: Sa ; (7 AM–1:30 PM)    

 ROYAL OAK FARMERS MARKET

Jan-Dec: Sa (7 AM–1 PM) May-Dec: F (7 AM–1 PM)  

South Lyon Farmers and Artisan Market

May-Oct: Sa (9 AM–2 PM) 

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

Troy Farmers Market June-Oct: F (3–7 PM)

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

 DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER FARMERS MARKET May-Oct: Sa (8 AM–1 PM)    

 FARMINGTON FARMERS AND ARTISANS MARKET May-Nov: Sa (9 AM–2 PM)

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

MACOMB COUNTY  DODGE PARK FARMERS MARKET June-Oct: Th (3–8 PM)  

Mt. Clemens Farmers Market May-Nov: F (2–6 PM) Sa (7 AM–1 PM)    

Mount Clemens Downtown Farmers Market Jul-Sep: W (2–6 PM)    

MACOMB COUNTY New Baltimore Farmers Market

June-Oct: Su (8 AM–1 PM)    

Shelby Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (9 AM–2 PM) 

St. Claire Shores Farmers Market

May 20​, June 24, July 22, Aug 26, Sep 23: Su (8 AM–1 PM)

Romeo Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM) 

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

MONROE COUNTY Bedford Farmers Market May-Oct: Sa (8 AM–1 PM)    

Dundee Farmers Market May-Oct: Su (10 AM–3 PM)    

Monroe Community Growers Association

Year Round: Sa (7 AM-12 PM) June-Sep: Tu (4–7 PM)    

SHIAWASSEE COUNTY Durand Union Station Farmers Market

May–Oct: W (9 AM–3 PM)

Laingsburg Farmers Market

Ann Arbor: Cobblestone Farm Market May-Oct: Tu (4–7 PM)   

Ann Arbor: St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor

Year Round: W (11 AM–1 PM)

Ann Arbor: Westside Farmers Market June-Sep: Thu (3–7 PM)    

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

Chelsea: Saturday Farmers Market

May-Oct: Sa (8 AM–12 PM)     

 DEXTER FARMERS MARKET

May-Oct: Sa (8 AM–1 PM) Tu (2–6 PM)  

Dixboro Farmers Market May-Oct: F (3–7 PM)  

Manchester Farmers Market May-Oct: Th (3:30–7 PM)  

Milan Farmers and Artisan Market June-Oct: F (4–7 PM)

 PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP FARMERS MARKET June-Oct: Th (3–7 PM)  

Saline Farmers Market

Downtown Saline May-Oct: 1st Sa (8 AM–12 PM)

May–Oct: W (3–7:30PM)

Saline District Library June-Sept: Tu (3–7 PM)

Downtown Owosso Farmers Market

Liberty School Oct-Apr: 1st Sa (9 AM–12 PM)    

May–Oct: Th (5:30–9:30 PM) S (8 AM–1 PM)    

Owosso Original Farmers Market

May– Oct: S (8 AM–1 PM)    

WASHTENAW COUNTY  ANN ARBOR FARMERS MARKET

May-Dec: W & Sa (7 AM–3 PM) Jan-April: Sa (8 AM–3 PM)    

Webster Farmers Market Webster Township Hall May-Oct: Su (12–3 PM)

Crossroads Community Center Oct-May: Su (12–3 PM)

 YPSILANTI FARMERS MARKETS

Ypsilanti Farmers Marketplace May-Oct: Tu (3–7 PM) Depot Town May-Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM)      

WAYNE COUNTY  BELLEVILLE FARMERS MARKET

June-Sept: Sa (8:30 AM–2:30 PM)

Brightmoor Farmers and Artisans Market June-Sep: F (4–7 PM)  

Canton Farmers Market May-Oct: Su (9 AM–1 PM)    

CHASS Mercado

June-Oct: Th (9 AM–1 PM)   

City of Melvindale DDA Farmers Market June-Oct: W (2–6 PM)  

Corktown Farmers Market May-Oct: Th (4–7 PM)  

 DEARBORN FARMERS AND ARTISAN MARKET May-Oct: Fr (9 AM–2 PM)    

Livonia Farmers Market June-Oct: Sa (8 AM–2 PM)

Meldrum Fresh Market Farm Stand

May-Oct: Th (11 AM–2 PM)    

Northville Farmers Market May-Oct: Th (8 AM–3 PM)

Northwest Detroit Farmers Market

June-Oct: Th (4–8 PM)    

Oakland Avenue Farmers Market

June-Oct: Sa (11 AM–3:30 PM)   

Peaches and Greens

Year Round: T, W, Th, F (10 AM–6 PM), Sa: (10 AM–2 PM)    

Plymouth Farmers Market

May-Oct: Sa (7:30 AM–12:30 PM)

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

Downtown Allen Park Farmers Market

Romulus Farmers Market

Drew Transition Center Farm Stand

Sowing Seeds Growing Futures

June–Oct: F: (3–7 PM)

July–Oct: F (3–4:30 PM)  

D-Town Farm Stand

June-Sep: Sa (9 AM–12 PM) Su (10 AM–12 PM)  

 EASTERN MARKET

Year Round: Tu (9 AM–3 PM) Sa (6 AM–4 PM)    

Eastern Market Farm Stand

June-Oct: See easternmarket.com for more information     

Inkster Farmers Market June-Sept: W (4–7 PM)     

Islandview Farmers Market June-Sep: W (4–7 PM)    

 LINCOLN PARK FARMERS MARKET

June-Sept: W (11 AM–4 PM)

June-Oct: Tu (3–7 PM)

Taylor Farmers Market Season: Jun 1–Aug 31 (11 AM–3 PM)  

Wayne Farmers Market May-Oct: W (3–7 PM)

 WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY FARMERS MARKET

June-Oct: W (11 AM–4 PM)    

Westland Farmers and Artisan Market May-Oct: Th (3–7 PM)    

West Park Farmers Market June-Oct: W (10 AM–2 PM) Sa (9 AM–1 PM)

Wyandotte Farmers Market June-Oct: Th (12–6:30 PM)

June-Oct: Su (11 AM–4 PM)    

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GROWN IN MICHIGAN

Holly Parker, Senior Director of Programs, Fair Food Network

How Fair Food Network’s Double Up Food Bucks program became a national model Nine years ago, a small pilot launched at five farmers markets in Detroit. The concept was deceptively simple: Double the value of SNAP, or food stamps, spent at farmers markets with an additional dollar designated for fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Since that pilot, Double Up Food Bucks has grown into a statewide success story and national model for healthy food incentives.

