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Amanda Shreve, Executive Director, Michigan Farmers Market Association (MIFMA)
Amanda Shreve is the Executive Director of the Michigan Farmers Market Association (MIFMA). After earning a degree in horticulture from Michigan State, Amanda knew she had a passion for the industry....
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Teaching the Next Generation a Love for Agriculture
Guest Post: Natalie Holbrook, Agricultural Education Teacher In 1877, the Hornung Family (now Horning) immigrated from Germany to America and established a small farm on a lake in Southeast Michigan....
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Kate Livingston, Livingston Farms
Kate Livingston farms with her family on Livingston Farms in St Johns, where they raise grass fed beef, maple syrup, and peppermint and spearmint oil. Her family farm has been in the same location...
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5 Ingredient Pitas
Recipe shared by Michigan 2019 Teen “Chopped” Competition contestants. Ingredients: 1/2 Cup Whole Wheat Flour 1 Cup All Purpose Flour 1 1/4 Tsp. Instant Yeast 1/3 Tsp. Salt 2 Tbl. Olive Oil 3/4 Cup...
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How Shopping Local Can Reduce Stress and Anxiety
Guest Post: Sarah Zastrow the Stress Expert and Founder of Cultivate Balance With all the uncertainty surrounding Covid- 19, it’s a good practice to control the things you can and forget the rest. In...
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Cindy Visser, Visser Farms
Cindy Visser and her family grow over 100 varieties of vegetables and flowers in Zeeland. They sell at many farmers markets, direct to restaurants, and through their CSA. Cindy, Phil, and their...
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Isaac Matchett of Matchett Sheep Farm
Isaac Matchett of Matchett Sheep Farm in Charlevoix raises sheep for meat and wool. Right now with the uncertainly of the COVID-19 shutdown, he continues to work toward his normal goal of ensuring...
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Rich Baker, Rich Baker Farms, LLC
Rich Baker of Rich Baker Farms, LLC in St Joseph County has a diverse operation. He grows seed corn, potatoes, cash crops, and he has a custom spraying operation. He welcomes over 700 visitors at his...
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Blake Gordon, B & C Gordon Farms
Blake Gordon of B & C Gordon Farms raises wheat, corn, soybeans, and sugar beets in Croswell. He and his dad, Cliff, often don’t need to use a two-way radio to communicate, because they know what...
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Terry Page, Page Farms LLC
Terry Page started renting land when he was 13, and by the time he graduated high school, he farmed 100 acres and owed 550 hogs. He now is raising soybeans, wheat, alfalfa, and corn on 2600 acres,...
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Caleb Fuehring, C & D Fuehring Farms
Caleb Fuehring of C & D Fuehring Farms grows cherries, asparagus, apples, Christmas trees, corn and soybeans. He and his wife Hannah are celebrating their first wedding anniversary while...
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Joe Bixler, MSU Extension
Joe Bixler works for MSU Extension as a Statewide Government & Community Vitality Educator, and he’s also part of the Community Food Systems team. Originally from the Thumb, he’s worked in...
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Darcy Hansen, agronomy consultant at Star of the West Milling
Darcy Hansen is an agronomy consultant at Star of the West Milling, where she helps farmers put together their crop plans and scouts fields to identify solutions. She and her husband Coy also raise...
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John Bowsky, Conservation Technician, Bowsky Farms
John Bowsky is a conservation technician at Blue Water Conservation District in Sandusky, and he also farms with his family on their fourth-generation crop farm. On their centennial farm they raise...
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Sarah Tomac, Tomac Pumpkins
Sarah Tomac started selling pumpkins on the side of the road as a child…and her farm now grows 250 different varieties of pumpkins, squash, and gourds. She and her family also raise sweet corn, Indian...
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Jesse Jensen, beekeeper at Greene’s Honey Farm
Jesse Jensen is a beekeeper at Greene’s Honey Farm in Edmore. He’s been a beekeeper for nine years, and when he’s not working the bees, he’s taking care of his own hives at home. He, his wife Lauren,...
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Katelyn Packard, Horning Farms
Katelyn farms with her grandparents, parents, brother, and husband on their centennial farm in Washtenaw County. They milk 400 cows and raise crops to feed them. Her main area of interest is taking...
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Nate Wittkamp, Wittkamp Grain and Vegetable LLC
Nate Wittkamp of Wittkamp Grain and Vegetable LLC grows asparagus, hemp, pickles, and zucchini on his farm in Oceana County. Nate graduated from Michigan State University and worked as a sales...
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Kip Siegler, Siegler Dairy Farm
Kip Siegler is a farming YouTube sensation, with over 14,000 subscribers, 66 videos, and 1.3 million total views in just nine months. He’s a dairy and crop farmer in Imlay City, where he milks 200...
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Tony Motz, Motz Meat & Motz Farm
Tony Motz farms with his dad, where they grow corn, soybeans, and wheat on 3000 acres in St Johns. He also started Motz Meat, where he raises steers to sell as freezer beef. Tony earned his degree in...
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