Michigan State University Extension
Ag Econ Bulletins - AE089401
08/28/97
This directory is designed to help identify and promote information sharing among Michigan organizations, institutions and individuals involved in sustainable food and farming systems. Information is available on these topics and more is being developed all the time. But the information is often difficult to find because much of it exists in peoples minds or in hard-to-find materials. This directory includes information about several organizations serving the entire state and a county-by-county listing of individuals and organizations involved in sustainable food and farming systems.
Any listing of sustainable agriculture resources is certain to be incomplete. This first Michigan effort is no exception. This directory is just a snapshot. We know there are many others who should be included. In the back of the directory is a form for updating current entries and for submitting new ones. We hope to make this information available electronically via the Internet and to publish future printed editions.
This directory was developed as part of a grant funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation through its Integrated Farming Systems Initiative. The directory project team consisted of Christine Lietzau, Michigan Department of Agriculture, chair; Merrill Clark, organic producer; Richard Harwood, Michigan State University; Kenneth Dahlberg, Western Michigan University; and Harlan Ritchie, Michigan State University.
Directory of Michigan Expertise
Contents Integrated Food and Farming Systems (Sustainable Agriculture)............................3 Michigan State University............................3 Western Michigan University..........................3 Michigan State University Extension..................4 Michigan Agricultural Stewardship Association........4 Community-supported Agriculture .....................4 Organic Farming in Michigan .........................5 Alcona County .......................................6 Alger County ........................................6 Allegan County ......................................6 Alpena County .......................................6 Antrim County .......................................6 Arenac County .......................................6 Baraga County .......................................6 Barry County ........................................6 - 7 Bay County ..........................................7 Benzie County .......................................7 Berrien County ......................................7- 8 Branch County .......................................8 Calhoun County ......................................8 Cass County .........................................8 Charlevoix County ...................................8 Cheboygan County ....................................8 Chippewa County .....................................9 Clare County ........................................9 Clinton County ......................................9 Crawford County .....................................9 Delta County ........................................9 Dickinson County ....................................9 Eaton County ........................................9- 10 Emmet County ........................................10 Genesee County ......................................10 Gladwin County ......................................10- 11 Gogebic County ......................................11 Grand Traverse County ...............................11 Gratiot County ......................................11 Hillsdale County ....................................11 Houghton County .....................................11- 12 Huron County ........................................12 Ingham County .......................................12- 13 Ionia County ........................................13- 14 Iosco County ........................................14 Iron County .........................................14 Isabella County .....................................14 Jackson County ......................................14 Kalamazoo County ....................................14- 15 Kalkaska County .....................................15 Kent County .........................................15- 16 Keweenaw County .....................................16 Lake County .........................................16 Lapeer County .......................................16 Leelanau County .....................................16- 17 Lenawee County ......................................17 Livingston County ...................................17 Luce County .........................................17 Mackinac County .....................................17 Macomb County........................................18 Manistee County......................................18 Marquette County ....................................18 Mason County ........................................18 Mecosta County ......................................18 Menominee County ....................................18 Midland County ......................................18 Missaukee County.....................................18 Monroe County .......................................18- 19 Montcalm County .....................................19 Montmorency County ..................................19 Muskegon County .....................................19 Newaygo County ......................................19 Oakland County ......................................19- 20 Oceana County .......................................20 Ogemaw County .......................................20 Ontonagon County ....................................20 Osceola County ......................................20 Oscoda County .......................................20 Otsego County .......................................20 Ottawa County .......................................20 Presque Isle County .................................21 Roscommon County ....................................21 Saginaw County ......................................21 Sanilac County ......................................21- 22 St. Clair County ....................................22- 23 St. Joseph County ...................................23 Schoolcraft County ..................................23 Shiawassee County ...................................23 Tuscola County ......................................23- 24 Van Buren County ....................................24 Washtenaw County ....................................25- 26 Wayne County ........................................26 Wexford County ......................................26 Out of State ........................................26 Nomination Form..................................... 27
INTEGRATED FOOD AND FARMING SYSTEMS (SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE)
Michigan agriculture is rapidly moving toward what many call "sustainable". There is widespread agreement that sustainable agriculture must be increasingly productive, producing wholesome food at competitive prices; that it must have reduced impact on the air, surface water and groundwater; and that it must be socially acceptable within rural communities. At the same time, consumer demand is increasing for locally grown fresh food and for produce grown with minimal or no pesticide use.
These ever closer interactions between agriculture, rural communities, consumers and the environment call for greater biological, social and economic integration. Common factors include the need to contain production materials including nutrients, crop and animal by-products, and pesticides within farms and in the upper soil layers, and increased use and effectiveness of biologically based practices. Aspects promoted by many Michigan farmers, scientists and groups listed in this directory include but are not limited to:
* Promotion of local food systems, including farmers markets, pick-your-own and community-supported agriculture.
* Maintenance of soil quality (increasingly referred to as soil health) through aggressive use of cover crops, crop rotations and appropriate tillage systems.
* Reduction or elimination of pesticide use through integrated pest management and use of biological controls.
* Adoption of livestock management systems that optimize the effectiveness of natural immune systems and reintegrate the animals into the landscape; this includes intensive rotational grazing.
* Efficient handling of organic wastes, including use of compost.
* Field-level management of nutrients for efficient recycling and for containment.
Various organizations and individual producers approach these and other aspects of integrated sustainable systems in varying ways, with differing emphases depending on their values and situation. The list that follows represents a broad sampling of those who focus heavily on systems integration as defined above.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Michigan State University faculty and staff members and graduate students carry out research trials throughout most of the state on several aspects of integrated systems. This research takes place on experiment stations and in replicated trials on farms through farmer collaboration. Included are trials on the effects of organic production and crop rotational management on soil quality; cover crop selection and use; integrated management of weeds, insects and diseases; intensive rotational grazing; compost production and use; and a range of other integrated practices. Most faculty members conducting such trials have joint Extension/research/teaching appointments. A list of all subject matter specialists and their areas of expertise is available through MSU Extension.
Specialists work through organizations such as the Michigan Agricultural Stewardship Association (MASA) as well as one on one with producers. They provide subject matter expertise to county MSU Extension agents and to growers through presentations, bulletins, newsletters, agent training and direct producer inquiry/contact. Michigan State University departments with faculty members working directly on integrated systems include:
* Agricultural Economics. * Agricultural Engineering. * Animal Science. * Anthropology. * Botany and Plant Pathology. * Crop and Soil Sciences. * Entomology. * Forestry. * Horticulture. * Resource Development. * Sociology.
Research that deals specifically with organic systems takes place in the departments of Horticulture, Crop and Soil Sciences, Resource Development and Anthropology, but this constitutes only a small segment of the total research.
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
At one time, Western Michigan University (WMU) offered both a general major in agriculture and a series of rural related courses. Many of the practical courses were offered at the University Farm. Some five years ago, the administration, in spite of faculty, alumni and Farm Bureau support for the major, terminated it. A new inter- disciplinary minor proposed by the faculty was not approved by the administration. What is available now is a variety of agriculture courses in the Department of Consumer Resources. These include Agronomy (Crop Production), Food and Society, Introduction to Soils, Landscape Gardening, Landscape Design, Land Use and Soil Conservation, and Agricultural Management.
Agriculture-related courses are offered in the Geography, Geology and History departments.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
The mission of Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) is to help people improve their lives through an educational process that applies knowledge to critical issues, needs and opportunities. With offices in 82 of Michigans 83 counties, it provides Michigan citizens local access to their land-grant university. County- and district-based Extension agents bring knowledge to bear on local issues through educational approaches including workshops, conferences, discussion groups, newspaper columns, newsletters, field demonstrations, individual assistance and more. MSU faculty members, including Extension specialists, apply their more specialized expertise to issues through activities including training agents; developing publications, instructional videos and software, and advising statewide groups.
MSUEs three program areas are: * Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR). * Community and Economic Development (ECED). * Children, Youth & Families (CYF).
Each area offers educational programs that support agricultural sustainability, with ANR most directly involved.
Current ANR emphasis areas relate quite directly to sustainability. They are: * Integrated pest management. * Animal management. * Waste management. * Marketing Michigan agricultural products.