Grown in Michigan:

In 2017, Double Up was available at more than 250 sites across Michigan. While it has expanded from its farmers markets roots to include grocery stores, farm stands, and mobile food trucks, the benefits remain the same: more healthy food for low-income families; more money in the pockets of Michigan farmers; and more food dollars strengthening local economies.

This investment in good food is getting great results. Since 2009, Double Up has put 9.5 million pounds of healthy food on the tables of Michigan residents. It has also contributed nearly $14 million in combined SNAP and Double Up sales—dollars directly benefiting Michigan farmers and businesses.

Double Up’s influence has also rippled out beyond state lines. Its success in Michigan inspired a $100 million grants program established in the 2014 Farm Bill. It also caught the attention of communities nationwide. Today, Double Up programs are running in more than 20 states, from California to Texas and New Hampshire.

Fair Food Network’s work in Michigan has also grown, including partnerships in projects such as the Michigan Good Food Fund, a $30 million statewide loan fund that provides low-cost financing and business assistance to entrepreneurs working to increase healthy food access—including markets that offer Double Up. Once again, Michigan is a proving ground for innovation and demonstrating what’s possible when we leverage the power of good food.

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The Cost of Cheap Food: Labor Shortage in Food & Ag Tricia Phelps, CEO

fact The Food & Agriculture industry makes up 36% of the 50 lowest paying jobs in Michigan, and yet without food where would we be?

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For far too long now, we’ve celebrated cheap food.

Whether in the restaurant or grocery setting, cheap food has its own set of consequences. The local food movement has pushed people to better understand the true value of food; its impact on health, the economy, and environment. However, what is often overlooked is that cheap food means real people aren’t being fairly paid.

The Food & Agriculture industry makes up 36% of the 50 lowest paying jobs in Michigan; and yet, without food where would we be?

When you combine low pay, difficult working conditions, and minimal training opportunities, it’s no wonder restaurants and farms have identified recruiting qualified staff as one of the top challenges they face.

When it comes to agriculture, many farmers have individually increased hourly wages and incentives as well to improve recruitment and reduce turnover. Kevin Benson, of Michigan’s Talent Investment Agency, explained that these increases are out of necessity even with the tight margins that farmers face.

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“They need the right people,” he said, “People that are skilled, experienced, and willing to handle the conditions.”

They need the right people. People that are skilled, experienced, and willing to handle the conditions.

Kevin Benson, Michigan’s Talent Investment Agency

Jonathan Roberts is an Organizer for the Michigan chapter of a labor advocacy group called Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC - MI). He confirmed that the connection between this labor shortage and income inequality is strikingly clear.

“People in this industry are threetimes as likely to experience poverty, and twice as likely to receive food assistance,” Roberts explained.

According to the ROC, that perpetuated inequality and much of the industry’s culture of harassment stems from the tip credit, which allows restaurant owners to pay their tipped workers a wage as low as $3.52 an hour in Michigan (above the federal minimum of $2.13).

Seven states have eliminated the tip credit thus far and the ROC is looking to conduct a ballot initiative here in Michigan to increase the minimum wage overall and gradually eliminate the tipped wage. Some restaurant workers worry that by eliminating the tip credit, their take-home wage will decrease, but Roberts indicated there is data to support the opposite.

“Tips don’t decrease, because the quality of services goes up,” he explained. “If you’re paying workers fairly, it increases drive and motivation, and encourages healthy forms of competition.”

Whether or not the state officially makes a shift in minimum wage and tip credits, private businesses in the industry are making their own changes to address low wages and employee incentives.

Strategies include internally eliminating the tipped wage, instituting back-of-house (BOH) service fees on checks to increase wages, and providing salaries to all staff (FOH and BOH). These potential solutions and many others have been instituted by restaurants across the country.

From the elements and dirt, to standing all day and lifting heaving things, it’s a mindset and physicality that not all Americans are accustomed to, and its led to a rise in H2-A (VISA) workers filling many of these agriculture-related positions.

According to the Department of Labor, there are over a million jobs available on U.S. Farms, and its estimated that H2-A guest workers may soon fill 20 percent of them.

The process of bringing in H2-A workers is complicated, with lots of paperwork and additional expenses, but it shows how desperate farm employers are for good workers, and it showcases the value of a positive mindset and work ethic.

“The [H2-A] workers are dedicated and come with a very different mindset,” Benson explained. “It’s humbling because they have come through a lot to get here, and they take pride in what they do.”

A critical component of the labor shortage challenge is that this industry is not just in need of bodies. Rather, it’s in need of staff that is experienced, committed and trained. There are mechanisms needed to develop this workforce locally, and if we aim to fill the labor shortage they are a critical part of the solution.

This means encouraging and investing in vocational training for students. It means experienced farmers and chefs mentoring the next generation. And it means creating opportunities for on-the-job training that correlate with advancement and recognition for expertise in the field.

1 in 2 people work in food or agriculture in their lifetime, so whether it’s us or someone we know, cheap food means real people are undervalued. The labor and skills that are required to produce quality food and treat people fairly is important, so let us not be tricked by the price tag.

Rallying against cheap food doesn’t mean spending your entire paycheck on one meal, but rather when a deal seems too good to be true, consider that it might be. If we opt for food without value when we’re shopping or dining, it sends the wrong message to the industry. But when we shop with the true costs in mind — of people, environment, economy and health — we can spend our dollars more wisely to support the type of industry we want to see in our future.

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OAKLAND, MACOMB, WAYNE & MONROE COUNTIES Oakland, Macomb, Wayne & Monroe

Long before the auto industry, the keystone of the Detroit

leader in urban agriculture. The strong wave of revitalization

area economy was agriculture. Home first to Native American

and renewal in Detroit is thanks in large part to the energy and

settlements and then long, narrow French “ribbon farms,”

creativity coming from more than 1,500 community gardens,

Detroit is also the origin of one of the nation’s first and most

a wide range of urban farms, and the economic development

innovative seed companies, the D.M. Ferry Seed Company.

and “food innovation district” of the Eastern Market, one of the

After European settlement, the region became known for wheat,

oldest public markets in the country.

