Taste the Local Difference 2016 by MyNorth

guide to local food

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2016 | localdifference.org

Upper Peninsula - Northeast Michigan - Northwest Michigan

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Table of Contents 3Meet the Cover Model Local Food for Everyone

Certiﬁed Local Food Events Buy Local Year-round

Product Diﬀerentiation

Goodwill Farm to Freezer

The U.P. Food Exchange

Oleson’s A Community Retailer

What’s on the Menu?

Local Food & Farms of Northeast Michigan

Soil is the Greatest Connector of Lives

Local Food & Farms of Grand Traverse County

Behind the Scenes onto your Plate

Northern Michigan Farmers Markets

Northern Michigan Wines

Local Food and Health: Feeding our Neighbors

Local Food & Farms of Leelanau County

Local Food & Farms of Benzie, Manistee, Wexford & Missaukee Counties

The Local Agriculture Behind Our Libations

Northern Michigan Beer, Cider, Mead & Spirits

Local Food and Health: Connecting the Dots

A Hub of Activity

Northern Michigan U-Pick Farms

Glossary

Local Food & Farms of Emmet, Charlevoix, Antrim & Kalkaska Counties

Local Food & Farms of the Upper Peninsula

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Taste the Local Difference® is a social enterprise of the Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities. For more information on our parent non-profit organization, please visit www. groundworkcenter.org Taste the Local Difference® is: Bill Palladino — CEO Tricia Phelps — Operations Director, N Michigan Local Food Coordinator Kim Bayer — SE Michigan Local Food Coordinator Sharon May — Farm to Resource Coordinator The TLD Guide to Local Food is published by Local Difference, LLC® 1610 Barlow Street, Suite 101 Traverse City MI 49686 Phone: (231) 941-6584 Email: info@localdifference.org www.localdifference.org

MEET the COVER MODEL:

Morganic Farm, near Fife Lake, has been raising chickens for over 11 years. And this handsome Araucana "takes the honor of being the most beautiful bird we’ve ever had,” said owner Stuart Kunkle. When this exotic rooster chick came to Morganic as a bonus in their hatchery order, who would have expected he'd be a star. In front of the camera he struck pose after pose and Michael Pohleman captured this perfect cover look. This particular rooster is gentle around people and guards his girls very bravely, like a knight in shining armor. Morganic Farm plans to use this gorgeous guy and a few other roosters to begin their own hatchery later this year. You can pick up Morganic Farm’s free range, non-gmo eggs at the farm on M-113, Oryana Natural Food Market, or join the egg share CSA with a pick-up location on Three Mile Road in Traverse City. Learn more about Morganic Farm and their protein/ vegetable CSA shares by looking them up at localdiﬀerence.org.

Layout & Design: MyNorth Media, Heather Gray Map Design: Flight Path Creative Cover Shot: Michael Poehlman Photo Contributors: Christina Carson, Gary Howe, Michael Poehlman, Erin O’Malley, Tricia Phelps, Cherry Capital Foods, Courtney Michalik, Bill Palladino

LOCAL FOOD FOR EVERYONE

Over the last year, Taste the Local Difference® (TLD) has added a lot of new territory. For the first time ever we are including all of northern Michigan’s food & farming community— both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. That’s why we’ve nearly doubled the size of this publication, the 13th edition of our annual Guide to Local Food. We’re using our decade-plus of experience in local food marketing to serve communities in 37 counties. Growth beyond our former 10-county service area began last year, with Washtenaw County, in southeast Michigan. So, in 2016, TLD is publishing not one, but two editions of the Guide to Local Food. The second version will debut in southeast Michigan this July. Beyond growing our service area, TLD is making a renewed commitment to our mission of “helping food businesses and the communities we serve realize the economic value of local food, while ensuring that fresh, healthy, local food is available to all consumers.” We know our health, and the health of our communities, is directly connected to the food we eat. That is why we strongly believe that everyone should have access to fresh, healthy, local food. Access is about affordability, it’s about awareness, and it’s about education. We hope you’ll use this guide as a resource to find local food throughout northern Michigan, and share it with friends and family. We promise to do our part: read on and you’ll learn more about initiatives we’re supporting in our area to bring more good food to more and more people.

By Tricia Phelps - TLD Operations Director

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About certified local food event ™

Do you love local food, and fun community events? ee o r e e o or e er i ed ocal ood en badge. This badge is worn only by events that have een cer i ed a e e ocal iﬀerence erein at least 20% of the total food costs are spent on local food and zero-waste initiatives are in place. With the mindset of "farm to fork and back again" — the er i ed ocal ood en adge gi e con dence o con er a i in ol ed in all a ec of food vending at the event. And it serves as an additional marketing tool to help promote sustainable events to an audience that strongly supports the local food community.

Buy Local Year Round

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Many locally produced items are available all year long in northern Michigan, including:

Eggs Milk Cheese Ice Cream Yogurt Butter Meat Fish Dried Fruit Frozen Fruit & Veggies

Jams Sauces Salsas Hot Sauces Breads Baked Goods Granola Honey Maple Syrup Chocolates

Vinegars Herbal Teas Juice Cider Wine Beer Distilled Spirits Pickled Vegetables Flour

There are also plenty of non-food items that come from the farms, ﬁelds, and forests of northern Michigan: soaps, lotions, balms, sachets, yarns, and other products made with local ingredients.

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PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION

Look for Taste the Local Difference materials to find local food in stores and throughout your community. TLD specializes in point-of-sale materials that differentiate locally grown or made products on the shelf and in the produce cooler.

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Goodwill Farm to Freezer

SHARRON MAY

written by: Christina Carson

Winter in Northern Michigan presents a formidable challenge when it comes to sourcing local produce. While season extension systems and storage crops provide great options, the depths of winter still result in limited local produce availability. Exciting as these systems are, additional local produce choices are always a welcome joy in the winter months. Thankfully, here in northern Michigan we’re blessed with the Goodwill Farm to Freezer program. Goodwill’s Farm to Freezer purchases fruits and vegetables ro local ar er and a ree e e o o r co ni can have access to summer produce all year long. Farm to Freezer products — including everything from cherries, peaches, and blueberries to asparagus, carrots, and romanesco — are available to retail consumers in more than 25 grocery stores. And it doesn’t end there! Larger packages are also available for restaurants and institutions. In fact, the whole operation began with the hope of bringing more local produce into school cafeterias and that’s just what they’re doing. Students throughout the region are getting e ci ed a o local ra errie l e errie ca li o er and carrot medleys. For the farmers, Farm to Freezer creates an new outlet for their products, allowing more to be grown and sold than would normally be consumed by customers during the summer months. In 2015, the program purchased 120,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables from farms throughout the region, and in 2016 they expect to purchase an incredible 180,000 pounds. Farm to Freez-