To locate your local MSUE office, check the local telephone directory listings under county government. For additional information on programs throughout Michigan, contact the state program office: Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources, 11 Agriculture Hall, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1039. Telephone: 517-355-0117; fax: 517-353-4995; Internet: diragmkt@msuces.canr.msu.edu.
MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION
The Michigan Agricultural Stewardship Association (MASA) is a statewide non-profit organization committed to promoting food production and farming systems that are profitable, environmentally safe and scientifically sound. MASA was formed in 1991 by a group of farmers and other agriculturists who thought that more could be done to research and promote environmentally friendly farming systems. The organization participates in the establishment of farmer-designed demonstration and research plots, sponsors field days and informational meetings, and publishes The Land Steward. Membership is open to individuals committed to sustainable agriculture. Membership information is available from Russ LaRows, executive director/ secretary, 605 N. Birch Street, Kalkaska, MI 49646. Telephone: (616) 258-3305.
COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) provides an economic and social alternative to our conventional system of food production and distribution. In the latter system, food is better travelled than the people who eat it, producers and consumers rarely interact, and neither has control over their food supply. A CSA, by contrast, is a local institution. It represents a joint venture between farmers and/or gardeners (growers) and people who want to eat fresh, nutritious, clean food. Such a model has existed in Japan and Europe for decades but was brought to the United States less than 10 years ago (1986). Since that time, it has grown from a few farms on the East Coast to many hundreds of farms throughout the United States.
No two CSAs are exactly alike. Each is adapted to the needs of its participating members and the history and resources of its area. Flexibility, clearly, is one of the CSAÕs principal characteristics, but there are others. CSAs are built on shared responsibility and trust. Growers agree to raise fresh food for members. While most CSAs raise only fruits and vegetables (often as many as 30 to 40 different types), a few also raise animals for meat, milk and eggs. Members purchase shares before the season begins to provide the funds to pay the growers salary and operate the CSA. A share sufficient to feed a family of four can range in price from $250 to $500 per season. Membership can also vary from a handful of participating families to over a hundred families.
Frequently, members are also required to work a designated number of hours for the CSA (e.g., 2 hours/month), weeding gardens, keeping books, tending bees or distributing produce. These tasks, like the CSAs budget, the crops grown and general operating guidelines, are agreed upon by the members at the start of every season. Likewise, everyone shares in the risks (e.g., poor harvests) and the rewards (e.g., bumper crops and healthy food) each season. Once or twice a week, from late May to late October, produce is harvested and distributed at the farm site or at distribution points within the surrounding community.
CSA members have the opportunity to get to know one another and become familiar with the natural rhythms and processes involved in growing good food. The wisdom of recycling, the effectiveness of intercropping, of crop rotations, cover crops and crop diversity can be realized firsthand. CSAs tend to be small in scale (less than 10 acres), labor intensive and organic. This is the case in Michigan. It is felt that more rather than larger operations bring the soil, people and good food closer together.
Contacts for CSA efforts currently underway in Michigan include:
Anne Elder 713 Miller Road Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (313) 994-9136
Thomas Shepard 2495 Hamilton Road Battle Creek, MI 49017 (616) 721-8068
Bruce Schultz 7831 E. Main Street Kalamazoo, MI 49001 (616) 388-3427
ORGANIC FARMING IN MICHIGAN
Before 1973, farmers and growers in Michigan who wanted to raise crops and animals without reliance on synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics and hormones were essentially on their own. In January of 1973, the first meeting of the Organic Growers of Michigan (OGM) was held. By 1974, more than 100 members were on the roster of the southwest Michigan chapter alone, where the organization was born.
Member meetings were held primarily to swap techniques, order bulk organic supplies and hear from other knowledgeable farmers.
Today, more than 150 certified Michigan organic growers and farmers raise a diversity of crops from adzuki beans to peaches to go at cheese. These growers, in both the Lower and the Upper Peninsula, manage organic farms from 4 to 1800 acres. They market at their farms, at farmers markets, or through wholesalers and retail outlets across the state. With eight chapters acting as grass-roots, autonomous extensions of a state council, the OGM carries the organic message to people throughout the state.
Organic advocacy and legislative involvement in pesticide related matters are important facets of the OGMs work, and an annual organic workshop is held in March during Agriculture and Natural Resources Week at Michigan State University.
Grey Larison, 1993-1994 state OGM president, predicts that the next few years will be an exciting period politically and socially for the movement to organic farming methods, partly because of the passage of the federal Organic Foods Production Act in 1990. The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is, as of this writing, within a few months of completing organic crop and livestock standards for production, processing, certification and labeling.
The Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance (MOFFA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting an environmentally sound and socially just food system for Michigan. Formed in 1991, MOFFA will help bring food, farms and families together and build alliances between growers and eaters of organic foods. As program funds are raised, MOFFA will provide educational opportunities for people across the state to learn about environmentally sound organic agricultural production and how to provide for its long-term success.
MOFFAs executive director and an eight-member board of directors set goals related to educational programs, publish a regular newsletter and hold coalition meetings with other like-minded organizations.
Organic certification is the kingpin for food credibility in the natural food marketplace. The OGM certification standards (1992) define a common set of principles inherent in organic farming: encouragement of good stewardship of the earth, production practices that work in harmony with natural ecosystems, and developing stability through diversity, complexity, and recycling of energy and nutrients. In addition, synthetic and toxic materials detrimental to soil and ecosystem health are prohibited.Growers classified as certified have not used any synthetic chemicals on their land for at least the past three years and have instituted a system of sustainable and environmentally sound production practices that enhance soil life and create habitat for beneficial insects and wildlife. Transitional growers have less than three years of using no chemicals on their land and are still working into rotation programs, green manuring and other cover cropping practices to control weeds and recycle nutrients back into the soil without resorting to herbicides and synthetic fertilizers.
Some growers elect to farm organically but not become certified because they do not sell to stores, which are beginning to require certification for organic food sales. These growers usually engage in direct marketing where they can describe their organic operation to the buyer face to face.The OGM has a state certification committee and holds inspector training sessions during the year, as does the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA), a private certifying organization with chapters throughout the world. Consumers who find OGM or OCIA on the label of an organic product can know that one or the other organization has certified the authenticity of the organic practices and claims of that farmer or processor. This third party inspection and certification is insurance to the buyer that organic standards are adhered to all along the line from farm field to store shelf.
As federal certification standards come into place, consumers will be assured that organically grown will mean nothing less in one state than it means in another. In addition, all-organic food stores may open and consumers will find a greater variety and larger supply of organically grown foods than ever before. This result will prove to be good for the consumer, the grower and the earth.
ALCONA
FARMERS MARKET HARRISVILE:Just south of the U.S. 23/M-72 intersection, two blocks west of Lake Huron. Open generally from Memorial Day to Labor Day, on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. or so to about noon.
M.A.S.A. John MacMaster, Sr. 1470 Barlow Rd. Harrisville, MI 48740 (517) 736-8704
ALGER
FARMERS MARKET See MARQUETTE COUNTY
ALLEGAN
FARMERS MARKETS ALLEGAN: Hubbard Street parking lot in downtown Allegan, between Chestnut and Locust streets. Open from the first or second week of May through October on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
HOPKINS: In the park on Main Street, between Franklin & Clark streets, across from the fire barn. Hopkins is between Allegan and Grand Rapids. Open Wednesdays from 8 a.m. until early afternoon.
M.A.S.A. Joseph Hackel 1511 60th St.Pullman, MI 49450 (616) 236-5620
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Herb & Mary Doster 13266 Enzian Rd. Plainwell, MI 49080 (616) 664-4584
Pleasant Hill Farm John Van Voorhees & Joan Donaldson 5859 124th Ave. Fennville, MI 49408 (616) 561-2850
ALPENA
FARMER'S MARKET ALPENA: Right behind the city hall, at Water and First streets in downtown Alpena. Open the second week of July through October on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
ANTRIM
M.A.S.A. Antrim Soil & Water Conservation District 106 Depot St., P.O. Box 312 Bellaire, MI 49615 (616) 533-8363
Bud Coulter 1021 Doerr Road Mancelona, MI 49659 (616) 587-0547
Robert Ricksgers 244 Ricksgers Road Alden, MI 49612 (616) 331-4011
ARENAC
BARAGA
O.G.M. CERTIFIED North Branch Farms Dave & Linda Rulison HC-01, Box 116 Pelkie, MI 49958 (906) 334-2553
Dan Westmaas HC-01, Box 241 Pelkie, MI 49958 (906) 353-6279
BARRY
FARMERS MARKET HASTINGS: On the Thornapple River north of downtown Hastings. From the main street of Hastings (State), take Broadway north 2 blocks. Open from May into October on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. until they run out.