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Dodge Park Farmers Market  586-446-2700  sterling-heights.net/1236/Dodge-Park-Farmers-Market  40620 Utica Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48313

Belleville Farmers Market  734-558-5369  bellevillecbc.org  Belleville, MI 48111

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Downtown Rochester Farmers Market

City Commons CSA  509-540-2769  citycommonscsa.com  1600 Lawrence St, Detroit, MI 48206

Clarkston Area Farmers Market  248-505-6848  clarkstonareafarmersmarket.com  4558 Waldon Rd, Clarkston, MI 48346

Dearborn Farmers and Artisans Market  313-584-6100  22100 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI 48124

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 eastriverorganic.com  2265 N Oxford Rd, Oxford, MI 48371

Eastern Market Corporation

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 313-833-9300  easternmarket.com  2934 Russell St, Detroit, MI 48207

Farmington Farmers and Artisan Market

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 248-971-5882  farmingtonfarmersmarket.com  33113 Grand River Ave, Farmington, MI 48336

Gaskill Family Farm  734-497-3540 or 734-260-2998  gaskillfamilyfarm@gmail.com  12433 Crowe Rd, Milan, MI 48160

Detroit Community Markets  info@detroitmarkets.org  2934 Russell St, Detroit MI 48207

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 248-656-0060  downtownrochestermi.com  E Third and Water St, Rochester, MI 48309

Birmingham Farmers Market  248-530-1200  birminghamfarmersmarket.org  660 N Old Woodward, Birmingham, MI 48009

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Goetz Greenhouse & Family Farm  517-918-2387  sites.google.com/site/goetzgreenhouse/home  8852 Goetz Rd, Riga, MI 49276

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Grown in Detroit  313-757-2635  Keep Growing Detroit  1445 Adelaide Street, Detroit, MI 48207

Heath Farms Pastured Chickens  734-347-5021  happy-chickens.com  16626 Cone Rd, Milan, MI 48160

Holtz Farms  734-735-2463  12364 Lulu Rd, Ida, MI 48140

Larry’s Capsaicin Sensations  313-341-2198  15813 Kentucky Ave, Detroit, MI 48238

Lincoln Park Farmers Market  313-427-0443  SW corner of Fort St & Southfield Rd, Lincoln Park, MI 48146

McCallum’s Orchard and Cider Mill  810-327-6394  mccallumsorchard.com  5697 Harris Rd, Jeddo, MI 48032

Heirlooms 21 Michigan 248-343-1976 

michiganheirlooms.com  209 E Wardlow Rd, Highland Charter Twp, MI 48356

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Middleton Berry Farm  248-831-1004  middletonberryfarm.com  4790 Oakwood Rd, Ortonville, MI 48462

MSU Tollgate Farm and Education Center  28115 Meadowbrook Rd, Novi, MI 48377

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Oakland County Farmers Market  248-858-5495  oakgov.com/parks/ parksandtrails/farmers-market/Pages/default.aspx  2350 Pontiac Lake Rd, Waterford Twp, MI 48328

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 989-550-5223  rcorganicfarms.com  37400 30 Mile Rd, Lenox, MI 48050

Royal Oak Farmers Market

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Simple Gifts Farm  248-891-7195  5027 Granger Rd, Oxford, MI 48462

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

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Livonia  734-779-6100  37083 Six Mile Rd, Livonia, MI 48152

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

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Plymouth  734-414-5200  buschs.com  15185 Sheldon Rd, Plymouth, MI 48170

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Rochester Hills  248-375-0990  buschs.com  3188 Walton Blvd, Rochester Hills, MI 48309

Wayne State University Farmers Market  313-577-1191  go.wayne.edu/farmersmarket  Corner of Warren/ Woodward, Detroit, MI 48202

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Canton  734-892-2530  225 S Canton Center Rd, Canton, MI 48188

 248-427-7400  buschs.com  24445 Drake Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48335

Sunshine Meadows Farm  248-464-1825  sunshinemeadowsfarm.com  2610 Cook Trl, Ortonville, MI 48462

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 248-446-8812  buschs.com  22385 Pontiac Trail, South Lyon, MI 48178

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - West Bloomfield  248-539-4581  buschs.com  33300 W 14 Mile Rd, West Bloomfield, MI 48322

Essence on Main

Henry’s Market on Main  248-325-2060  henryford.org/farmersmarket  6777 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Twp, MI 48322

Neiman Family Market - Independence  248-625-6460  7121 Dixie Hwy, Independence Charter Twp, MI 48346

Neiman Family Market - St. Clair

Western Market  248-546-7288  westernmkt.com  447 W Nine Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI 48220

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 248-942-4949  essenceonmain.com  4 S Main St, Clarkston, MI 48346

 810-329-4535  1167 S Carney Dr, St. Clair, MI 48079

HomeGrown Brewing Company  248-800-4244  homegrownbrewco.com  28 N Washington St, Oxford, MI 48362

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Fraser Tea  734-437-0808  frasertea.com  12772 Stark Suite #301, Livonia, MI 48150

Lady Jane Gourmet Seed Co  586-995-4153  LJseedCo.com  3181 Wynns Mill Ct, Metamora, MI 48455

MAMA MUCCI’S PASTA  734-453-4555  mamamuccispasta.com  7676 Ronda Dr, Canton, MI 48187

Mrs. Pruitt’s Gourmet Cha Cha  mrspruittschacha.com  Detroit, MI

Neu Kombucha  248-837-0932  neukombucha.com  33305 Grand River Ave, Farmington, MI 48336

White Pine Coffee  248-221-5136  whitepinecoffee.com  140 Engelwood Dr, Lake Orion, MI 48359

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More Local Food & Farming Partners Altermatt Farms  586-781-3428

D-Town Farm  313-345-3663

Artesian Farms  artesianfarms.com

Earthworks Urban Farm  313-579-2100 x204

Blake’s Orchard & Cider Mill  810-459 3123

Erie Orchards  734-848-4518

Bobillin Honey  734-748-2185

Extraordinary Ventures Michigan EVM- Indoor Garden  248-800-4021

Brightmoor Artisans Collective  313-212-8851 Brother Nature Produce  313-914-0031 Buffalo Street Farm  buffalostreetfarm@gmail.com Calder Farm & Dairy  734-654-2622 (FARM)  313-381-8858 (DAIRY)

Fields of Plenty  509-540-2769 Fisheye Farms  313-686-3276 Flying Fish Farm  419-450-2203 Food Field  313-312-7235

Canton Farmers Market  734-394-5375

Fresh Cut Detroit Flower Farm  freshcutdetroit.com

Clarkston Farm  248-321-4154

Guernsey Farms Dairy  248-349-1466

Clawson Farmers Market  248-259-6208

Hazel Park Growers & Makers Market  248-506-0949

Cold Frame Farm  810-602-9580 Coriander Kitchen and Farm  corianderdetroit@gmail.com Dave Ruhlig Farms  734-777-2757 Dearborn Farmers and Artisans’ Market  313-584-6100 Diehl’s Orchard and Cider Mill  248-634-8981

