Stories tagged: "family farms"

Local Photos By Isaac Constans and Courtesy of Horning Farms
Local Six Generations and Counting: A Story of Michigan’s Dairy Farms

Michigan’s dairy industry is one of the strongest in the country. Fighting through the pandemic, family farms are helping fight hunger. 

Isaac Constans Isaac Constans September 1, 2021 2:57 pm EDT
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Food Looking for a Family Activity this Summer? Check Out These 20 Michigan U-Pick Farms.

Michigan is a great state for berries, apples, peaches, and so many other fruits. This summer, head to one of these U-Pick farms and gather some of your own!

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel July 13, 2021 1:47 pm EDT
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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