M.A.S.A. Tom and Nancy Guthrie 7301 Milo Road Delton, MI 49046 (616) 623-2261 (616) 623-2255 farm
O.C.I.A. Ralph Townsend 6627 R1 Barnum Road Woodland, MI 48897 (616) 367-4096
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Eastview FarmBill & Ann Eastman 2049 E. Quimby Rd. Hastings, MI 48058 (616) 945-3541
Five Acre Farm Roy & Kelly Jacobs 11055 W. Houvener Rd. Delton, MI 49046 (616) 664-4088
Leo A. King 5400 Wilkens Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 (616) 623-8321
Mike & Catheryn McMinn 9167 Guernsey Lake Rd. Delton, MI 49046 (616) 623-5715
Nodding Thistle Farm Jeff Smith & Pat Baker-Smith 697 Eaton Rd. Nashville, MI 49073 (517) 852-1593
BAY FARMERS MARKET BAY CITY: Columbus at Adams Street, in the Columbus Avenue business district south of downtown Bay City. From I-75, follow I-75 Business Route into downtown and then south. Watch for intersection with Columbus at City Hall. One block east of Washington, the main street of Bay City. Open from the first week of June to mid-November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 to 8 p.m. (517) 893-5531.
M.A.S.A Martin Rabe 113 East Mt. Forest Pinconning, MI 48650
UNIVERSITIES Delta College University Center, MI 48710 (517) 686-9000
Barry Carlson Associate Professor of Geology Office G123 (517) 686-9253
Eldon Enger Coordinator of Environmental Science Office F239 (517) 686-9071
Don Holzhei Technical Division Chair Office D120 (517) 686-9254
Ron Sharp Coordinator of Water/Wastewater Treatment Tech Office D124 (517) 686-9071
Carolyn Sandford Science Division Chair Office F213 (517) 686-9249
Dave Williams Associate Professor of Geography Office D133 (517) 686-9251
BENZIE
O.C.I.A. Pat Blossom 3490 Sliverville Rd. Frankfort, MI 49635 (517) 352-4846
O.G.M. NON-CERTIFIED White-O-Morn Farms Inc. James B. Kelly 3905 Crystal Dr. Beulah, MI 49617
BERRIEN O.C.I.A. Dave Tepper 577 Leet Niles, MI 49120 (616) 684-5325
O.G.M. CERTIFIED The Herb Barn Glen & Nancy Johns 1955 Greenly Ave. Benton Harbor, MI 49022 (616) 927-2044
Lebeaus Acres William & Sheila Lebeau 6440 Johnson Rd. Coloma, MI 49038 (616) 468-6102
Karen Lee 3086 E. Main St. Benton Harbor, MI 49022
UNIVERSITIES Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI 49104
Tom Chittick, Chair Agriculture Department
Art Brown Horticulture Department
Thomas Chittick Soils & Nutrition Department
BRANCH
M.A.S.A. John Mitchell 1231 Bidwell Quincy, MI 49082 (517) 639-4674
CALHOUN
FARMERS MARKETS ALBION: Stoffer Plaza, just east of the main street of downtown Albion (Superior), between Cass and Erie streets. Open May and October on Saturdays only, and from June through September on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
BATTLE CREEK: On Jackson Street downtown, in front of McCamly Place (a festival marketplace) and a block from the Stouffer Hotel. Take I-94 Capital Avenue exit, head north to downtown Battle Creek. Open from June through October on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 1p.m.
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Cinzori Family Farms Don Cinzori 10506 F Drive South Ceresco, MI 49033 (616) 979-2760
Thomas Shepard Heirloom Gardens 2495 Hamilton Road Battle Creek, MI 49017 (616) 721-8068
CASS
FARMERS MARKET DOWAGIAC: Downtown on Front Street at the railroad depot, across from Hooks Drugstore. Open from June 1 to the first week in November on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Organic Gardens Jack & Diane Bower 32120 Topash Rd. Dowagiac, MI 49047 (616) 782-2505
Roseland Farms John & Merrill Clark 27427 M-60 West Cassopolis, MI 49031 (616) 445-8769
UNIVERSITIES Southwestern Michigan College 58900 Cherry Grove Road Dowagiac, MI 49047
Diane Chaddock Dr. Robert Stephenson Janet Landato Carol Churchill
CHARLEVOIX
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Morning Star Farms Paul & Debbie Gelderblom 4640 Loeb Rd. Charlevoix, MI 49720 (616) 547-6930
CHEBOYGAN
FARMERS MARKET CHEBOYGAN: On State Street downtown in the City Hall parking lot. Open from July to mid-October on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
CHIPPEWA
FARMERS MARKET SAULT STE. MARIE: In Sault Ste. Marie, in the parking lot by the firehouse in the center of downtown. From Ashmun, the main street into downtown Sault Ste. Marie, turn left onto Arlington 1 to 2 blocks before the river. Open when the garden produce is ready (late August or early September into October) on Saturdays from 8 a.m. until sellout (past noon). M.A.S.A. C. A. Groover, D.V.M. Rt. 1, Box 34 Pickford, MI 49774 (906) 647-6512
UNIVERSITIES Lake Superior State University Dr. Patrick Brown Environmental Science Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 (906) 635-2266
CLARE
O.G.M. CERTIFIED David & Robert Bellinger 7306 E. Battle Rd. Clare, MI 48617 (517) 386-7076
Jim & Barb Jones 11925 N. Meridian Farwell, MI 48622 (517) 588-1197
O'Grady Farms Jim & Tom Jones 11950 N. Meridian Rd. Farwell, MI 48622 (517) 588-4807
CLINTON
M.A.S.A Dick Lehnert 9690 Grove Rd. DeWitt, MI 48820 (517) 669-9023
Brian K. Welton Crop and Soil Consultant 5353 N. Watson Rd. Elsie, MI 48831 (517) 862-5727
O.G.M. TRANSITION Twin Oaks Farm P.O. Box 153 Elsie, MI 48831 (517) 862-5332
CRAWFORD
DELTA
FARMERS MARKET ESCANABA: Downtown near the city garage. Open from June 1 to October 15 on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 6:30 to 11 a.m.