Lathrup Village Farmers Market  lathrupvillage.org/departments/ farmers_market Michigan Flower Farm  248-390-7266 Michigan Urban Farming Initiative  313-444-6834 Miller’s Big Red Farms  586-752-7888 Monroe Community Growers Association  734-854-2991 Mount Clemens Farmers Market  586-493-7600 New Baltimore Farmers Market  586-215-7484 Nurturing Our Seeds  313-461-4432 Oakland Ave Urban Farm  313-649-7756 Obstbaum Orchards  734-560-2840 Old City Acres  734-771-9984

Heavenly Scent Herb Farm  810-629-9208

Olejnik Farms & Greenhouses  586-255-8088

Lott Ranch  734-777-4769

Recovery Park  313-277-9900

Jentzen Perennial Farm  734-777-2824

Rising Pheasant Farms  313-447-1522

Kensington Metropark Farmers Market  248-684-8632

Romeo Farmers Market  989-325-8285

Labrosse Farm  313-549 0999

Root to Rise Farm  734-552-7056 Ropertis Turkey Farm  734-464-6546 Ruhlig Farms & Greenhouses  734-587-3753 Shelby Township Farmers Market  586-943-5785 South Lyon Farmers Market and Artisans Market  248-437-1735 Spirit Farm  313-964-3113 Summer Dreams Farm  248-802-8979 Troy Farmers Market  248-524-1147 Two Hounds Farm  248-830-1431 Upland Hills Farm  248-628-1611 Van Dyk Farms  810-614-9792 Van Steenkiste Farms  586-337-4878 Vittore Farm  517-451-2068 Warren Farmers Market  586-258-2004 Wyandotte Downtown Markets  743-244-502

Root Revival Acres  248-752-6618

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Eitan Sussman,

Wholesale Produce Coordinator, Keep Growing Detroit

DETROIT

Detroit has a rich history of agriculture for subsistence, self-reliance, and food sovereignty. The abundance and diversity of our agricultural landscape is a tribute to generations of proud growers providing for their families and communities, which continues to this day. In 2018, Keep Growing Detroit counted nearly 1,600 gardens and farms of the Garden Resource Program (GRP), permeating neighborhood lots and backyards across the city and growing a bounty of produce.

In 2006, a group of GRP gardeners with more produce than they could eat, share with their neighbors or preserve began discussing new outlets.

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city and formed the kernel of Grown in Detroit, a program that has since worked with more than 200 market gardeners of all sizes. From the very start, Grown in Detroit members committed to growing cooperatively, and to meet regularly to discuss shared logistics, set pricing and quality standards, promote sustainable growing methods, and mentor new growers.

“As I thought about my approaching ‘retirement’, I knew that what I wanted to do—what I had always wanted to do—was farm,” said veteran grower Jon Miller, who started selling in 2010. “GID provided a perfect way to ease into that vocation on a small scale in an urban setting.”

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GID was a great way to try out new products, testing out prices, quantities and general demand without the burden of the cost of our own market stall, insurance and supplies.

Carolyn Leadley, Rising Pheasant Farms

Miller emphasized that the work of growing produce is consuming enough that there is typically not enough time or energy to chase down and staff retail and wholesale outlets.

“GID provides a great way to bring that produce to market without getting consumed by that aspect of the business,” he said.

At Grown in Detroit, each grower earns sales proportional to the amount of produce they bring to market, creating space for the backyard grower and full-time market gardener alike. On any given market day, customers might find the offerings of 20-plus gardens. Having so many different growers participate under the same banner generates a huge diversity of crops. Last year, nearly 200 unique varieties graced the market stand over the season, from arugula to zucchini—with okra, papalo, and sweet potatoes in between.

As demand for sustainably grown produce has skyrocketed, Grown in Detroit continues to expand and fill niches in the local food landscape. Restaurants, food businesses, caterers, and value-added producers across the city proudly source and serve GID produce. Combined with Thanksgiving and monthly CSA shares, wholesale outlets have roughly doubled the sales and income for GID growers. These additional outlets have helped build deep relationships and a rich feedback process with customers, which in turn has been fundamental to GID’s collective cropplanning process.

GID has served as a “stepping-stone” for

nearly a dozen growers who got their start selling cooperatively on their way to establishing viable independent businesses. As successful and experienced growers continue to expand their operations and ‘graduate’ out of Grown in Detroit, it creates more space for rising growers and their tremendous produce.

Carolyn Leadley, of Rising Pheasant Farms in Detroit, began selling with Grown in Detroit in 2009. By 2011, she was ready to make the leap to having her own market stall.

“GID was a great way to try out new products, testing out prices, quantities and general demand without the burden of the cost of our own market stall, insurance and supplies,” Leadley said.

Now in its 13th season, GID is excited to continue expanding access to fresh local produce in the city, connecting with our customers, and maximizing income opportunities for our growers. Growers like Jon Miller are looking ahead to this growing season and beyond.

“In the longer run, I’m looking forward to helping to train some new growers, including some younger family members, to help keep alive the art of farming on a human scale and the love of the land and it’s myriad, magnificent beings,” he said.

Whether you visit Grown in Detroit at Eastern Market or dine at one of the 40-plus establishments that serve GID produce, thank you for your support!

Please visit us at keepgrowingdetroit.org for more info.

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Experience T O L L G AT E F A R M

Annette Kingsbury

Though it’s just steps away from 12 Mile Road, it’s easy to miss Tollgate Farm. The 160-acre farm provides a quiet respite from the bustle of Novi, thanks to the foresight of former owners Adolph and Ginger Meyer.

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Places like Tollgate Farm are trying to get kids engaged in nature.

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Enjoy a summer evening on Tollgate Farm sipping cocktails, going on a hayride tour and dining al fresco in a field. Dinner will be made by Jeff Rose of CAYA Smokehouse and Grill, using all Tollgate Farm produce.

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Now owned by Michigan State University and the Americana Foundation, which was established by the Meyers, the farm carries out the couple’s mission of educating people of all ages about where their food comes from.

Through the 4-H Club, kids can raise animals and try their hand at business projects, such as making goat-milk soap.

“Most of these kids are coming from the surrounding community, so they don’t live on a farm,” Mathis says.