er has also begun production of an organic line of local fruits and vegetables to reach another consumer and producer audience. Not only is Farm to Freezer creating a much-needed outlet for local produce, but they’re also helping an underserved population get back on their feet in the process. The folks who work in the Farm to Freezer kitchen preparing and freezing the produce are gaining new skills and developing workforce experience that a o er i e e di c l o nd. e e icall ad ro le starting anew after various unfortunate circumstances, but Farm to Freezer gives them a second chance. The transitional work experience program includes an intensive one-week training, followed by 90 days of paid work experience in the kitchen. This understanding and supportive environment i e ac l a an eo le need o regain eir con dence and learn valuable work skills to change their lives for the better. Every purchase of Farm to Freezer products — for the home kitchen, a small restaurant, or an entire school district — is a in in in i a ion ar er are ene ing gaining a larger market for their crops, local people in need of a second chance are gaining valuable skills to reenter the workforce, and consumers are given an additional way to support our local economy. o ne i e o nd o r el in e ree er ai le con ider choosing a Farm to Freezer product. It’s a simple way to support o r co ni on an le el and a or l local rod ce on your table all year long.

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Oleson’s A Community Retailer written by: Tricia Phelps

Many people in northwest Lower Michigan hold the Oleson family name in high-regard. For some, it’s about the gifts the Oleson Family Foundation makes to local organizations; for others, it’s the region’s five Oleson’s Food Stores. But either way, it’s clear that the Oleson family cares deeply about strengthening our community. Gerald and Frances Oleson opened a small grocery store on Front Street in Traverse City in June 1926, and lived in the apartment directly above it. With community support the business grew into a larger location just down the street and later expanded to Petoskey, Charlevoix, and Manistee, with the involvement of their sons. Thirty-six years after opening their first location, in 1962, the couple founded the Oleson Family Foundation with the goal of continually performing good works in northwest Lower Michigan. Today, Gerald and Frances’ grandchildren and greatgrandchildren continue to manage the operation of Oleson’s Food Stores. And their family’s founding legacy is still deeply rooted in the business. “I take incredible pride in our name and guard its reputation to the fullest extent,” said co-owner Brad Oleson “My family history brought us to where we are. I take a lot of pride in that, and I back it up 100 percent.” The Oleson’s relationship with the local community is an important way they differentiate themselves from their larger competitors. As a regional grocer, they’ve

built important one-on-one connections with both their customers and local food producers. “We try to bring in as much local as we can,” said Oleson, “and to bring in niche items or unique products people are asking for.” With local products in their stores, the Olesons use Taste the Local Diﬀerence® branding to diﬀerentiate local food on the shelves and in the produce coolers. Fresh, local produce and proteins are an Oleson’s specialty and the company has become well-known for ensuring these items are regularly available. Larger national retailers may sometimes be able to offer lower prices, but people are realizing that price isn’t always the most important factor in food purchasing decisions. Educated consumers are comparing price with quality and community—when a product is cheaper, but the money spent on it leaves the local community, they’re considering the real cost of that product instead. Businesses owned and operated by local people often contribute much more to the vibrancy and well-being of the community as a whole. Spending your dollars at local stores with local products is a crucial way to show your support. “We give our customers the service and the selection they’re looking for,” said Oleson “And we believe in our people. Our employees are the ones that have built this company and without them we would not be here.”

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Local Food & Farms of

NORTHEAST MICHIGAN Northeast Michigan is the heartland of Michigan’s northern tier. It

If you’re traveling up the center of the state on I-75, get off on any

comprises the “sunrise coast” from Au Gres on up to Mackinaw City

exit between West Branch and the Mackinac Bridge and you’ll

and westward to approximately I-75. The entire region is rich with

find recreational activities and unique treasures in any direction.

agricultural features, forests, lakes, and recreational opportunities

Discover more about this part of our state by visiting our website,

of all sorts. From hunting, fishing, hiking, biking and boating,

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FARMS 1

Harvest Thyme Farm & Vineyards, LLC 231-420-2656 harvestthymefarm.com 4795 Polish Line Rd, Cheboygan, MI 49721

b & B Farms 616-204-0085 canolaoilproducts.com 9775 Haskell Lake Rd, Marion, MI 49665

SPECIALTY PRODUCERS 2

Sweet Blossom Honey 231-548-5145 sweetblossomhoney.com 9084 Parke Rd, Alanson, MI 49706

belcher’s MaPLE SYRUP 231-743-2466 belchersmaplesyrup.com 19917 M-115, Marion, MI 49665

become a Become tld partner Taste the Local Difference® Partners are the incredible businesses that make our local food community what

plath’s meats 989-734-2232 plathsmeats.com 116 S Third St, Rogers City, MI 49779

it is. They are unique and passionate people, running businesses committed to supporting our local economy through food and agriculture. As Partners they receive marketing services and support from TLD. Most importantly our partners are honest

NEMCOG. The Northeast Michigan Council

is an effort to bring together individuals

of Governments (NEMCOG), part of the

from the public and private sectors to work

Northeast Michigan Regional Prosperity

together to raise the level of prosperity in the

Collaborative, is a regional planning agency

region. One of the goals of the Prosperity

and honest exchange of information

committed to facilitating the development

Collaborative is to expand, enhance, and

of intergovernmental cooperation and

support the local food cluster in the region as

between producer and consumer.

coordination within Northeast Michigan. The

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Hillman 23

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FARMS 1

Harvest Thyme Farm & Vineyards, LLC 231-420-2656 harvestthymefarm.com 4795 Polish Line Rd, Cheboygan, MI 49721

b & B Farms 616-204-0085 canolaoilproducts.com 9775 Haskell Lake Rd, Marion, MI 49665

Sweet Blossom Honey 231-548-5145 sweetblossomhoney.com 9084 Parke Rd, Alanson, MI 49706

plath’s meats 989-734-2232 plathsmeats.com 116 S Third St, Rogers City, MI 49779

belcher’s MaPLE SYRUP 231-743-2466 belchersmaplesyrup.com 19917 M-115, Marion, MI 49665