DICKINSON
EATON
O.C.I.A. Ken Davison 7782 Houston Rd. Eaton Rapids, MI 48827 (517) 663-1282
Richard Ferris 3565 Onondaga Rd. Eaton Rapids, MI 48827 (517) 628-3699
M.A.S.A. Gloria Hecht 1125 North Ainger Rd. Charlotte, MI 48813 (517) 543-7868
Paul Wing 15335 Wing Rd. Bellevue, MI 49021 (616) 965-7901
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Apple Schram Orchard Jane Bush 1300 Mt. Hope Hwy. Charlotte, MI 48813 (517) 649-8957
Country Products Wilbur Hochstetler 4201 W. VermontvilleHwy. Charlotte, MI 48813 (517) 543-2459
O.G.M. NON-CERTIFIED Cant Be Done Corner Quinn & Dean Cumberworth 4240 Smith Rd. Dimondale, MI 48821 (517) 646-6722
EMMET
M.A.S.A. Tom Foltz 3239 Lake Grove Dr. Petoskey, MI 49770 (616) 347-1619
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Bradford's Brad & Linda Hersey 6792 Crooked River Rd. Alanson, MI 49706 (616) 529-6772
O.G.M. NON-CERTIFIED Blackberry Farm Co. Don & Sandy Olson 3889 Wressel Rd. Harbor Springs, MI 49740 (616) 526-7633
GENESEE
FARMERS MARKETS FLINT: Fifth Avenue at Boulevard Drive, across from the post office and just east of the Flint River on the east side of downtown Flint. Water Street downtown becomes Boulevard Drive as it goes east along the river. Open year round on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Fish market open on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
FLUSHING: End of Cherry Street. From Main Street in downtown Flushing, take Cherry (at the stoplight) south to the end. Open usually from the first or second week in July through September on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
FOOD COOPERATIVE The Grainery 809 Church Street Flint, MI 48505 (810) 235-4621
M.A.S.A. Rob Malcomnson 2267 N. Henderson Davison, MI 48423 (810) 653-4391
O.C.I.A. Tom Baker 10317 Miller Rd. Swartz Creek, MI 48473 (810) 635-4603
Dave Mott P.O. Box 271 Clio, MI 48420 (810) 686-2031
Bill Perkins 11177 Miller Rd. Swartz Creek, MI 48473 (810) 635-9769
Clarke Whetham 11230 W. Mt. Morris Rd. Flushing, MI 48433 (810) 659-8414
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Rob Malcomnson 2267 N. Henderson Rd. Davison, MI 48423 (810) 653-4391
Whetham Organic Farm Clarke & Pat Whetham 11230 W. Mt. Morris Rd. Flushing, MI 48433 (810) 659-8414
O.G.M. TRANSITION Brian Cruthers P.O. Box 508 Flushing, MI 48433 (810) 659-5368
Henry & Marjolaine Purdy 11229 W. Reid Rd. Swartz Creek, MI 48473 (810) 271-9182
K & D Turland Ken & Diane Turland 10253 N. Vassar Mt. Morris, MI 48458 (810) 631-4074
GLADWIN O.G.M. CERTIFIED Engels Farm Meadows Norman C. Engel 1995 N. Bard Rd. Gladwin MI 48624 (517) 546-7579
O.G.M. TRANSITION B & W Honey Farm Bob & Wilma Carriveau 1135 Ash St. Beaverton, MI 48612 (517) 435-3509
Carol Strayer 2250 W. Glidden Rd. Beaverton, MI 48612 (517) 435-4526
GOGEBIC
FARMERS MARKET IRONWOOD:In Hurley, Wisconsin, just across the state line and Montreal River from Ironwood. On U.S. 51 Business Route, across from the Holiday Inn overlooking the river. Open from mid-July into early October on Wednesdays from 2 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to sellout,usually before noon.
UNIVERSITIES
Gogebic Community College
Ed Anderson (Natural Science) 904 Broadway Ironwood, MI 49938
Michael Barker (Environmental Science) E-2369 County Trunk C Hurley, WI 54534
Richard Sofio (Geography) 506 E. Sellar Bessemer, MI 49911
GRAND TRAVERSE
FARMERS MARKET TRAVERSE CITY: Corner of Parkway and Cass between downtown and the bay, across from the zoo. Open from Mothers Day weekend on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also open from the second half of July through September on Wednesdays.
M.A.S.A. Jim Nugent NW Michigan Horticultural Research Station 6686 S. Center Hwy Traverse City, MI 49684 (616) 946-1510
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Wells Family Farm Michael & Phyllis Wells 9490 Elk Lake Rd. Williamsburg, MI 49690 (616) 264-9522
O.G.M. NON-CERTIFIED Earth-Spot Larry & Maria Parker 6395 Fife Lake Rd. Fife Lake, MI 49633 (616) 879-4643
Tom & Tricia Mead 10783 S. Dalzell Traverse City, MI 49684 (616) 929-1213
GRATIOT
FARMERS MARKET ALMA: City parking lot on the corner of Woodworth and Downie streets, downtown Alma. North of the main street (Superior). Open from June through October on Wednesdays and Saturdays, no official hours.
M.A.S.A. John Densmore 5460 Buchanan Rd. Ithaca, MI 48847 (517) 875-3236
Jerry Grigar 1809 E. Grant Road Ithaca, MI 48847 (517) 838-4191 home (517) 337-6676 office
Gary Hoyt 3187 W. Pine River Road St. Louis, MI 48880 (517) 681-5184 (517) 681-3259
O.C.I.A. Ann Hunt 7410 W. Harrison Rd. Alma, MI 48801 (517) 463-4692
HILLSDALE
FOOD COOPERATIVE Hillsdale Family Food Co-op 86 N. Howell Hillsdale, MI 49242 (517) 439-1397
HOUGHTON
FARMERS MARKET CALUMET: In the parking lot of Coppertown USA in Calumet,in the northern Keweenaw Peninsula. Open from some time in July into October on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Becky Bach Rt 1, Box 67-B Atlantic Mine, MI 49905 (906) 482-0958
Allen E. Carter Rt 1, Box 205 Chassell MI 49916 (906) 482-5325
Randy & Linda Grego Rt 1, Box 69 Atlantic Mine, MI 49905 (906) 482-6926
Chuck Harris Rt 1, Box 109B Hancock, MI 49930 (906) 482-7016
Hughes Organic Farm Gary & Patricia Hughes Rt 1, Box 162 Calumet, MI 49913 (906) 337-5185
John Parsons P.O. Box 37 Ahmeek MI 49901 (906) 337-0290
Perger Organic Farm Warren & Leah Perger Rt 2, Box 377 Chassel, MI 49916 (906) 523-4771
HURON
M.A.S.A. James Fuhrman 3986 Johnston Rd. Port Hope, MI 48468 (517) 428-4445
Huron County Innovative Farmers 104 County Building Bad Axe, MI 48413 (517) 269-9949
Jim LeCureux 104 County Building Bad Axe, MI 48413 (517) 269-9949
Bill McPhee 3380 EtzlerKinde, MI 48445 (517) 874-4451
O.C.I.A. Rusty Kieh l3750 Sandy Beach Rd. Bad Axe MI 48413 (517) 269-9437
Dennis Lasceski 3302 Crockard Rd. Filion, MI 48432 (517) 269-7980
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Dennis & Elaine Laceski 3302 Crockard Rd. Filion, MI 48432 (517) 269-7980
O.G.M. TRANSITION
Dale Gornowicz 2650 Holbrook Ubly, MI 48475 (517) 658-8370
INGHAM
FARMERS MARKET'S LANSING: Just east of downtown on Cedar (one-way southbound) at Shiawassee. From Michigan Avenue, go north on Larch, west on Shiawassee, then south on Cedar. Open year round on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
MASON: On Ash Street, 2 blocks west of Jefferson in the center of Mason. Open mid-July to mid-October on Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
OKEMOS/MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP: Behind Meridian Mall in Central Park. On Central Park Road. From Grand River Avenue (M-43), go north on Marsh Road at the Meridian Mall, then go left on Central Park Road. Market pavilion is on right. Open the second week in July to mid-October on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
FOOD COOPERATIVE East Lansing Food Cooperative 4960 Northwind Dr. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 337-1266
M.A.S.A. Vincent F. Bralts Agricultural Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 353-0643
Larry Dyer 918 Dakin Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 484-5125
Robert Fogg 3043 Olds Rd. Leslie, MI 49251 (517) 589-9290
Phil Hall 3146 W. Columbia Rd. Mason, MI 48854 (517) 676-3236
Oran Hesterman Crop & Soil Sciences Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 355-0196
Tony Igl 4885 W. Barnes Rd. Mason, MI 48854 (517) 628-3568
John Jones 414 Agriculture Hall Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 353-2959
John P. Knorek P.O. Box 319 Mason, MI 48854 (517) 676-7300
Doug Landis 1653 Menominee Mason, MI 48854 (517) 353-1829 (office)
Omega Farms 4900 South M-52 Williamston, MI 48895 (517) 468-3366
Susan B. Smalley 11 Agriculture Hall Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 355-0117
Scott M. Swinton 306 Agriculture Hall Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 353-7218
O.C.I.A. Robert Fogg 3043 Olds Leslie, MI 49251 (517) 589-9290
Markus Held 4229 Columbia Rd. Mason, MI 48854 (517) 676-2661
Jim Swan 2455 Oakley Rd. Stockbridge, MI 49280 (517) 851-7117
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Mark Walter 11200 Iosco Rd. Webberville, MI 48892 (517) 223-7205
O.G.M. TRANSITIONAL Green Eagle Organic Vegetables Charles Haynes 305 N. Foster Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 485-5328
Green Eagle Organic Vegetables Steve Grose 5104 Stimson Onondaga, MI 49264
Mark Walter 11200 Iosco Road Webberville, MI 48892 (517) 223-7205
IONIA
M.A.S.A. Brian Gerlings Herbrook Poultry Ranch 6425 Grand River Ave. Saranac, MI 48881 (616) 642-9421
Robert Kietzman 9730 Grand River Ave. Clarksville, MI 48815 (616) 642-9759
Christopher Lufkin 100 Library St.Ionia, MI 48846 (616) 527-5357
Ronald Ward 8551 Emdale Rd. Clarksville, MI 48815 (616) 456-6878
IOSCO
IRON
ISABELLA
FARMERS MARKET MT. PLEASANT: Island Park, Lincoln at Main Street, two blocks north of downtown. Open from the third or fourth week of June to the Thursday before Halloween on Thursdays only, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
O.C.I.A. Thomas Prout 8249 E. Rosebush Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 (517) 433-5507
O.G.M. CERTIFIED David & Robert Bellinger 7306 E. Battle Road Clare, MI 48617 (517) 386-7076
O.G.M. TRANSITION Ross McNeel 1504 E. Milbrook Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 (517) 772-2264 (517) 772-4476
JACKSON
FARMER'S MARKET JACKSON: 119 W. Louis Glick `Highway at Mechanic Street in downtown Jackson. Take Cooper Street exit from I-94, head south a mile or so to Louis Glick, turn right (west) two blocks. Open June through October on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
M.A.S.A. Richard Ekins 6333 Snyder Road Rives Junction, MI 49277 (517) 569-3627
O.C.I.A. Tom Summers 3915 Dearing Rd. Parma, MI 49269 (517) 788-7728
KALAMAZOO
FARMERS MARKET KALAMAZOO: Bank Street Market. Bank Street between Lake and Stockbridge streets in Washington Square, southeast of downtown and south of Upjohn Park. From downtown, take Westnedge south to Vine. East on Vine to east side of the park, south on Water Street, which becomes Bank Street. Open June through October on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and in May and November on Saturdays only.