“We are so unique in Oakland County and metro Detroit in preserving this large amount of property,” says Michael Mathis, the farm’s interim education director. The farmstead includes woods, pasture, a three-acre pond and the original farmhouse and pale green barn.

There’s plenty of room to grow hay for the resident cows, horses, goats, chickens and sheep; for ornamental and food gardens, an orchard and a greenhouse.

An office of MSU’s Extension Service is here as well. It’s a great place for a walk or run to just enjoy nature.

There’s plenty for adults here too. The Southeast Michigan Beekeeping Association offers instruction and keeps hives on site. A CSA currently serves 117 members who pick up produce weekly and can also get involved in production.

Volunteers tend the gardens.

“Places like us are trying to get kids engaged in nature,” says Mathis.

Programming starts at age 3 and continues through school field trips, 4-H clubs and summer camps. Depending on the season, kids spend time outdoors or in a classroom, where they can visit a turtle named Coltrane or chop vegetables and cook. Depending on the season, they may try maple sugaring, plant seeds, work in a garden or visit the pumpkin patch. “The other big piece kids love is animal chores,” he says.

During summer camp, “There is a big focus on science, inquiry learning. This is actually a summer brain enhancement, when summer brain drain is the norm.”

New farmers seeking to start a business can get training here as well, thanks to an incubator program. Two apprentices and a field manager are hired and trained each year. They learn about organic practices and the business side of farming. “The whole CSA is set up for their education,” says Will Jaquinde, Tollgate’s sustainable agriculture instructor. “Even within MSU, this is unique. There’s not a tremendous amount of work being done with small organics.”

This summer Tollgate and Taste the Local Difference will co-sponsor a farm-to-table dinner at the farm. Then in October comes Pumpkinfest, the biggest event of the year. These events are “really about supporting the farm and the education we do here,” Mathis says.

For more information visit canr.msu.edu/tollgate/ or experiencetollgate.com.

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CSA Farms

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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms provide subscriptions to food raised on their farm

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INGHAM COUNTY  ALLEN MARKETPLACE VEGGIE BOX Capital Village Trade Cooperative CBI Giving Tree  HILLCREST FARM Monroe Family Organics  MSU STUDENT ORGANIC FARM  TITUS FARMS  TRILLIUM WOOD FARM Wildflower Eco Farm  ZUMO ECO FARM

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LENAWEE COUNTY Kapnick Orchards Prochaska Farms The Justice Homestead

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Songbird Farm Sunseed Farm  TANTRE FARM The Farm at St. Joes  THE LAND LOOM Whitney Farmstead

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CSA Memberships The gift that keeps on giving.

KIM BAYER

Great Lakes CSA Coalition

A CSA is like dating–you have to find the right match.

Shannon Brines, four-season CSA farmer

One of the simplest ways to think about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is as a subscription for a weekly box of gorgeous produce from the family farm down the road.

In the broadest sense, CSA is also a future-looking model that honors and aligns the needs of farmers, consumers, and their communities with each other rather than with a corporation. Many CSA members say that opening their weekly box feels like opening a gift from the farm, filled with fat peapods, frilly lettuce, and sweet tomatoes. And for parents, there’s no better way to get kids to devour carrots than letting them see the field where they grew.

For Rachel Thompson, a mom in southeast Michigan, the pre-payment aspect of CSA seemed like a barrier until she broke it down to see that for just $25 a week, her family eats the freshest organic produce available while supporting a diversified local farm. For

under a dollar per person per day, Rachel actually pays less for her CSA than she would at the grocery store.

Rachel’s husband, John Rietz, is like a “Kitchen MacGyver,” stir-frying oddballs like tatsoi and kohlrabi, and dreaming up ways to make herbs and asparagus spears into a frittata, pasta or soup dinner. John loves it, but not every cook wants the challenge. Luckily, CSAs have evolved for both adventurous and practical eaters.

“A CSA is like dating—you have to find the right match,” said four-season CSA farmer Shannon Brines.

With more than 400 CSAs in the state—whether it’s for year-round or seasonal produce, meat, eggs or prepared foods, or even Community Supported Pizza or flowers—there’s a choice for everyone. And TLD is there to help you find the right match.

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Index 127 Brewing..................................................34 Abby’s Acres.................................................56 Acre Community Farm....................................9 Adrian Farmers Market.................................42 Alber Orchard And Cider Mill...................16, 22 Alden Services.............................................. 12 Alice’s Iris Farm............................................25 Allen Farmers Market.............................28, 42 Allen Marketplace Veggie Box.......................56 Almar Orchards.............................................29 Altermatt Farms............................................51 American Fifth Spirits...................................34 Ancona Farms.................................................9 Ann Arbor Distilling Company...........17, 20, 34 Ann Arbor Farmers Market.....................16, 43 Ann Arbor Seed Company.............................16 Arbor Brewing Company Brewpub................34 Arbor Brewing Company Microbrewery........34 Arbor Teas.................................................... 17 Ardencaple Farm - Highland Hops................25 Argus Farm Stop........................................... 17 Argus Farm Stop 2.0.....................................21 Artesian Farms.........................................9, 51 Ascension Brewing Company.......................34 Ashton Orchards...........................................48 Atwater Brewing Company...........................34 Awesome Woods Maple Syrup......................44 B. Nektar Meadery........................................34 Bad Brewing Company..................................34 Baffin Brewing Company..............................34 Bailey Greenhouse & Urban Farm.............9, 29 Balzer Blueberries.........................................22 Bastone Brewery..........................................34 Batch Brewing Company...............................34 Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Farmers Market............................................42 Bedford Farmers Market...............................43 Bee Wise Farm....................................9, 25, 28 Belleville Farmers Market...................... 43, 48 Bennett’s Orchard.........................................22 Berry Hill Farm..............................................22 Biercamp......................................................34 Bifferhaus Brewing Company.......................34 Bird Guyz Microgreens....................................9 Birmingham Farmers Market..................42, 48 Bixel Family Farm.........................................25 Black Fire Winery..........................................34 Black Lotus Brewing Co................................34 Black Oak Farm............................................29 Black Pearl Gardens......................................16 Blake Farms..................................................22 Blake’s Orchard & Cider Mill...................34, 51 Block Brewing Company...............................34 Blue Tractor Brewery....................................34 Bobillin Honey...............................................51 Brainerd Farms.............................................22 Break O’ Day Farm..................................25, 28 Brew Detroit..................................................34 Brewery Becker............................................34 Brightmoor Artisans Collective.....................51 Brightmoor Farmers And Artisans Market....43 Brightmoor Flower Farm.................................9 Brighton Farmers Market........................29, 42 Brinery, The.................................................. 17 Brines Farm..................................................56 Brooks Brewing............................................34 Brother Nature Produce............................9, 51