More Local Food & Farming Partners AJ’s Berry Farm 989-379-3061

Cedarbrook Trout Farm 989-724-5241

Higgins Pumpkin Farm 989-733-4450

Oscoda-AuSable Farm Market 989-362-8688

Alcona County Farm Market 989-724-8229

Cheboygan Farmers’ Market 231-627-3337

Huron View Tree and Berry Farm 800-979-8733

Presque Isle Farm 971-322-6226

Alpena Farmer’s Market 989-225-9372

Czaikas Blueberry Farm 989-362-4638

Knaebe’s Mmmunchy Krunchy Apple Farm 989-734-2567

Sweet Blossom Honey 231-548-5145

AuGres Downtown Farmer’s Market 989-876-8811

Golden River Orchard 231-625-2566

Leesburg Farms 989-736-8655

Triple H Ranch 989-356-4069

Britt Family Pure Maple Syrup 989-362-0084

Harmony Acres Bee Farm 989-736-8636

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Local Food & Farms of

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY Grand Traverse County’s rolling hills overlook inland lakes and miles

percent of the total land area. The region’s first permanent settlement

of Lake Michigan shoreline. “Grand Traverse” is derived from the

was made on what’s known today as the Old Mission Peninsula,

French phrase for “long crossing” due to its location along the bay

one of northwest Michigan’s best-known wine regions. Some of

by the same name. The county is a major tourist destination known

the region’s first Riesling grapes, for which the area is known, were

for its abundant recreational activities, natural beauty and diverse

planted here more than 40 years ago. The county is also home

agriculture—farmland in Grand Traverse County makes up about 18

to Traverse City—known as the Cherry Capital of the World.

FARMS & FARMERS MARKETS 1

Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market 231-922-2050 downtowntc.com Cass St & Grandview Pkwy, Traverse City, MI 49684

The Village Farmers Market 231-941-1900 thevillagetc.com 830 Cottageview Dr, Ste 1011, Traverse City, MI 49684

Boss Mouse Cheese 231-263-0060 bossmousecheese.com Kingsley, MI 49649

Buchan’s Blueberry Hill 231-223-4846 buchansblueberryhill.com 1472 Nelson Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686

Gallagher Centennial Farm 231-218-0771 gallagherfarms.com 5904 N long Lake Rd, Traverse City, MI 49685

Groleau’s Farm Market 231-929-9654 groleaus.com 2100 Hammond Rd E, Traverse City, MI 49686

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Hall Farms 231-946-2985 8118 North Long Lake Rd, Traverse City, MI 49685

MI Local Hops 231-620-5627 milocalhops.com 5555 Arnold Rd, Williamsburg, MI 49690

Moomers Farm Creamery 231-941-4122 moomers.com 7385 North Long Lake Rd, Traverse City, MI 49684

Morganic Farm 231-879-3814 morganicfarm.com 8040 M 113 E, Fife Lake, MI 49633

Wagon Wheel Farm 231-267-5942 6584 Bates Rd, Williamsburg, MI 49690

Warren Orchards-Between the Bays 231-645-8300 2705 Island View Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686

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Aerie Restaurant 231-534-6000 grandtraverseresort.com/dining 100 Grand Traverse Village Blvd, Acme, MI 49610

Alliance 231-642-5545 foodfooralliance.com 114 Hall St, Suite 107, Traverse City, MI 49684

Amical 231-941-8888 amical.com 229 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Bistro Fou Fou 231-421-6583 bistrofoufou.com 118 Cass St, Traverse City, MI 49684

BLK MRKT 231-714-5038 blkmrkt.coffee 144 Hall St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Harvest Restaurant 231-486-6037 roamingharvest.com 113 E State St, Traverse City, MI 49684

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Little Bohemia 231-946-6925 LilBo.com 540 W Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Mission Table Restaurant 231-223-4222 missiontable.net 13512 Peninsula Dr, Old Mission Peninsula, MI 49686

Morsels Espresso + Edibles 231-421-1353 morselsbakery.com 321 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Pangea’s Pizza 231-946-9800 pangeaspizza.com 135 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

The Cooks’ House

231-946-8700 cookshousetc.com 115 Wellington St, Traverse City, MI 49686

The Franklin

231-943-2727 thefranklintc.com 160 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

The Little Fleet

231-943-1116 thelittlefleet.co 448 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Trattoria Stella 231-929-8989 stellatc.com 1200 W 11th St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Grey Hare Inn Vineyard Bed & Breakfast 231-947-2214 greyhareinn.com 1994 Carroll Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686

lake street cafe 231-947-0191 oryana.coop 260 E 10th St, Traverse City, MI 49684

The Restaurant at LochenHeath 231-938-9800 lochenheath.com/dining/ 7951 Turnberry Circle, Williamsburg, MI 49690

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Spanglish 231-943-1453 spanglishtc.com 1333 Yellow Dr, Traverse City, MI 49684

The Towne Plaza 231-929-0900 facebook.com/TheTownePlaza 203 Cass St, Traverse City, MI 49684

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Taproot Cider House 231-943-2500 taproottc.com 300 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Grand Traverse Distillery 231-947-8635 grandtraversedistillery.com 215 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Rare Bird Brewpub 231-943-2053 rarebirdbrewpub.com 229 Lake Ave, Traverse City, MI 49684

Right Brain Brewery 231-944-1239 rightbrainbrewery.com 225 E 16th St, Traverse City, MI 49684

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Black Star Farms - Old Mission 231-944-1300 blackstarfarms.com 360 McKinley Rd E, Old Mission Peninsula, MI 49686

Chateau Chantal winery & inn 800-969-4009 chateauchantal.com 15900 Rue de Vin, Old Mission Peninsula, MI 49686

Chateau Grand Traverse Winery 800-283-0247 cgtwines.com 12239 Center Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686

jolly pumpkin 231-223-4333 jollypumpkin.com 13512 Peninsula Dr, Old Mission Peninsula, MI 49686

Left Foot Charley 231-995-0500 leftfootcharley.com 806 Red Dr, Traverse City, MI 49684

Rove Estate Vineyard & Winery 231-421-7001 roveestate.com 7007 E Traverse Hwy, Traverse City, MI 49684

TASTES of Black Star Farms 231-944-1349 blackstarfarms.com/tastes 800 Cottageview Dr, Ste 35, Traverse City, MI 49684

Hawthorne Vineyards

Workshop Brewery

Acoustic Taproom

231-929-4206 hawthornevineyards.com 1000 Camino Maria Dr, Old Mission Peninsula, MI 49686

RETAIL

231-421-8977 traversecityworkshop.com 221 Garland St, Traverse City, MI 49684

231-275-2041 drinkacoustic.com 119 N Maple, Traverse City, MI 49684

231-995-1700 www.nmc.edu/ees 1701 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49686