FOOD COOPERATIVE Just Good Foods 303 N. Rose St. Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (616) 383-1033
M.A.S.A. Roger French 10004 Stadium Dr. Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (616) 375-0658
John Oswalt 15168 South 37th St. Vicksburg, MI 49097 (616) 778-3593
Garret Van DeWeert 1263 Merry Brook Dr. Kalamazoo, MI 49004 (616) 344-7540
O.C.I.A. Preson Parish 10515 E. Op Ave. Scotts, MI 49088 (616) 626-8595
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Basswood Organic Farms Bill & Marilyn Myers 9085 Riverview Dr. Kalamazoo, MI 49004 (616) 343-5280
Celebration Gardens Bruce Schultz & Christine Kavarnverg 7831 E. Main St. Kalamazoo, MI 49001 (616) 388-3427
The Center Stone Mary Francis Fenton & Mary Appelhof 8117 East O Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49001 (616) 343-4505
Glen & Sarah Collison6 191 Riverview Dr. Kalamazoo, MI 49004 (616) 342-1953
David Hoyt 7020 Wxy Ave. Schoolcraft, MI 49087 (616) 679-5748
Willards Weigh Herbs & Heirlooms Bob & Connie Willard 4579 West E Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (616) 342-5636
UNIVERSITIES Western Michigan University
Max E. Benne Department of Consumer Resources and Technology 1006 Trimpe Building Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5012 (616) 387-3722
Kenneth A. Dahlberg Department of Political Science and Department of Environmental Studies 3051 Friedman Building Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5012 (616) 387-5686
Larry Yarger Department of Biological Sciences 100 Wood Hall Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (616) 387-5618
KALKASKA
M.A.S.A. Kalkaska Soil & Water Conservation District 605 North BirchKalkaska, MI 49646 (616) 258-3307
Russ LaRowe P.O. Box 101 South Boardman, MI 49680 (616) 258-3307 office (616) 369-2474 home
George Shetler 5436 Tyler Road, S.E. Kalkaska, MI 49646 (616) 258-8216
KENT
FARMERS MARKET GRAND RAPIDS: 1147 East Fulton at Fuller, about 1 1/2 miles east of the center of downtown Grand Rapids. Open from May to Christmas on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
FOOD COOPERATIVE East Town Food Co-op 1450 Wealthy St., S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (616) 454-8822
M.A.S.A Rich Bowman 3120 Pleasant Grove Ter., N.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49505 (616) 363-7530 (home)
Carl G. Moore Pine Border Farm 3391 - 16 Mile Rd. Cedar Springs, MI 49319 (616) 696-2940
O.C.I.A. Dave Ingraberg 8605 Peterson Rd. Rockford, MI 49341 (616) 866-2219
Don Osborn 6245 Tiffany Ave., N.E. Rockford MI 49431 (616) 874-7319
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Blumm Family Farm John & Paula Blumm 3152 Kissing Rock Lowell, MI 49331-9521 (616) 897-5157
Gardens Naturally Scott & Lynne Vinkemulder 3081 100th St.Byron Center, MI 49315 (616) 878-9459
Grey Cat Farm Rich Peterson & Sherrill Cannon 15032 Pine Lake Rd. Cedar Springs, MI 49319 (616) 696-9226
N'Harmony Farm Fred Reusch 6677 12 Mile Rd. Rockford, MI 49341 (616) 866-1679
UNIVERSITIES
Calvin College Professor Davis A. Young, Chair Department of Geology Geography and Environmental Studies 3201 Burton St., S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49546
KEWEENAW
LAKE
LAPEER
FARMERS MARKET LAPEER: Nepessing at Court Street in downtown Lapeer. Open from the second Saturday in May to the end of October on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
M.A.S.A. Richard Lauwers 2877 Graham Rd. Imlay City, MI 48444 (810) 724-2263
Timothy R. Lucas 3881 Davenport Metamora, MI 48455 (810) 797-5357
O.C.I.A. Edwin Faust 2140 Daley Rd. Lapeer, MI 48446 (810) 664-4822
William Haver 3495 Law Rd. North Branch, MI 48461 (810) 235-8007
Charles Herpolshiemer 2710 Winslow Rd. Imlay City, MI 48444 (810) 724-1028
Bob Linck 8820 Clear Lake Rd. Brown City, MI 48416 (810) 346-2039
Maril Williams 3180 Blacks Corners Imlay City, MI 48444 (810) 724-8658
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Community Farms Chuck & Nancy Herpolshiemer 2710 Winslow Imlay City, MI 48444 (810) 724-1028
Faust Farms Edwin M. Faust 2140 Daley Rd. Lapeer, MI 48446 (810) 664-4822
Rivendale Meadows Farm Keith Kirchner 3180 Gravel Creek Rd. North Branch, MI 48461 (810) 688-3491
Raub-Rae Farms John & Robert Linck 8820 Clear Lake Rd. Brown City, MI 48416 (810) 346-2034
Scrimger Farm Joe & Kay Scrimger 4550 Barnes Rd. Clifford, MI 48727 (810) 688-2019
T & JS Organic Acres Tim Lucas 3881 Davenport Metamora, MI 48455 (810) 797-5357
Williams Farm Maril Williams 3180 Blacks Corners Imlay City, MI 48444 (810) 724-8658
O.G.M. TRANSITION Blaze Sattler 6533 Lierman Imlay City, MI 48444 (810) 724-1795
LEELANAU
M.A.S.A. Charles Dietrich 9760 E. Johnson Rd. Northport, MI 49670 (616) 386-7506
Lawrence Mawby 4519 S. Elm Valley Rd. Suttons Bay, MI 49682 (616) 271-3522
O.C.I.A. Gene Allen 4828 S. Center Hwy. Suttons Bay, MI 46982 (616) 271-4043
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Brabanec Farm and Orchard John & Julia Brabanec Engles Rd. Northport, MI 49670 (616) 386-5765
O.G.M. NON-CERTIFIED Carolyn Week 6724 County Rd. Cedar, MI 49621 (616) 228-6276
LENAWEE
FARMERS MARKETS ADRIAN: Downtown in a parking lot behind Croswell Opera House. Lot is on Toledo Street, between Broad and Main streets. Open from June through October on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. Contact Lisa Zubke at City Hall, (517) 263-2161.