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Brown Acres.................................................25 Brown Iron Brewhouse.................................34 Buffalo Ranch, The.......................................19 Buffalo Street Farm..................................9, 51 Burgdorf’s Winery.........................................34 Busch’s Fresh Food Market.............. 17, 29, 49 Cacao Tree Cafe..............................................8 Calder Farm & Dairy..............................IFC, 51 Campus Farm, The ......................................19 Canton Brew Works......................................34 Canton Farmers Market..........................43, 51 Capital Village Trade Cooperative...........29, 56 CBI Giving Tree Farm..........................9, 29, 56 CDC Farm And Fishery....................................9 Champion Farms...........................................56 Chapman Family Farm..................................28 Chass Mercado.............................................43 Chateau Aéronautique Winery......................34 Chelsea Alehouse Brewery...........................34 Chelsea Bushel Basket Farmers Market.......43 Chelsea: Saturday Farmers Market..............43 Cherry Creek Cellars.....................................34 Chessfrog Farms....................................25, 28 City Commons CSA................................ 48, 56 City Of Grand Blanc Farmers Market............42 City Of Melvindale DDA Farmers Market......43 City Of Walled Lake Farmers Market............42 CJ’s Brewing Company.................................34 Clarkston Area Farmers Market..............42, 48 Clarkston Farm.............................................51 Clawson Farmers Market........................42, 51 Clean Plate, The ...........................................49 Clearview Orchards................................22, 29 Clinton Farmers Market................................42 Cobblestone Farm Market............................43 Cold Frame Farm....................................51, 56 Community Farm Of Ann Arbor.....................56 Coriander Kitchen & Farm.........................9, 51 Corktown Farmers Market............................43 Cotton Brewing Company.............................34 Country Mill Farms.................................25, 28 Country Roots Farm......................................56 Crosby Mint Farm.........................................29 Cultivate Coffee And Tap House.................... 17 D-town Farm.......................................9, 43, 51 Dave Ruhlig Farms........................................51 Davidson Farmers Market.............................42 Davison Farmers Market...............................29 Deangelis Cantina Del Vino Winery...............34 Dearborn Beer Company...............................34 Dearborn Farmers & Artisan Market.4 3, 48, 51 Degroot’s Strawberries.................................22 Degroot’s Strawberries.................................29 Detroit Brewing Company.............................34 Detroit City Distillery.....................................34 Detroit Community Markets......................8, 48 Devrie’s Nature Conservancy........................56 Devries Nature Conservancy Farm...............28 Dexter Blueberry Farm..................................22 Dexter Farmers Market...........................16, 43 Diederich’s Berry & Produce Farm..........22, 29 Diehl’s Orchard And Cider Mill................22, 51 Dixboro Farmers Market...............................43 Dodge Park Farmers Market...................42, 48 Donahee Farms.............................................22 Dorsey Culinary School ..................................8

Downey Brewing Company...........................34 Downtown Allen Park Farmers’ Market........43 Downtown Owosso Farmers Market.......29, 43 Downtown Rochester Farmers Market...42, 48 DP Equine Manure Composting....................25 Drafting Table Brewing Company.................34 Dragonmead Brewery...................................34 Draught Horse Brewery................................34 Drew Transition Center Farm Stand..............43 Dundee Farmers Market...............................43 Durand Union Station Farmers Market.........43 Eaglemonk Pub And Brewery........................34 Earthworks Urban Farm............................9, 51 East Lansing Farmers Market.................29, 42 East River Organic Farm...............................48 Eastern Ingham Farmers Market............28, 42 Eastern Market Corporation............. 43, 48, 53 Eastern Market Farm Stand..........................43 Eat Catering & Carry-out.............................. 17 Eaton Rapids Medical Center Farmers Market............................................29 Edible Wow Magazine...................................35 Elemental Foods...........................................29 Ellison Brewery + Spirits..............................34 Erie Orchards..........................................22, 51 Erwin Orchards.............................................22 Essence On Main..........................................49 Eternity Brewing Company...........................34 Exferimentation Brewing..............................34 Extraordinary Ventures Michigan EvmIndoor Garden...............................................51 Fair Food Network........................................45 Faith Farm CSA.........................................9, 56 Falling Down Beer Company.........................34 Family Circle Centennial Farm......................56 Farm At St. Joes, The ..................................56 Farm Field Table.....................................32, 49 Farm On Jennings, The ................................19 Farmer Awad’s Urban Farm......................9, 56 Farmer Bruce..................................................9 Farmers Markets At The Capital...................42 Farmington Brewing Company......................34 Farmington Farmers & Farmers Market................................12, 42, 48 Fenton Farmers Market..........................29, 42 Fenton Winery And Brewery.........................34 Feral Field, The ..............................................9 Ferris Organic Farm......................................29 Fields Of Plenty.........................................9, 51 Filipo Marc Winery........................................34 Filmore 13 Brewery.......................................34 Fisheye Farms...........................................9, 51 Flint Farmers Market..............................28, 42 Flint Fresh Food Hub........................ 38, 39, 56 Flint Fresh Mobile Farmers Market.........28, 42 Flying Fish Farm...........................................51 Flying Otter Winery.......................................34 Food Field.................................................9, 51 Food For Thought..........................................60 Fractured Acre Farms.....................................9 Fraser Tea.....................................................49 Freedom-Freedom..........................................9 Fresh Cut Detroit Flower Farm............9, 51, 56 Fresh Palate, The .........................................60 Friends Of Walker Tavern Farmers Market....42 Frog Holler Organic Farm..............................56 Front Street Brewery....................................34

