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Stories tagged: "family farms"


Michigan Life Modern-day blueberry farming began in Michigan in the early 1900s, according to the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD), and today this perennial crop is harvested from more than 20,000 acres. (Photos via Shutterstock)
Michigan Life Blueberries, Blackberries, Peaches, Raspberries: Here’s Where to Find U-Pick Farms in Michigan

What better place to socially distance this summer than a big, open field full of fresh fruit and veg ripe for the picking? Here’s where to find farms in your area.

Martha Spall Martha Spall July 31, 2020 3:11 pm EDT
Economy A worker prods a cow up a ramp and into a semi-truck trailer Monday at Paul Adams’ farm. Most of the 600-plus cows in his dairy herd were shipped to a large dairy farm in Texas. (Photo by Julian Emerson)
Economy Another Auction Ends a Family Farm

After 148 years, nothing left to try to avoid losing money and now a livelihood

Lindsay Schrupp Lindsay Schrupp March 3, 2020 5:21 pm EST

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