Burritt’s Fresh Markets 231-946-3300 burrittsmarket.com 509 W Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Edson Farms 231-941-5221 edsonfarms.com 835 S Garfield Ave, Traverse City, MI 49686

Evergreen Market 231-342-3994 milocalfood.com 8066 US 31 N, Williamsburg, MI 49690

Oleson’s Food Store - TC Plaza East 231-941-9000 olesonsfoods.com 1100 E Hammond Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686

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Oleson’s Food Store - TC Plaza West #607 231-947-6510 olesonsfoods.com 3860 N Long Lake Rd, Traverse City, MI 49685

Oryana community co-op 231-947-0191 oryana.coop 260 E 10th St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Peppercorn 231-941-4146 peppercorntc.com 226 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

The Cheese Lady 231-421-9600 thecheeselady.net 600 W Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Tom’s Food Market - 14th Street 231-946-4115 1201 S Division St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Tom’s Food Market - Acme 231-938-2400 toms-foodmarkets.com 6353 US 31 N, Williamsburg, MI 49690

Tom’s Food Market - East Bay 231-947-7175 toms-foodmarkets.com 738 Munson Ave, Traverse City, MI 49686

Tom’s Food Market - Interlochen 231-944-1552 toms-foodmarkets.com 9475 Market Dr, Interlochen, MI 49643

Tom’s Food Market - West Bay 231-947-7290 toms-foodmarkets.com 13940 S West Bay Shore Dr, Traverse City MI 49684

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American Spoon, Traverse City 231-935-4480 spoon.com 230 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Bay Bread 231-922-8022 baybreadco.com 601 Randolph St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Big Dipper Dough Co 231-883-6035 bigdipperdough.com 1610 Barlow St, Ste 109, Traverse City, MI 49686

Brownwood Farms 231-267-9444 brownwoodfarms.com 6211 S Railway Commons, Williamsburg, MI 49690

Cherry Republic Store - Traverse City 231-932-9205 cherryrepublic.com 154 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

Cultured Ferments Co. 517-206-1960 drinkcultured.com 1610 Barlow St, Ste 108, Traverse City, MI 49686

Goodwill Industries Farm to Freezer 231-944-0678 goodwillnmi.org/freezer 2889 Aero Park Dr, Traverse City, MI 49684

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Grand Traverse Culinary Oils & Flours 231-590-2180 gtculinaryoils.com 2780 Cass Rd, Traverse City, MI 49684

Great Lakes Potato Chips 231-944-4049 Greatlakespotatochips.com 6806 E Traverse Hwy, Traverse City, MI 49684

GreeneTown Foods 231-922-2353 greenetownfoods.com 13414 S West Bayshore Dr, Traverse City, MI 49684

Higher Grounds coffee 231-922-9009 highergroundstrading.com 806 Red Dr, Ste 150, Traverse City, MI 49684

Kale Mary, LLC 231-642-2227 originalkalemary.com 1610 Barlow St, Ste 105, Traverse City, MI 49684

Louie’s Meats 231-946-4811 louiesmeats.com 2040 Cass Rd, Traverse City, MI 49684

Natural Northern Foods, LLC 231-360-3131 naturalnorthernfoods.com 5805 Sunset View Dr, Traverse City, MI 49684

Northwoods Soda 231-267-5853 northwoodssoda.com 5450 Broomhead Rd, Williamsburg, MI 49690

Notably Natural Botanicals & Aromatherapy 231-929-1100 notably-natural.co 800 Cottageview Dr, Ste 25, Traverse City, MI 49684

Press On Juice 231-409-9325 pressonjuice.com 1125 E 8th St, Traverse City, MI 49686 134 E Front St, Traverse City, Mi 49684

Rick Rick’s Pickled Stix 231-947-9424 415 S Cass St, Ste A, Traverse City, MI 49684

RRR Meats 231-269-3538 90 Muskoday Trl, Buckley, MI 49620

Benjamin Twiggs cherry products 231-947-0208 benjamintwiggs.com 1213 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49686

Fresh Coast Chocolate 231-342-9381 freshcoastchocolate.com 221 Garland St, Ste D, Traverse City, MI 49684

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More Local Food & Farming Partners Bratschi Orchards 231-409-5893

Jacob’s Farm & Corn Maze 231-632-6293

Potter Road Raspberries 231-947-6457

Stoneacre Farm 231-275-6350

Chaney Farm and Market 231-267-9956

Kingsley Farmers Market 231-263-5902

Real Eyes Homestead

The Rehmann Farm 231-929-7280

Cherry Center Farm Market 231-645-1525

McManus Southview Orchards 231-946-5867

Rennie Orchards 231-264-8387

The Saskatoon Berry Patch 231-938-1776

Croft Chestnuts 231-633-1277

Nicholas Farm & Vineyard 231-409-2722

River Valley Farms & Meats 231-313-0413

Walnut Lane Farm 231-947-6595

Engle Ridge Farm 231-264-9694

Ocanas Farm 231-883-3548

Robbins Farm Market 231-947-9360

Werp Farms 231-263-7239

Four Co Farmers Market 231-313-1673

Old Hundredth Farm 231-263-7706

Rolling Meadows Farms 231-263-5327

Youker Farm Market 231-943-4003

Hilbert’s Honey Bees 231-938-9032

Olds Brothers Maple Syrup 231-263-5683

Saskatoon MI Farm and Nursery 231-360-0311

Zenner Farms 231-263-5339

Holmestead Farm 231-668-7482

Ona Mission 231-223-4820

Schichtel Nursery and Vineyard 231-883-6111

Hoxsie’s Farm Market 231-267-9087

Pahl Farms 231-342-5662

SEEDS Educational Farm 231-947-0312

Interlochen Farmers Market 231-378-4488

Peak Season CSA 231-313-1471

Shangri-La Too 231-499-0106

Interwater Farms 231-264-8291

Petal Pushers Greenhouse 231-935-1775

Spring Hill Farm and Vineyard 231-941-1372

Island View Vineyard 231-223-4642

Pine Hill Village Gardens 231-941-1808

Spring Hollow Farm 231-620-3585

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Wine grapes are a special crop for northern Michigan. They represent a signiďŹ cant economic value for the wine they eventually become, and they also provide a visual appeal that is a signature of our landscape. A trip to any one of the wineries or vineyards listed here will set your senses alight. Sitting in a northern Michigan tasting room, looking out over picturesque rolling hills with acres of vines, will provide you memories for a lifetime.