BLISSFIELD: Behind the Frosty Boy on the corner of U.S. 223 and Blissfield Highway, west of downtown Blissfield. Open the first Tuesday of June to the first week of November on Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
FOOD DISTRIBUTOR Eden Foods 701 Tecumseh Rd. Clinton, MI 49236 (517) 456-7424
M.A.S.A. Keith Schafer 4105 Country Club Rd. Adrian, MI 49221 (517) 263-7202
O.C.I.A. Gene Ford 12366 Silberhorn Rd. Blissfield, MI 49228 (517) 486-4618
Kleen Grain Processing 11451 E. Yankee Rd. Blissfield, MI 49228 (517) 486-3827
Dan Ruesink 5708 Brazee Rd. Adrian, MI 49221 (313) 265-8409
Dean Taylor 10418 Yankee Rd. Blissfield, MI 49228 (313) 486-4223
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Black Feet Farm Richard & Elizabeth Schoolmaster 14155 W. Beecher Rd. Hudson, MI 49247 (517) 445-2491
UNIVERSITIES Adrian College Dr. Craig Weatherby Environmental Science Peelle Hall 110 S. Madison St. Adrian, MI 49221 (517) 265-5161, Ext. 4351
LIVINGSTON M.A.S.A. Dennis Gonzalo 9807 Oak Grove Rd. Howell, MI 48843 (517) 546-2158
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Engels Farm Meadows Norman C. Engel 5491 Lone Rd. Fowlerville, MI 48836 (517) 546-7579
O.G.M. TRANSITION Schaldenbrand Farm Wil & Beth Schaldenbrand 11497 Byron Rd. Howell, MI 48843 (313) 476-4985
LUCE
MACKINAC
M.A.S.A. Rich-Lo-Dairy Wendell Miller Route #1, Box 172 Engadine, MI 49827 (906) 477-6363
MACOMB
FARMERS MARKET MT. CLEMENS: On Old Gratiot between Clinton and Market streets. Right across from the new county courthouse in downtown Mt. Clemens. Open from the second week of May to the second Saturday in November on Fridays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MANISTEE
MARQUETTE
FARMERS MARKET MARQUETTE: Marquette and Alger Counties Farmers Market. On U.S. 41, 2 miles south of Marquette. In the parking lot of the ABC True Value Hardware Store (in a commercial strip on the inland side of U.S. 41). Open from the last week in July through mid-September on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
FOOD COOPERATIVE Marquette Organic Food Co-op 912 N. 4th Street Marquette, MI 49855 (906) 225-0671
MASON M.A.S.A. Donald Martz 938 W. Hawley Scottville, MI 49454 (616) 845-6496
O.C.I.A. Marion Dufon 2983 E. Fountain Rd. Fountain, MI 49410 (616) 462-3485
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Spruce Hollow Organic Farm Marc & Therese Soles 647 N. LaSalle Scottville, MI 49454 (616) 757-4538
MECOSTA O.C.I.A. Neil Master 6401 S. Woodruff Remus, MI 49340 (616) 866-2567
MENOMINEE
MIDLAND
FARMERS MARKET MIDLAND: At the foot of Ashman Street on the Tittabawassee River, downtown Midland. Open from the second week of May through October 31 on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to noon.
M.A.S.A. David McCartney 3728 County Line Rd. Coleman, MI 48618 (517) 465-6231
Barney & Delores Wall 4270 N. Lewis Rd. Coleman, MI 48618 (517) 465-1753
Jerry & Pearl Wirbel 4240 Stark Rd. Hope, MI 48628 (517) 689-3857
O.G.M. Certified Stony Ridge Barney & Delores Wall 4270 N. Lewis Rd. Coleman, MI 48618 (517) 465-1753
O.G.M. TRANSITION Forget-Me-Not Farm Mary Jane Toth 2833 N. Lewis Rd. Coleman, MI 48618 (517) 465-1982
One-N-Udders Farm Arnold & Toni Krause 8653 N. Chippewa Coleman, MI 48618
MISSAUKEE
MONROE
FARMERS MARKET MONROE: 20 East Willow, 1 block north of Monroe and Elm on the south side of the River Raisin. Open year round on Saturdays from 6 a.m. to noon, and from June through October; also open on Tuesdays.
O.C.I.A. John Bartholomew 13212 Riga Hwy. Ottawa Lake, MI 49267 (517) 486-3827
Dan Gust 13639 Mulberry Ottawa Lake, MI 49267 (517) 486-2237
Reg Karg 12164 Riga Hwy. Ottawa Lake, MI 49267 (517) 486-4079
Bob Wise 2150 Irish Rd. Dundee, MI 48131 (313) 269-6180
MONTCALM FARMERS MARKET GREENVILLE: Downtown in an alley near Anns Pet Shop. From the corner of Lafayette (Greenvilles main street) and 57, go one block north. Open at the end of the first week of July until October 1, on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to noon.
O.C.I.A. Paul Thompson 8401 Bollinger Vestaburg, MI 48891 (517) 268-5204
MONTMORENCY
M.A.S.A. Don Cordes Rt. 2, Box 200 Hillman, MI 49746 (517) 742-4248
Marlin Goebel Route 2, Box 274 Hillman, MI 49746 (517) 742-4505
George Perkins Rt. 2, Box 301 Hillman, MI 49746 (517) 742-3113
MUSKEGON
FARMERS MARKETS MUSKEGON: Business U.S. 31 at Eastern Avenue, half a mile north of downtown Muskegon. Open year round on Saturdays; also open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from May through November.
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS: Corner of Baker and Center streets on the eastern edge of downtown Muskegon Heights, across the street from City Hall. Open May 1 to December 31 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
M.A.S.A. Gale McNitt 6890 South Moorland Rd. Ravenna, MI 49451 (616) 837-6245
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Turtle Island Farms Charles Raver & James DeVries 15480 White Rd. Bailey, MI 49303 (616) 675-4799
NEWAYGO O.G.M. CERTIFIED Maple Spring Judy & Grey Larison 135 E. 120th St. Grant, MI 49327 (616) 834-5481
OAKLAND
FARMERS MARKETS PONTIAC: 2350 Pontiac Lake Road, 1/4 mile west of Telegraph Road in Waterford. Open year round on Saturdays from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also open from May through December on Thursdays, and May through October on Tuesdays.
ROYAL OAK:1 mile east of Woodward, 2 miles west of I-75 on 11 Mile Road at Market Street. Take the Woodward exit from I-696, go north on Main Street to 11 Mile Road, then right (east) 3 blocks. Open year round on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also open June through September on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and in October on Tuesdays and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and in November and December on Fridays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
FOOD COOPERATIVES Good Food Co. 74 W. Maple Rd. Troy, MI 48084 (810) 362-0886
Local Organics Todd Gulich 210 Rustic Circle White Lake, MI 48386 (810) 698-2171
Market Place Meats 7714 Cooley Lake Rd. Union Lake, MI 48085 (810) 363-2041
M.A.S.A. Sally Chandler East Michigan Environmental Action Council 5649 Round Hill Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301 (810) 258-5188 (EMEAC) (810) 258-0485 (home)
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Baileys Vineyard Jim Lemine & George Corsetti 301 Albany Ferndale MI 48220 (810) 885-4685
O.G.M. TRANSITION Stromberry Farm David & Linda Strom 2460 Auten Rd. Ortonville, MI 48462 (810) 532-4584
OCEANA
M.A.S.A. Greg Mund 6086 South 120th St. Rothbury, MI 49452 (616) 861-6146 (home) (616) 788-3492 (work)
OGEMAW
O.C.I.A. Victor Mier 3172 M-55 Prescott, MI 48756 (517) 345-1025
ONTONAGON
OSCEOLA
OSCODA
OTSEGO
M.A.S.A. Jack Middleton 200 Livingston Blvd. Gaylord, MI 49735 (517) 732-6484
OTTAWA
FARMERS MARKETS GRAND HAVEN: Chinook Pier, on Harbor Drive, on the Grand River, just upriver from downtown. Open the first week of June to the last week of October on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to around 3 p.m.