Frosty Apple Orchard..............................16, 22 Full Circle Organic Farms..............................29 Ganderponics............................................9, 29 Gaskill Family Farm......................... 22, 25, 48 Gateway Farm...............................................56 GCC Organics..................................................8 Get Down Farm.............................................56 Goetz Greenhouse & Family Farm.......... 48, 56 Grand River Brewery.....................................34 Grand River Distillery....................................34 Grand River Farmers Market.........................42 Grange Kitchen & Bar................................... 17 Grass Lake Farmers Market.........................42 Grazing Fields Farm..................................2, 28 Great Baraboo Brewing Company.................34 Great Lakes Permadynamics........................16 Great Lakes Potato Chips............................. BC Greater Lansing Food Bank..........................31 Green Market At Allegiance Health...............42 Green Oak Farmers Market And Community Market.......................................42 Green Things Farm.................................16, 56 Griffin Claw Brewing Company.....................34 Grizzly Peak Brewing Company....................34 Groundwork Center For Resilient Communities..................................61 Growing Hope...........................................9, 16 Gruber’s Farm.........................................22, 29 Guernsey Farms Dairy..................................51 Gust Brothers................................................22 Half Barn Farm..........................................9, 29 Hamtown Farms.............................................9 Happy Day Farm...........................................25 Happy Little Greens Farm...................9, 25, 28 Hartland Farmers Market..............................42 Hay Creek Heritage Farm........................29, 56 Hazel Park Growers & Makers Market....42, 51 Hazen’s Farm................................................22 Heath Farms Pastured Chicken.....................48 Heavenly Scent Herb Farm...........................51 Henry’s Market On Main...............................49 Hickory Knoll Farms Creamery.....................29 Hillcrest Farm.................................. 25, 28, 56 Holt Farmers Market...............................29, 42 Holtz Farms...................................................48 Homegrown Brewing Company...............13, 49 Homes Brewery............................................34 Honest Eats Farm.........................................56 Howell’s Sunday Farmers Market...........29, 42 Huffman Homestead.........................24, 28, 56 Hunter Park Gardenhouse.........................9, 29 Ile Ibeji Farm...................................................9 Inkster Farmers Market................................43 Inspiration Alcona...........................................8 Islandview Farmers Market..........................43 J. Trees Cellars.............................................34 Jentzen Farms..............................................56 Jentzen Perennial Farm................................51 Jk’s Organic Farmhouse Ciders....................29 Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales...........................34 Jolly Pumpkin Pizzeria And Brewery.............34 Justice Homestead, The ..............................56 Kapnick Orchards...................................22, 56 Keep Growing Detroit....................... 48, 52, 53 Kensington Metropark Farmers Market....42, 51 Kern Road Farm............................................29 Kickstand Brewing Company........................34

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Kuhnhenn Brewing Co..................................34 Labrosse Farm..............................................51 Lady Jane Gourmet Seed Co.........................49 Laetus Pullus Farms...............................25, 28 Laingsburg Farmer’s Market.........................43 Lake Divide Farm..........................................56 Land Loom, The......................................16, 56 Lansing Brewing Company...........................34 Lansing Roots Farm......................................29 Larry’s Capsaicin Sensations..................25, 48 Lathrup Village Farmers Market.............42, 51 Lawn Gone Food Farm....................................9 Lechleitner Blueberry Farm..........................22 Liberty Street Brewing Company..................34 Lily’s Seafood Grill And Brewer.....................34 Lincoln Park Farmers Market................. 43, 48 Linden Farmers Market...........................29, 42 Little Flint Farm........................................9, 28 Livonia Farmers Market................................43 Local Grocer, The..............................29, 37, 56 Locavorious..................................................56 Lone Oak Vineyard Estate.............................34 Long Family Orchard: Farm & Cider Mill.......22 Lott Ranch....................................................51 Lutz Orchard.................................................22 Lynchpin Beer Company...............................34 Macomb County..............................................8 Macomb County Food Collaboration.............23 Macon Creek Malt House........................ 11, 17 Magnolia Farms........................................9, 29 Mama Mucci’s Pasta.....................................49 Manchester Farmers Market........................43 Market On The Green (in Franklin)................42 Mason Area Farmers Market........................42 Mccallum’s Orchard And Cider Mill.........25, 48 Meldrum Fresh Market Farm Stand..............43 Meridian Township Farmers Market.......29, 42 Michigan Flower Farm..................................51 Michigan Food & Farming Systems..............24 Michigan Garlic Farm....................................29 Michigan Heirlooms......................................48 Michigan State University.............................26 Michigan Urban Farming Initiative................51 Michigan Women Veterans Empowerment...28 Michigan’s Talent Investment Agency...........47 Michigrain Distillery......................................34 Middleton Berry Farm.............................22, 49 Midtown Brewing Company..........................34 MIFFS Women In Ag Wia Farm Development Center............................28 Milan Farmers And Artisan Market...............43 Milford Farmers Market................................42 Miller’s Big Red Greenhouses & Cider Mill.................................................22, 51 Mindo Chocolate..................................... 17, 21 Miss Bee Haven Bee Farm..............................9 Miss Kim...........................................17, 20, 33 Monroe Community Growers Association.............................................43, 51 Monroe Family Organics...............................56 Motor City Brewing Works............................34 Motor City Gas..............................................34 Mount Clemens Downtown Farmers Market.42 Mount Clemens Farmers Market..................51 Mrs. Pruitt’s Cha Cha....................................49 MSU Master Gardener Program......................2 MSU Student Organic Farm..............27, 28, 56 MSU Tollgate Farm And Education Center.49, 54,

55, 56 Mt. Clemens Farmers Market.......................42 Mulefoot Gastrofoot, The..............................35 Nature And Nurture Seeds............................16 Neiman Family Market..................................49 Neu Kombucha..............................................49 New Baltimore Farmers Market..............43, 51 New Day Gardens.........................................29 New Earth Micro Farm..................................25 Nifty Hoops................................................... 12 North Center Brewing Company...................34 Northern Lights Farm....................................25 Northern Oak Brewing..................................34 Northville Farmers’ Market...........................43 Northwest Detroit Farmers’ Market..............43 Null Taphouse...............................................34 Nurturing Our Seeds.................................9, 51 Oakland Avenue Farmers Market..................43 Oakland Avenue Urban Farm....................9, 51 Oakland County Farmers Market............42, 49 Obstbaum Orchards................................22, 51 Old City Acres.........................................51, 56 Old Nation Brewing Company.......................34 Old Town General Store, The........................29 Olejnik Farms & Greenhouses.......................51 Ollie Food + Spirits................................. 17, 20 Open Air Market Of Stockbridge.............29, 42 Original Gravity Brewing Company...............34 Our Detroit....................................................34 Our Family Farm...........................................56 Owosso Organics....................................29, 56 Owosso Original Farmer’s Market..........29, 43 Pallister Farms..............................................29 Parker’s Hilltop Brewery...............................34 Patriot Pines Farm..................................25, 29 Peaceful Meadows Farm........................25, 28 Peaches And Greens.....................................43 Pentamere Winery........................................34 Pine Row Farm..............................................25 Pingree Farms.................................................9 Pittsfield Township Farmers Market.......16, 43 Plum Street Market Garden............................9 Plymouth Farmers Market............................43 Porter’s Orchard...........................................29 Pregitzer Farm Market............................22, 56 Prochaska Farms..........................................56 Radical Roots Community.............................56 Raindance Organic Farm........................16, 56 RC Organic Farms...................................49, 56 Recovery Park Farms................................9, 51 Red Cedar Spirits..........................................34 Red Haven Farm To Table Restaurant.....29, 37 Red House Ranch..........................................28 Redford Township Market At The Marquee...43 Redline Brewery, The....................................34 Redwoods Steakhouse Brewery & Grill.........34 Reeves Blueberry Farm...........................25, 29 Renegade Acres............................................29 Restaurant Opportunities Center United.......47 Ribbon Farm Hops....................................9, 51 Rising Pheasant Farms.......................9, 51, 53 River Rouge Brewing Company.....................34 River’s Edge Brewing....................................34 Roak Brewing Co..........................................34 Rochester Mills Beer Company.....................34 Roeske Farms...............................................29 Romeo Farmers Market..........................43, 51