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NE LOWER MICHIGAN

NW LOWER MICHIGAN 2 Lads Winery Old Mission Peninsula 45 North Vineyard & Winery Lake Leelanau Aurora Cellars Lake Leelanau Bel Lago Vineyards & Winery Cedar Black Star Farms Suttons Bay & Old Mission Peninsula Blustone Vineyards Lake Leelanau Boathouse Vineyards Lake Leelanau Bonobo Winery Old Mission Peninsula Boskydel Vineyards Lake Leelanau Bowers Harbor Vineyards Old Mission Peninsula Brengman Brothers at Crain Hill Vineyard Traverse City Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery Old Mission Peninsula Chateau Chantal Old Mission Peninsula Chateau de Leelanau Vineyard & Winery Suttons Bay Chateau Fontaine Lake Leelanau Chateau Grand Traverse Winery Old Mission Peninsula Cherry Republic Glen Arbor Ciccone Vineyard & Winery Suttons Bay

Green Bird Cellars & Organic Farms Northport

Nicholas’ Black River Vineyard & Winery Cheboygan

Harbor Springs Vineyard & Winery Harbor Springs

Modern Craft Winery Harrisville, West Branch & Au Gres

Hawthore Vineyards Old Mission Peninsula

Rose Valley Winery Rose City

Laurentide Winery Lake Leelanau Leelanau Wine Cellars Omena Left Foot Charley Traverse City Longview Winery Cedar Mackinaw Trail Winery Petoskey Maple Moon Sugarbush & Winery Petoskey Mari Vineyards Old Mission Peninsula Mawby Suttons Bay Peninsula Cellars Old Mission Peninsula Pleasantview Winery Harbor Springs Raftshol Vineyards Suttons Bay Rove Estate Vineyard & Winery Traverse City Rudbeckia Winery Petoskey Shady Lane Cellars Suttons Bay Silver Leaf Vineyard & Winery Suttons Bay St. Ambrose Cellars Beulah

Crooked Vine Vineyards & Winery Alanson

TASTES of Black Star Farms Traverse City

Douglas Valley Winery Manistee

Verterra Winery Leland

Good Harbor Vineyards Lake Leelanau

Willow Vineyards Suttons Bay follow us on

Stoney Acres Winery Alpena Thunder Bay Winery Alpena Valley Mist Vineyards Rose City

UPPER PENINSULA Carousel Winery South Range Garden Bay Winery Munising Leigh’s Garden Winery Escanaba Mackinac Trail Winery Manistique Northern Sun Winery Bark River St. Charles Winery Marquette Threefold Vine Winery Stephenson

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Local Food & Farms of

LEELANAU COUNTY Leelanau County is known for its 100 miles of shoreline, 33

Leelanau County, along with several other counties in northwest

inland lakes, five islands, thousands of acres of farmland, quaint

Michigan, is ideally suited for fruit production—tart cherries in

little towns, and beautiful sunsets. Leelanau, meaning “Delight

particular—due to its climate and soil. The county also sits close to

of Life,” is bordered on three sides by Lake Michigan and is

the 45th parallel, a longitude known for growing prestigious grape

commonly called “The County” by locals. It’s home to

varietals. There are currently 25 wineries on the Leelanau Peninsula

the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, voted “The Most

and the region is becoming a well known wine tasting destination.

Beautiful Place in America” by Good Morning America in 2011.

FARMS 1

9 Bean Rows Farmstead & CSA 231-271-1175 9beanrows.com 5441 N Overlook Rd, Northport, MI 49670

Bakkers Acres 231-620-4260 2677 N Setterbo Rd, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

Bardenhagen Berries/Homestead Hill CSA 231-271-3026 bardenhagenberries.com 7990 E Horn Rd, Lake Leelanau, MI 49653

Bardenhagen Farm 231-271-3199 bardenhagenfarms.com 7881 E Pertner Rd, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

Cherry Beach Orchards 231-620-8180 855 S Stony Point Rd, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

Delight of Life Farm 231-218-0869 3762 S Center Hwy, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

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Gill’s Pier Ranch 231-256-7355 gillspierranch.com 5620 N Manitou Trl, Northport, MI 49670

Great Lakes Ranch 231-228-1157 greatlakesranch.com 5718 S Bohemian Rd, Maple City, MI 49664

La Casa Verde Produce 231-228-2186 8202 S Schomberg Rd, Cedar, MI 49621

Loma Farm 970-217-5904 lomafarm.com 7606 E Birch Point Rd, Traverse City, MI 49684

Michigan Hop Alliance 616-403-6880 michiganhopalliance.com 5790 N Omena Rd, Omena, MI 49674

Spruce Hill Farm 231-645-0453 sprucehillfarm.us 310 W Valley Rd, Maple City, MI 49664

Sweeter Song Farm 231-920-5204 sweetersongfarm.com 4955 S Schomberg Rd, Cedar, MI 49621

VerSnyder Orchards 231-866-0469 versnydersfruit.com 1524 S Lake Shore Dr, Lake Leelanau, MI 49653

Gallagher’s Farm Market 231-947-1689 gallaghersfarmmarkettc.com 7237 E Traverse Hwy, Traverse City, MI 49684

Idyll Farms 231-386-7823 idyllfarms.com 10901 E Peterson Park Rd, Northport, MI 49670

Second Spring Farm 231-944-8946 secondspringfarm.net 7155 E Hoxie Rd, Cedar, MI 49621

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Tandem Ciders 231-271-0050 tandemciders.com 2055 N Setterbo Rd, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

Blustone Vineyards 231-256-0146 blustonevineyards.com 780 N Sylt Rd, PO Box 292, Lake Leelanau, MI 49653

agri-tours Grand Traverse Bike Tours 231-421-6815 grandtraversebiketours.com 318 St Joseph St, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

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9 Bean Rows CafÉ 231-271-1175 9beanrows.com 303 N St Joseph, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

Art’s Tavern 231-326-5275 artsglenarbor.com 6487 Western Ave, Glen Arbor, MI 49636

Bella Fortuna 231-994-2400 bellafortunarestaurant.com 104 W Main St, Lake Leelanau, MI 49653

Funistrada 231-334-3900 trat-funistrada.com 4566 W MacFarlane Rd, Maple City, MI 49664

Good Harbor Grill 231-334-3555 glenarborwest.com 6584 Western Ave, Glen Arbor, MI 49630

Hearth & Vine Cafe at Black Star Farms 231-944-1297 blackstarfarms.com 10844 E Revold Rd, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