HOLLAND: Parking lot at Holland Civic Center, 150 West 8th Street at Pine, west of downtown Holland. Open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; also, on Mondays during the fruit season, usually from late June to early August.
O.C.I.A. Les DeFouw 5722 138th St. Holland, MI 49423 (616) 751-5813
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Carmody Farm Steven & Kathleen Carmody 16179 16th Ave. Marne, MI 49435 (616) 677-3181
Ham Family Farm Charlie & Lisa Ham 12681 72nd Ave. Allendale, MI 49401 (616) 895-4436
Jahnkes Produce & Nut Farm Norman & Pat Jahnke 8630 Lake Michigan Dr., Box 194 Allendale, MI 49401 (616) 895-7855
PRESQUE ISLE
ROSCOMMON
SAGINAW
M.A.S.A. Joe Donovan 10325 Turner Rd.St. Charles, MI 48655 (517) 865-4876 or 6246
Gerry Hemker 12250 Bishop Rd.St. Charles, MI 48655 (517) 845-3169
Kirk D. McNett 4182 Huey Rd. Freeland, MI 48623 (517) 695-6565
Steve Poindexter 705 Adams St. Saginaw, MI 48603 (517) 799-2233
Vern Stephen 10050 Garfield Rd. Freeland, MI 48623 (517) 695-5873
Charles Weisenberger 17800 Stuart Rd. Chesaning, MI 48616 (517) 845-6811
O.C.I.A. Ron Dittmar 11405 Raucholz Rd. Hemlock, MI 48626 (517) 642-2447
Ernie Fordos 4780 N. Merrill Rd. Merrill, MI 48637 (517) 643-7772
Carol Gent Kruger 2880 Pretzer Rd. Hemlock, MI 48626 (517) 642-5962
Alan Lanczynski 10420 W. Gary Rd. Chesaning, MI 48616 (517) 845-2788
Jerry Samuel North Steel Merrill, MI 48637 (517) 643-7101
Lee Shepherd 13745 O'Hara Rd. Hemlock, MI 48626 (517) 642-8295
Fred & Cathy Thiel 16104 S. Fordney Rd. Chesaning, MI 48616 (517) 845-2696
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Deer Creek Acres Larry & Linda Byrne 12161 Sharon Rd. St. Charles, MI 48655 (517) 845-2766
Shepherds Organic Farms Lee & Jerry Shepherd 13745 O'Hara Rd. Hemlock, MI 48626 (517) 642-8295
O.G.M. TRANSITIONAL Paul Luttenbacher 3299 Pine St. Clio, MI 48420 (313) 686-1370
SANILAC
M.A.S.A. Joe Scrimger Bio Systems6 359 Euclid St. Marlette, MI 48453 (810) 635-2864
O.C.I.A. Dean Berden 2125 Wheeler Snover, MI 48472 (810) 672-9497
Jeffrey Booms 8043 Ruth Rd. Minden City, MI 48456 (810) 864-3573
Don Bush 1781 W. Snover Rd. Sandusky MI 48471 (810) 648-4581
Pete Creguer 7670 Range Line Rd. Minden City, MI 48456 (810) 864-3066
Al Gerstenberger 4172 W. Sanilac Snover, MI 48472 (810) 672-9631
Roger Pringle 3089 Sheldon Rd. Snover, MI 48472 (810) 672-9615
Joe Scrimger 6359 Euclid St. Marlette, MI 48453 (810) 635-2864
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Jeff Booms 8043 Ruth Rd. Minden City, MI 48458 (810) 864-3573
The Goodlife Farm Patrick & Jennifer Szubielak 7513 Gilbert Rd. Cass City, MI 48726 (810) 872-3032
Bill Jones 5675 Pringle Rd. Decker, MI 48426 (810) 872-3089
Roger Pringle 3089 Sheldon Rd. Snover, MI 48472 (810) 672-9615
Thistledown Farm Dean Berden 2125 N. Wheeler Rd. Snover, MI 48472 (810) 672-9497
O.G.M. TRANSITION Pete Creguer 7670 Range Line Rd. Minden City, MI 48456 (810) 864-3066
Dennis Fitzhenry Blacks Corners Rd. Brown City, MI 48416 (810) 688-2318
James Nichola 3616 N. Van Dyke Decker, MI 48426 (810) 872-4108
O.G.M. NON-CERTIFIED Pete Creguer 7670 Range Line Rd. Minden City, MI 48456 (810) 864-3066
ST. CLAIR
FARMERS MARKETS PORT HURON: Across from McMorran Place between the downtown commercial district and St. Clair Community College. Open July 18 through October on Saturday mornings until produce is sold out.
PORT HURON TOWNSHIP: St. Stevens Catholic Church on 32nd Street, 5 miles west of Port Huron. Open mid-July through October on Thursdays from 8 a.m. until sold out.
ST. CLAIR: At the north end of St. Clair Mall on Riverside Street. Open from the third Wednesday of June to the last Wednesday of October on Wednesdays only, from 8 a.m. until sold out.
O.C.I.A. Fred Gersdorff 8221 Jeddo Rd. Yale, MI 48097 (810) 387-2744
Robert Partlo 3300 Ellsworth Yale, MI 48097 (810) 327-6712
Stanley Trojan 8307 Jeddo Rd. Avoca, MI 48006 (810) 327-6744
Ramon Urena 8821 Jeddo Road Yale, MI 48097 (810) 851-2872
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Jim Smith 11495 Wilkes Rd. Yale, MI 48097 (810) 387-3007
O.G.M. TRANSITION Dale & Sue Ranspach 9590 Sparling Goodells, MI 48027 (810) 384-1790
UNIVERSITIES St. Clair County Community College Marvin Longuski 323 Erie Street P.O. Box 5015 Port Huron, MI 48061-5015 (810) 989-5761
ST. JOSEPH
M.A.S.A. Max Benne 70811 Lakeview Rd. Sturgis, MI 49091 (616) 651-8718 (home) (616) 387-3722 (work)
Jim Gleason 60238 U.S. 131 Three Rivers, MI 49093 (616) 467-6088
Henry Miller 17613 Fairchild Rd. Constantine, MI 49042 (616) 279-2151
Sara & Dale Stuby 18558 Cent. Const. Constantine, MI 49042 (616) 435-7432 or (616) 467-6088
O.C.I.A. Paul Schumacher 18430 U.S.-12, RR1 White Pigeon, MI 49099 (616) 483-7965
John Smoll 23501 W. Fawn Bill Riv Sturgis, MI 49091 (616) 651-1566
O.G.M. CERTIFIED John & Linda Waltz 51782 Correll Rd. Leonidas, MI 49066 (616) 496-7578
SCHOOLCRAFT
SHIAWASSEE
FARMERS MARKETS DURAND: In front of the railroad depot. From downtown Durand, take Main Street east to Russell (just across the railroad tracks), turn right (south) and go a block to Ann Arbor Street. Turn right on Ann Arbor Street. Depot is at the end of the street. Open from the first Wednesday after the Fourth of July through the last Wednesday of September on Wednesdays from 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
OWOSSO: In the Armory parking lot on Water Street, 1 block north of City Hall. Open from May through October 31 on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
M.A.S.A. Ray Blair 5325 E. Britton Rd. Bancroft, MI 48414
John Durling 12175 Beardslee Rd. Perry, MI 48872 (517) 353-3209
John B. Foster 7753 Lennon Rd. Corunna, MI 48817 (517) 288-2547
O.C.I.A. Arnold Ramon 2788 W. Juddville Rd. Owosso, MI 48867 (517) 723-4363
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Happy Acres Farm Bob & Eleanor Glick 8335 W. Beard Rd. Perry, MI 48872 (517) 675-7316
O.G.M. TRANSITION Tom & Lynne Bowden 11445 GoodallDurand, MI 48429 (313) 621-4800
TUSCOLA M.A.S.A. Leslie Dale Mueller Bean Company 2455 Vassar Rd.Reese, MI 48757 (517) 755-1112
O.C.I.A. Jim Brown 9344 Millington Vassar, MI 48678 (517) 871-2710
Lewis King 3031 White Creek Rd. Kingston, MI 48741 (517) 683-2573
Bill Satchell 2662 E. Caro Rd. Caro, MI 48723 (517) 673-6329
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Hampshire Farm Randy & Shirley Hampshire 7300 Legg Rd. Kingston, MI 48741 (517) 683-3161
O.G.M. NON-CERTIFIED James Brown 9344 W. Millington Vassar, MI 48768 (517) 871-2710
O.G.M. TRANSITION James Brown 9344 W. Millington Vassar, MI 48768 (517) 871-2710
VAN BUREN
FARMERS MARKET SOUTH HAVEN: Downtown on Huron Street just off Phoenix Street, in the city parking lot behind the post office. Open July through October on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also open in July and August on Wednesdays.
