Where It Comes From

It’s important to us to not only know where our food comes from, but who’s producing it and what their practices are. We visit the local farms we buy from and get to know the farmers. After all, they are our secret ingredient.We buy locally as much as we can. When we can’t find a great product close by, we search the nation—it’s tough to find things like say, seafood in the Midwest. Here’s a list of people and farms we buy from. Being that it’s important to us, it seems only fair that we pass the info along to you.

Vegetables and Greens

Avalon Farms • Mattanwan, MI
Avalon Farms Homegrown pride themselves in producing a variety of high quality vegetables in their market gardens. Their intent is to help Michigan families eat more of what Michigan farm families produce. 
avalonfarmshomegrown.net

Blue Dog Greens • Bangor, MI
Nestled aside the Black River in Van Buren county is Blue Dog Greens Farm. Blue Dog Greens is a small-scale diversified mixed produce farm certified organic by Oregon Tilth. They grow a wide range of vegetables and fresh herbs all from seed they start on the farm. 
bluedoggreens.com

Deleo Farms • Bangor, MI

Eaters Guild • Bangor, MI
The Eaters Guild Farm has been a certified organic vegetable farm for ten years. The rich glacial soils and Lake Michigan microclimate support the long and
balanced growth needed for organic crop quality.
eatersguild.com

Evelyn Thomas • Decatur, MI

Green Garden • Battle Creek, MI
Started in 2008, Green Gardens is a diversified, 23-acre farm in Battle Creek, Michigan, producing vegetables, herbs, and flowers on 3.5 acres. The farm's mission is to provide fresh, naturally-grown produce to the people of West Michigan at a fair price.

Jack Brown • Paw Paw, MI

J & S Farms • Scotts, MI

Kirklin Farms • Kalamazoo. MI
Kirklin Farms is a private company categorized under Pea and Bean Farms (Legumes).

Mud Lake Farms • Hudsonville, MI
Mud Lake offers a year-round CSA for salad crops grown in their biomass-heated hydroponic greenhouses. They grow many varieties of lettuce, including red and green varieties of leaf, butterhead, romaine, and batavia lettuces. They also grow arugula and watercress, as well as other herbs on a seasonal basis.

Scobey Farms • Wayland, MI
Who knew an ear of corn or fresh tomato could improve your health, your community and the environment, all at the same time? Buying local Scobey foods is a simple way to do all three. Local food doesn't suffer the "jet lag" of produce trucked across the country. It puts more money back into Scobey's economy and saves a whole lot of gas.

Visser Farms • Zeeland, MI
Is a family farm that brings the freshest in-season produce and farm goods to area farmer's markets throughout the week, every week.
visser-farms.com

FRUIT

Evergreen Lane • Fennville, MI

Evergreen Lane Farm is a 40-acre farm owned by Tom and Cathy Halinski, who grow organic apples, raise La Mancha goats and make organic cheeses from the milk of the goats in their creamery.
evergreenlanefarm.com

J & S Farms • Scotts, MI

EGGS

Carlson Farms • Decatur, MI

CHICKEN

Carlson Farms • Decatur, MI
Otto’s Poultry • Middleville, MI
Otto's Chicken provides farm-fresh, antibiotic and hormone-free chicken to Michiganders looking for quality meat. If you're wanting fresh, quality chicken, look no further.
ottoschicken.com

TURKEY

Otto’s Turkey • Middleville, MI
ottosturkeyfarm.com

PORK

Young Earth Farm • Decatur, MI
Over the past 40 years Young Earth Farms have noticed that the small family farms that once were part of every day life, are all but extinct. At Young Earth Farm, no animals are in confinement buildings. The hogs root and roll on the ground, the chickens are on fresh pasture, and the cattle have a field and woods to roam in.
youngearthfarm.com

BEEF

Niman Ranch • California

MILK

Cedar Crest • New Era, MI
The mission and vision of Cedar Crest Dairy, Inc. is their commitment to provide to co-workers, customers, and suppliers the highest possible degree of honesty, integrity, service and quality.
cedarcrestdelivers.com

CHEESE

Evergreen Lane • Fennville, MI

Evergreen Lane Farm raises La Mancha goats and makes organic cheeses from the milk of the goats in a creamery that’s also on the 40-acre Fennville property. The farm is owned by Tom and Cathy Halinski, who also grow organic apples.
evergreenlanefarm.com

Zingerman’s • Ann Arbor, MI
zingermans.com

FISH

Fourtune Fish Co. • Bensenville, IL
Fortune Fish Company was formed in June of 2001 By Sean O’Scannlain and Mark Gorogianis . O’Scannlain and Gorogianis have more than 35 years of combined experience in the seafood processing and distribution business. The founders were joined by several key associates, the top six of whom have more than 100 years of experience.

MAPLE SYRUP

Jack & Jill Maple Hill Farm • Paw Paw, MI
For 35 years, Jack and Jill Brown have made syrup with the help of their family. 

BREAD

Zingerman’s • Ann Arbor, MI
zingermans.com

CANDY

Zingerman’s • Ann Arbor, MI
zingermans.com