La Becasse 231-334-3944 restaurantlabecasse.com 9001 S Dunns Farm Rd, Maple City, MI 49664

Martha’s Leelanau Table 231-271-2344 marthasleelanautable.com 413 N St Joseph St, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

The Redheads 231-256-7720 redheadsinc.com 202 W Main St, Lake Leelanau, MI 49653

The Riverside Inn 231-256-9971 theriverside-inn.com 302 River St, Leland, MI 49654

45 North Vineyard & Winery 231-271-1188 fortyﬁvenorth.com 8580 E Horn Rd, Lake Leelanau, MI 49653

Black Star Farms 231-944-1270 blackstarfarms.com 10844 Revold Rd, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

Blustone Vineyards 231-256-0146 blustonevineyards.com 780 N Sylt Rd, PO Box 292, Lake Leelanau, MI 49653

Mawby 231-271-3522 lmawby.com 4519 S Elm Valley Rd, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

green bird Cellars & Organic Farm 231-386-5636 greenbirdcellars.com 9825 Engles Rd, Northport, MI 49670

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Epicure Catering 231-360-0042 caterleelanau.com 5530 Northwest Bayshore Dr, Omena, MI 49674

Anderson’s Glen Arbor Market 231-334-3149 andersonsglenarbor.com 6545 Western Ave, Glen Arbor, MI 49636

Tom’s Food Market - Northport 231-386-5721 toms-foodmarkets.com 105 Nagonaba St, Northport, MI 49670

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9 Bean Rows Bakery 231-271-6658 9beanrows.com 9000 E Duck Lake Rd, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

Cherry Republic Store - Glen Arbor 231-334-3150 6026 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI 49636

Idyll Farms 231-386-7823 idyllfarms.com 10901 E Peterson Park Rd, Northport, MI 49670

231-642-5550 lpwines.com 10783 E Cherry Bend Rd, Studio 1, Traverse City, MI 49684

Leelanau Peninsula Maple Sugarbush 231-386-5098 10361 E Melkild Rd, Northport, MI 49670

Leelanau Cheese 231-271-2600 leelanaucheese.com 3324 S West Bay Shore Dr, Suttons Bay, MI 49682

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More Local Food & Farming Partners Alpers Berry Farm 231-271-6656

Field of Flowers Farm 231-256-9530

Maple Achers Farm 231-642-1624

Sleeping Bear Orchards 231-326-3276

Bare Knuckle Farm LLC 734-395-0672

Glen Arbor Farmers Market 231-256-9888

Meadowlark Farm 231-256-6980

Sonnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farm 847-271-6002

Big Belly Farm 231-883-1366

Good Harbor Farm 231-866-1079

New Mission Organics 616-403-6880

Stonyfield Acres 231-228-5058

Birch Point Farm 231-933-7256

Healing Tree Farm 231-499-8188

Northport Farmers Market 231-256-9888

Suttons Bay Farmers Market 231-256-9888

Breeze Hill Greenhouse 231-941-7295

Hillside Homestead 231-271-1131

Omena Cut Flowers U-Pick 231-883-8327

TLC Hydroponics 231-271-4754

Bunny Hop Ranch 231-620-8206

Hubbell Farm 231-228-6390

Omena Organics 231-386-9795

Valentine Tree Farm 231-228-5265

Cedar Sol Hydro Farm 231-883-8080

Kilchermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christmas Cove Farm 231-386-5637

Perbellus Flower Farm 231-714-7327

Wests Windy Acres Farm 231-947-5683

Clean Plate Farm 231-360-1865

Lake Leelanau Farmers Market 231-256-9888

Plant Masters of Suttons Bay 231-271-4769

Woodland Herb Farm 231-386-9131

Cottonwood Springs Farm 231-228-6578

Leelanau Lavender Breezes 231-994-2180

Popp Farm 231-271-3209

Cross Farms Saskatoons 231-386-5406

Leelanau Piedmontese Beef 231-228-5166

Price Farms 231-256-7385

Empire Farmers Market 241-714-4881

Leland Farmers Market 231-256-9888

Provemont Hydrofarms 231-256-9110

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“One of the healthiest red meats in the world. Extremely high in protein and low in fat, yak meat has Omega-3 levels that are greater than some fish and chicken. It is arguably the lowest in cholesterol of the red meats. Not to mention its delicate and unique sweet taste!

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· La Viande - The Red Meat of the South American Altiplano Same nutritional benefits as yak, but with a taste similar to high–end beef!

- DOWNTOWN OUTDOOR DINING 203 Cass Street, Traverse City | 231.929.0900 www.TheTownePlaza.com

Tasting Room · Fresh vegetables LFC grown on our ranch - pesticide free! 806 Red Drive · Fiber and fiber products. · Farm tours to get upTraverse close andCity, learnMIabout our unique and sustainable livestock.

231.995.0500 GILLSPIERRANCH.COM | 231.256.7355 5620 leftfootcharley.com N MANITOU TRAIL, NORTHPORT, MI

WINE & HARD CIDER FROM LOCAL FARMS, MUNCHIES, MUSIC, EVENT SPACE, WI-FI, HIKING TRAILS ACCESS LFC Tasting Room 806 Red Drive Traverse City 231.995.0500 leftfootcharley.com

VINEYARD & TASTING ROOM roveestate.com | 231.421.7001 7007 E. Traverse Hwy, Traverse City MI LOCATED IN LEELANAU COUNTY

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European Style Cafe

Featuring entrees with local farm-fresh ingredients. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with our fine pastries, espresso bar, wine, beer & cocktails. ENTREES

Prix Fixe Dinner Special 5:00-6:00 pm • $21 The Red House in Downtown Suttons Bay 231.271.2344 • marthasleelanautable.com

• Distinctive, casual, lakeside dining since 1994 • Fresh fish, steaks, chicken, pasta & locally grown fruits and vegetables. • Complete bar. Large Selection of beer, wine, spirits & specialty martinis. • Weekly features. • Delectable desserts daily.

Overlooking Portage Lake M-22 · Onekama, MI • 231-889-3734 www.glenwoodrestaurant.com

Historic by Nature Guided historic tours available.