FOOD COOPERATIVE Grain Dance Bakery & Natural Foods 243 E. Michigan Paw Paw, MI 49079 (616) 657-5934
M.A.S.A. David & Wendy Elsey 18491 Warner Rd. Decatur, MI 49045 (616) 423-8266
Doug Murray 45670 64th Ave. Paw Paw, MI 49079 (616) 674-3078
Burton Stafford 53506 Gards Prairie Rd. Decatur, MI 49045 (616) 782-2375
John R. Yaeger 93356 36th St. Lawton, MI 49065 (616) 423-8527
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Anxiety Acres Fritz Grathwohl Rt 2, Box 220, 68th St. South Haven, MI 49090 (616) 227-3717
East Branch Specialty Farms Richard & Susan Brennan-Barnes 26531 Drape Rd. Lawton, MI 49065 (616) 624-1403
Red Arrow Organic Gardens Dave & Peggy Marceletti 47264 Red Arrow Hwy. Lawrence, MI 49064 (616) 674-3488
School of Homesteading Maynard Kaufman & Barbara Geisler 26041 County Road 681 Bangor, MI 49031 (616) 427-8986
Smaki's Produce Brian Smith & Maria Maki 28056 30th St.Paw Paw, MI 49079 (616) 628-2247
Sunshower Mark & Lynn Miller & Lisa Grof 48548 N. 60th St. Lawrence, MI 49064 (616) 674-3103
Tanstaafl Farmstead John Reuter 39227 Fisk Lake Rd. Paw Paw, MI 49079
Wisser Farms Jim Willer 61702 County Road 378 Bangor, MI 49013 (616) 427-7557
O.G.M. NON-CERTIFIED Althia Gaia Nancy L. Nyman 310 N. Pine Breedsville, MI 49027 (616) 427-5431
WASHTENAW
FARMERS MARKETS ANN ARBOR: Just north of downtown at Detroit Street between North Fifth Avenue and North Fourth Avenue. From Huron go north on Fourth. From North Main, go east on Catherine. For easy parking, use the parking structure on Ann Street, one block west of Main. Open from January to April on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and from May to Christmas on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
YPSILANTI: Cross and River streets in Depot Town. Open year round on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
FOOD COOPERATIVES Arbor Farms 2215 W. Stadium Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (313) 996-8111
Ecology Box 2260 S. Main St. Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (313) 662-9131
Whole Foods 2398 E. Stadium Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 971-3366
M.A.S.A. Paul & Gwen Guenther 5240 Dexter Townhall Dexter, MI 48130 (313) 426-3066
O.C.I.A. Spencer Ford 5941 Daly Rd. Dexter, MI 48130 (313) 426-3284
Neil Lindemann PO Box 3153 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 994-5236
Barry Talladay 6250 Judd Rd. Milan, MI 48160 (313) 439-1168
Peggy Wilson 1846 Superior Rd. Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (313) 483-7752
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Braun Organic Farm David Braun 4090 Whitmore Lake Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (313) 662-9907
Fieldstone Farm Shari Thompson-Sacks 20727 Scio Church Rd. Chelsea, MI 48118 (313) 475-1981
Gardenworks Robert MacKercher 2960 Pontiac Trail Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (313) 995-5130
Green Acres Farm Dan & Norma Green 6010 Marshall Rd. Dexter, MI 48130 (313) 663-4968
Hooter Hill Dairy Paul & Gwen Guenther 5240 Dexter Townhall Dexter, MI 48130 (313) 426-3066
Lindemann Farms Neil Lindemann Box 3153 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 994-5236
Gita Possett 12925 Whitaker Rd. Milan, MI 48160 (313) 439-8249
Peggy Wilson 1846 Superior Rd. Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (313) 483-7752
O.G.M. TRANSITION Bluebird Farm John Chamberlain 8157 Walsh Rd. Dexter, MI 48130 (313) 426-4531
Spencer Ford 5941 Daly Rd. Dexter, MI 48130 (313) 426-3284
Bill & Leslie Sievert 5911 Bethel Church Rd. Saline, MI 48176 (313) 429-5818
Anne Elder The Community Farm of Ann Arbor 713 Miller Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (313) 994-9136
WAYNE
COMMUNITY GARDENS 4-H Urban Gardening Program 640 Temple Detroit, MI 48215 (313) 721-6550
Community Organic Garden Jeanette Tedders 6234 Greenview Detroit, MI 48228 (313) 593-5232
FARMERS MARKETS CANTON: On Ford at Sheldon Road in K-Mart parking lot, 3 miles west of I-275. Take Ford Road (M-153) exit. Open the last week of July to October on Wednesdays from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
DETROIT: Just north of Gratiot, 1 mile east of downtown. From Gratiot, take Russell north over the Chrysler Freeway. Freeway directions: go onto I-75. Just east of downtown, where I-75 goes north, get off at the Gratiot exit. Parking: free parking in front of the market goes quickly on Saturdays, but there is a lot of inexpensive space at Riopelle and Alfred, a block east of Russell and three blocks north of the main market area. Open year round on Mondays through Fridays from 5 a.m. to noon and Saturdays from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m.
PLYMOUTH: On Penniman, right off Main Street in downtown Plymouth. Next to the Penn Theater. Open mid-May to mid-October on Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
FOOD COOPERATIVES Cass Corridor Food Co-op 4201 Cass Detroit, MI 48201 (313) 831-7452
Downriver Food Co-op 25908 Warrington Dearborn Heights, MI 48127 (313) 562-5113
O.G.M. CERTIFIED Baileys Vineyard Jim Lemine & George Corsetti 301 Albany Ferndale, MI 48220
Michigan's Natural Earth Farms Ltd. Kathy Smalley & Alex Karras, Jr. 41640 Wear Rd. Belleville, MI 48111 (313) 753-4193
UNIVERSITIES University of Michigan-Dearborn Professor John Riebesell, Chair Environmental Science Program Department of Natural Sciences Dearborn, MI 48128-1491 (313) 593-5132 or (313) 593-5277
WEXFORD
FARMERS MARKET CADILLAC: Off Lake Street on Lake Cadillac, downtown Cadillac. One block west of Cadillacs main street, Mitchell. Open the second week of July through October on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
OUT OF STATE
M.A.S.A. Lu Lohr Agricultural Economics 102 Filley Hall-East Campus University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68583
Larson Farm Management Rural Route #2 Princeton, IL 61356 (815) 875-4537
Ray McDonald Box 457 Glencoe, Ontario CANADA NOL 1MO (519) 287-3825
W. Christopher Musselwhite 415 Woodlawn Ave. Greensboro, NC 27401 (919) 272-9530
Jim Tjepkema Box 23 Clarks Grove, MN 56016 (507) 256-7409 (507) 256-4876
Alvin Warren 32400 N. Harris Rd. Grayslake, IL 60030 (708) 548-4030
Nomination Form (Please print or type)
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Return form to: Russ LaRowe Executive Director/Secretary Michigan Agricultural Stewardship Association 605 N. Birch Street Kalkaska, MI 49646
Extension Bulletin E-2491 New June 1994 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 91011121 MSU is an Affirmative-Action/Equal-Opportunity Employer. Extension programs and materials are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age or religion. Issued in furtherance of Extension work in agriculture and home economics, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Gail L. Imig, extension director, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824. This information is for educational purposes only. References to commercial products or trade names does not imply endorsement by the MSU Extension or bias against those not mentioned. This bulletin becomes public property upon publication and may be printed verbatim with credit to MSU. Reprinting cannot be used to endorse or advertise a commercial product or company. Produced by Outreach Communications and printed on recycled paper using vegetable-based inks.New 6:94-2M-LKJ-CW.