Romulus Farmers Market.............................43 Root Revival Acres..................................51, 56 Root To Rise Farm...................................51, 56 Ropertis Turkey Farm....................................51 Rowe’s Produce Farm...................................22 Royal Oak Brewery.......................................34 Royal Oak Farmers Market.............. 36, 42, 59 Rudich Farms................................................51 Ruhlig Farms & Greenhouses........................51 Rusted Crow Distillery..................................34 Sage Creek Winery.......................................34 Saline Farmers Market.................................43 Salomon Gardens..........................................56 Salt Springs Brewery....................................34 Sanctuary Spirits..........................................34 Sandhill Crane Vineyards..............................34 Sandy Acres Blueberry Farm........................22 Schramm’s Mead..........................................34 Seeley Farm..................................................56 Shelby Farmers Market.................................43 Shelby Township Farmers Market.................51 Sherwood Brewing Company........................34 Simple Gifts Farm.........................................49 Singing Tree Gardens......................................9 Skinny Farm Of Scio.....................................56 Sleeping Bear................................................34 Slow Farm...............................................16, 22 Songbird Farm..............................................56 South Lansing Farmers Market....................42 South Lyon Farmers & Artisan Market....42, 51 Southwest Grows Urban Farm & Agroecology Hub.............................................9 Sowing Seeds Growing Futures....................43 Spicer Orchards......................................22, 29 Spirit Farm................................................9, 51 Spotted Dog Winery......................................34 Springfield Farmers Market..........................42 St. Claire Shores Farmers Market.................43 St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Farmers Market............................................43 Steinhauser Farms........................................56 Stone Coop Farm....................................29, 56 Stone E River Ranch.....................................29 Stone Hedge Farm........................................29 Stony Creek Orchard And Cider Mill..............22 Stony Lake Brewing Co.................................34 Stotz Berry Farm...........................................22 Summer Dreams Farm..................................51 Sunny Side Farms...............................9, 49, 56 Sunseed Farm...............................................56 Sunshine Meadows Farm........................49, 56 Superior Lakes..............................................34 Swallowtail Farm..........................................29 Swan Creek Heirloom Farm..........................19 Sweet D Farm...............................................19 Sweet Seasons Orchards..............................19 Taiga Farm and Vineyards.............................25 Tantre Farm......................................16, 41, 56 Tasty Acre Foods..........................................29 Taylor Farmers Market..................................43 Tecumseh Brewing Company........................34 Temperance Distilling Company....................34 Ten Hens Farm..............................................29 Tenacity Brewing..........................................34 Third Monk Brewing Company......................34 Thread Creek Farm.......................................29 Tilian Farm Development Center...................16

Tiny Acre.......................................................51 Titus Farms.............................................29, 56 Todosciuk Farms & Greenhouses..................29 Tootsie’s Brewery.........................................34 Traverse City.................................................40 Trillium Wood Farm.................................29, 56 Troy Farmers Market..............................42, 51 Two Hounds Farm...................................51, 56 Two James Spirits.........................................34 Two Track Acres.....................................19, 56 Ugly Dog Distillery.........................................34 Upland Hills Farm....................................51, 56 Urban Fresh Farm...........................................9 Urbandale Farm........................................9, 29 Valentine Distilling........................................34 Van Dyk Farms..............................................51 Van Steenkiste Farms...................................51 Vestergaard Farms.......................................19 Veterans In Agriculture.................................24 Village At Grand Traverse Commons Farmers Market, The....................................60 Village Winery...............................................34 Vittore Farm..................................................51 Warren Farmers Market..........................43, 51 Wasem Fruit Farm..................................19, 22 Washington Street Wine House.....................34 Washtenaw Food Hub................................... 17 Wayne Farmers Market.................................43 Wayne State University Farmers Market. 43, 49 We The People Grower’s Association....9, 15, 16 Webbed Foot Pines.......................................19 Webster Farmers Market........................19, 43 West Park Farmers Market...........................43 Western Market............................................49 Westland Farmers And Artisan Market.........43 Westside Farmers Market.......................19, 43 Westview Orchard & Adventure Farm.....22, 34 Westwind Farm.............................................29 White Lotus Farms..................................19, 21 White Pine Coffee.........................................49 Whitney Farmstead.................................19, 56 Whittakers Berry Farm.................................22 Wiard’s Orchard............................................19 Wild Blue Yonder Farm..................................25 Wildflower Eco Farm.....................................56 Wilson’s Farm...............................................19 Wings Farm...................................................41 Witch’s Hat Brewing Company......................34 Wolverine State Brewing Co.........................34 Woodward Avenue Brewers..........................34 Wyandotte Downtown Markets.....................51 Wyandotte Farmers Market..........................43 Ypsi Alehouse...............................................34 Ypsi Fresh..................................................... 12 Ypsilanti Farmers Marketplace.....................16 Ypsilanti Farmers Markets............................43 Ypsilanti Food Coop And Bakery............. 17, 21 Zatkovich Pastures.......................................29 Zilke Vegetable Farm..............................16, 56 Zingerman’s Bakehouse............................... 17 Zingerman’s Candy Factory.......................... 17 Zingerman’s Coffee Company....................... 17 Zingerman’s Creamery................................. 17 Zingerman’s Delicatessen............................. 17 Zingerman’s Roadhouse............................... 17 Zumo Eco Farm.......................................29, 56

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