Weekly Farmers Market

ALLIANCE

Quaint Shops, Dining & Drinks in a Park Setting

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800 Cottageview Dr. at Silver Dr., Downtown Traverse City www.thevillagetc.com The Minervini Group: 231-941-1900

Featuring the best available produce, meat, poultry, fish and wine from Michigan and Grand Traverse region growers. 16th Floor | Grand Traverse Resort and Spa

231-534-6800 | grandtraverseresort.com/aerie Owned & Operated by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

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BENZIE, MANISTEE WEXFORD & MISSAUKEE COUNTIES Benzie, Manistee, Wexford and Missaukee counties represent

Missaukee County produces the largest acreage of Christmas

the southern and western-most edges of what we consider

trees in Michigan, with Wexford and Manistee counties

northwest Michigan. Together they account for almost half of the

among Michigan’s top 10 for tree production as well. Benzie

farmland in the entire region with approximately 204,787 acres

County earns its place as one of the state’s top 10 tart cherry

dedicated to agriculture. The farmland varies from commodity

producers. The region is well known for its forests and rivers,

farms and small-scale farming, to livestock and wooded farmland.

attracting tourists and vacationers throughout the year.

FARMS & FARMERS MARKETS 1

3rd Day Farm Market 231-884-8285 3rddayfarm.com 3234 S La Chance Rd, Lake City, MI 49651

Grow Benzie 231-882-9510 GrowBenzie.org 5885 Frankfort Hwy, Benzonia, MI 49616

Lake City Farmers Market 231-839-4969 lakecitymich.com 107 S Main St, Lake City, MI 49651

Manistee Farmers Market 616-901-3052 manisteekitchen.org 180 Memorial Dr, Manistee, MI 49660

3rd Day Farm 231-884-8285 3rddayfarm.com 3234 S La Chance Rd, Lake City, MI 49651

Brown’s Poplar Ridge Orchards 231-889-3513 11317 Erdman Rd, Onekama, MI 49675

Laman Farm 231-383-2236 lamanfarm.com 5857 Indian Hill Rd, Honor, MI 49640

May Farm 231-352-5210 themayfarm.com 904 Adams Rd, Frankfort, MI 49635

Norconk Farm 231-326-3540 10004 Aral Rd, Honor, MI 49640

PKS Heirloom Tomatoes 615-430-5204 mariseeds.com 7485 N 1, Copemish, MI 49625

Shiloh’s Garden 231-477-5961 10227 Coates Hwy, Brethren, MI 49619

Sleeping Bear Farms 231-882-4456 sleepingbearfarms.com 971 South Pioneer Rd, Beulah, MI 49617

Webber Farms 231-383-4108 8530 Homestead Rd, Benzonia, MI 49616

North Star Organics 231-352-4865 northstarorganics.com 1139 Forrester Rd, Frankfort, MI 49635

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Coho 231-352-6053 cohofrankfort.com 320 Main St, Frankfort, MI 49635

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Elberto’s Taqueria 231-352-9460 619 M-22, Elberta, MI 49628

The Glenwood Restaurant 231-889-3734 glenwoodrestaurant.com 4604 Main St, Onekama, MI 49675

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Thistle Pub & Grille 231-378-2000 crystalmountain.com 12500 Crystal Mountain Dr, Thompsonville, MI 49683

Wild Tomato Restaurant & Bar 231-378-2000 crystalmountain.com 12500 Crystal Mountain Dr, Thompsonville, MI 49683

The Crystal Lake Catering Company 231-383-5156 crystallakecatering.com 619 M-22, Elberta, MI 49628

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Stormcloud Brewing Company 231-352-0118 stormcloudbrewing.com 303 Main St, Frankfort, MI 49635

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St. Ambrose Cellars 231-383-4262 stambrosecellars.com 841 S Pioneer Rd, Beulah, MI 49617

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Oleson’s Food Store - Manistee 231-723-9903 160 Memorial Dr, Manistee, MI 49660

Pleasanton Valley Greenhouses, Inc. 231-864-3517 pleasantongreenhouses.com 14758 Pleasanton Hwy, Bear Lake, MI 49614

SPECIALTY PRODUCERS

Port City Organics Real Food Market 231-398-3060 328 1st St, Manistee, MI 49660

culinary classes Oliver Art Center

Cooper Family Spreads 231-735-6363 12124 Grifﬁth Rd, Brethren, MI 49619

Food For Thought 231-326-5444 foodforthought.net 10704 Oviatt Rd, Honor, MI 49640

231-352-4151 oliverartcenterfrankfort.org 132 Coast Guard Rd, Frankfort, MI 49635

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More Local Food & Farming Partners Apple Valley Orchards 231-889-4343

Eden Hill Nursery 231-882-7226

Loney’s Alpaca Junction 231-229-4530

Nature’s Acres 231-824-3064

Aral Peak Farms 231-326-4000

Elberta Farmers Market 231-383-5904

Loving Dove Farm 231-889-0818

Olds Farm 231-269-3413

Bear Lake Farmers Market 231-510-9500

Family Thyme Farm 231-632-0167

Luft’s Nursery 231-775-0057

Onekama Farmers Market 231-889-5560

Benson Corners Farm & Greenhouse 231-920-1098

Frankfort Farmers Market 231-383-5887

Pine Crest Dairy and Beef 231-920-9896

Brown’s Orchard 231-889-4883

Greystone Gardens 231-326-5855

Manton Area Farmers Market 231-824-3391 Manton Mill Farmers Market 231-824-3391

Cadillac Farmers Market 231-775-6310

Grossnickle Farms, LLC 231-362-3796

Maple Leaf Farms 231-826-3607

Rice Centennial Farm 241-383-0483

Calvin Lutz Farms 231-889-5594

Halsey’s Old Iron Farm 231-825-3032

Maple Ridge Orchards 231-590-8138

S&S Lamb, LLC 231-826-4400

Champion Hill Farm 231-651-0682

Happy Hen House 231-378-4488

Marvin’s Garden Spot 231-275-3227

Urka Strawberry Farms 231-263-4507

Crystal Farmers Market 231-378-2000

Harrietta Hills Trout Farm 231-389-2514

Misty Ridge Greenhouse 231-885-2290

Dorothy’s Iris Garden 231-824-3328

Honor Farmers & Flea-Market 231-357-3489

Monroe Achers Farm Co. LLC 231-824-3391

Wallin Emu Ranch 231-651-0197 Wee Bee Jammin 231-510-9500

Dutchman Tree Farms, LLC 231-839-7901

Infinity Micro arm 231-826-0073

Myers Beefalo Farm 231-633-6094

Earthwork Farm

Llama Meadows Farm 231-882-4933

Narrow Gauge Farm 231-631-3465

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Platte River Gardens 231-620-8187

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Family Tavern in The West End TRADITIONAL PORK DINNER PILSNER URQUELL ON TAP

