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Triston Cole, State Representative in the Michigan House of Representatives
When Triston Cole met his own representatives as part of his teenage 4-H Capitol Experience, he never pictured becoming an elected official. But after starting his own farm and becoming involved with...
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Jeno Rivera, Urbandale Farm & Michigan State University
Jeno Rivera is part of Urbandale Farm in Lansing, as well as Director of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Scholars Program at Michigan State University. She is a former high school ag teacher and professor in...
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Kevin Robson, Robson’s Greenhouse & Michigan Farm Bureau Insurance
Kevin Robson grew up and still works on his family’s farm, called Robson’s Greenhouse, which started in 1929. He also works for Michigan Farm Bureau Insurance as an Agribusiness Specialist, and he is...
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Taylor Truckey, Farmer Engagement Manager at AgVend
Taylor Truckey is the Farm Engagement Manager at AgVend. She at first thought she wanted to work in another area, but her hobby farm and 4-H background convinced her she wanted to work in...
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Claire Smith, Tenera Grains
Claire Smith certainly didn’t want to work on her family’s seventh generation farm, but when her parents suggested trying to grow teff, she was intrigued. Teff is an ancient grain that’s a main...
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Noelle Nachreiner, Executive Director of the Michigan Ag Council & Manager of...
Noelle Nachreiner has the dual role of Executive Director of the Michigan Ag Council and Manager of the Agent Charitable Fund for Farm Bureau Insurance. Noelle and her husband recently moved from...
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Sara Reisinger, Leaman’s Green Applebarn
Sara Reisinger is the event planner and manager at Leaman’s Green Applebarn in Freeland. This year, her family’s farm and agritourism business is celebrating its 130th anniversary. In addition to a...
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Sarah Zastrow, Bay Area Wellness
Sarah Zastrow founded Bay Area Wellness to help people deal with pain, stress, and their mental health. She and her husband have a crop farm, plus she is from a farm, and she is invested in providing...
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Madeline Meyer, MSU Animal Science & Dairy Judging Team
Madeline Meyer is a senior at Michigan State University, majoring in animal science and minoring in food processing and technology. She’s from a dairy farm in Ionia, and she grew up being involved in...
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Lori Hedrick, The Wild Pumpkin
Lori Hedrick and her husband Jeff own The Wild Pumpkin, where families can visit a petting farm, navigate a 1000-bale maze, go down mega-slides, play in the corn box, eat warm donuts, and of course,...
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Ben Randle, General Manager, GDW Farms LLC
Ben Randle is general manager at GDW Farms LLC, which is a turkey farm. After a career as an electrician, Ben took on a new role as a farmer, where he helps raise turkeys from one-day to 20-weeks...
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Christie Apple, Agronomy and Soil Health Specialist, Crop Farmer
Christie Apple is an agronomy and soil health specialist at Timac Agro USA. She is a self-proclaimed ‘soil nerd’ and loves everything to do with soil health and plant nutrition. She works with...
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Jay Parr, JLJ Parr Farms
Jay Parr farms 1300 acres of sugar beets, soybeans, and corn. He works alongside his dad Jeff in Brown City, where he also lives with his wife Tara and daughters Millie and Hazel. A graduate of...
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Alison and Ben Sklarczyk, Sklarczyk Seed Farm LLC
Alison and Ben Sklarczyk own Sklarczyk Seed Farm LLC, which is one of the only hydroponic seed potato farms in Michigan, the other being a research farm at Michigan State University. They produce six...
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Brittney Rooney, Beaverland Farms
Brittney Rooney is an urban farmer in the Brightmoor neighborhood in Detroit. She, along with her partner Kieran Neal, started the two-acre farm with the long-term goal of growing an agroforestry...
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Make your holiday season Michigan GROWN, Michigan GREAT!
When planning your upcoming holiday menus, make sure you keep it local! With more than 300 foods and products grown right here in Michigan, all your meals this season can be Michigan GROWN, Michigan...
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Andy Rozendaal, Eighth Day Farm
Andy Rozendaal is the farm director at Eighth Day Farm in Holland, MI. The urban farm, which is right in the middle of a ripped-up parking lot, focuses on taking care of the land as well as people....
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Dan Vogler, Harrietta Hills Trout Farm LLC
Dan Vogler owns Harrietta Hills Trout Farm LLC, the largest private fish farm in Michigan. For 22 years, he has been on the farm with his parents Jim and Katherine, his wife Susan, and their six...
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Hilaree Fraly, BASF Innovation Specialist
Hilaree Fraly is a BASF Innovation Specialist, which means she works with farmers to help plan their growing seasons and figure out solutions for their crop problems. Originally from Montcalm County,...
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James Weber, Weber Family Dairy
James Weber of Weber Family Dairy milks 130 Jersey cows and raises crops on his Frankenmuth farm. A graduate of the MSU Ag Tech program and Cal Poly, (California Polytechnic State University), he...
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