The finest, local cherry products from the Cherry Capital of the World. 1213 E. Front Street • Traverse City • 231.947.0208 • benjamintwiggs.com

Our menu includes appetizers, salads, sammiches, mi lake perch, our famous olive burger, house specials, desserts

Local & MI Beers on Tap

540 W Front 231.946.6925 LittleBohemia-TC.com

• Kitchen Gadgets • Bar Accessories • Cookware • Moomer’s Ice Cream • Local Gourment Foods

7237 M-72 West, Traverse City • (231) 947-1689 Corn Maze • Barnyard Animals • U-Pick

“The Best Fall Farm Market”

by Traverse Magazine, MyMorth Media

“Very Cherry Promotion Award” at the National Cherry Festival

Michigan Made Granite Platter

226 E. Front St., Traverse City, MI 213 941-4146 • peppercorntc.com

Groleau’s Farm Market Homemade Soup ◦ Fresh Produce in Season Homemade Jams & Pies ◦ Pumpkins & Gourds Donuts ◦ Cider ◦ Amish Cheeses ◦ Shelters Milk Baked Goods ◦ Ice Cream

Open Year Round, Call for Hours: (231) 929-9654 Corner of Hammond & 4 Mile Rd., Traverse City

Farm to Table Since 1972

Open year-round at 5pm, 7 nights a week.

The Rowe Inn

Visit www.RoweInn.com for Fine Dining and Wine Events To make a reservation please call us at 231-588-7351

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FOCUS ON QUALITY LOCAL AND ORGANIC INGREDIENTS

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Where can you f ind culinary and nutrition classes, a unique community farmstead, an incubator kitchen and farmers market all throughout the year? • Frankfort M-115

Benzonia •

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Oliver Art Center grows its commitment to the local food scene each year with more culinary classes by area chefs and foodies. There are 18 classes open for registration in 2016, including “Fish and Seafood,” taught by Detroit legend and Frankfort resident Joe Muer; “Fall Soups” and “Sauces” by Chef Jim Voltz, and “Third Tuesdays with Serkan,” featuring seven opportunities to learn about global cuisine with Benzie County’s red-hot chef Serkan Erginkara. New this year – the HeathsmART Classes with Abby Beale, a nutritional therapy practitioner. To round out the season Oliver Art Center offers “Cooking Up A Storm” in partnership with Frankfort’s Stormcloud Brewing Company during Beer Week this fall. Culinary Arts thrive at Oliver Art Center as part of its commitment to advance all art forms for the benefit of Frankfort, Benzie County, and Northwestern Michigan.

Elizabeth Lane Oliver Center for the Arts 132 Coast Guard Rd., P.O. Box 1513 Frankfort, MI 49635 | 231-352-4151 info@oliverart.org www.oliverartcenterfrankfort.org www.facebook.com/oliverartcenter

Grow Benzie is a community farmstead offering visitors a place to learn, shop and taste the local experience of our region’s agriculture. Grow Benzie’s Farmers Market is open Monday afternoons, 3-7:00pm, from June 6th to October 3rd offering a wide selection of fresh produce, meats, wines, cheeses, sweets and baked goods. Culinary and food preserving classes are offered in Grow Benzie’s 1,500 sqft state-ofthe-art commercial kitchen, while hands-on gardening workshops utilize the 16,000 sqft of growing space on the property that include flower and herb gardens, four hoop houses and community garden plots available for summer rental. A detailed calendar of events can be found at www.GrowBenzie.org and on Facebook.

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The Local Agriculture behind our Libations

Michigan now has more than two hundred craft breweries in operation, which means the statewide demand for hops is huge. How huge? Just two Michigan companies, Bells Brewery and Founder’s Brewing Company, will collectively purchase three million pounds of hops to brew the two million barrels they’re expecting to produce in 2018. Last year, it's estimated that Michigan-grown hops totaled less than 500,000 pounds, far below the demand of even one largescale craft brewery. Brewers are eager to use locally grown hops, but they need the reliable consistency, quality and quantity to make it work. Two northern Michigan businesses, Empire Hops Farm and MI Local Hops, are working together to meet these needs and build the industry through collective resource sharing, high-quality standards and opportunities for farmers to scale up their production. Dan and Alex Weisen of Empire Hops Farm have built a strong reputation in hop farm management and trellis construction over the last nine years. What initially felt like a frustrating experiment, has become a valuable contribution in this growing industry – thanks in part, to the help and expertise of Joe Brulotte, a third generation hop farmer out of Washington State’s Yakima Valley. “It was a steep learning curve,” said Weisen, “and initially we weren’t having much luck.” “But, Joe taught us the nuances and pieces we were missing. e il oﬀ a e a g ea ed a e ing or ar ing in this climate and now we’re having great success.” Today Empire Hops Farm manages over 400 acres of hops throughout northern Michigan, and continues to construct new yards every summer. With all their experience, the Weisens try to be very realistic about the business of hop farming when people approach them about investing in or growing their own.

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The reality is that costs are high. Hops require expensive inputs and in ra r c re in e eld a ell a o ar e roce ing to dry, bale and pelletize. Just one small hop farmer alone could li el ne er aﬀord e e acili ie and e i en . i e cale i rig and re o rce can e ared collec i el ro are ore likely attainable. ocal o ar ed eir ine in o el ll i need for collective processing. Alex Weisen, of Empire Hops, manages the operations at MI Local and Joe Brulotte is the MI Local Farm Manager. The 30,000-sq-ft stripping and drying facility that is now under construction in Williamsburg, MI. MI Local plans to duplicate the same type of facility on the west side of Traverse City as well. “We saw the opportunity to bring people together to share common resources,” said Jason Warren, CEO of MI Local Hops “We’ll share equipment, storage, and purchasing power on chemicals, fertilizers, inputs, etc.” arren i a genera ion nor e ic igan c err ar er and spent years as the CFO and director of quality at Shoreline Fruit. With that in mind, he’s taking steps to improve hop quality by working directly with growers and positioning the processing facility itself ahead of food safety regulations that he expects will impact the industry a few years from now. Both Empire Hops Farm and MI Local Hops are contributing to a thriving new industry; one that they believe has room to grow and a clear path to get there. By sharing knowledge and resources, developing opportunities for scale, and implementing high level quality control standards, these two companies are ensuring that the growth of northern Michigan’s hop industry has only just begun.

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BELGIAN

LUNCH

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dinner

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MADE IN

MICHIGAN

Fresh LOCAL INGREDIENTS

Live

Daily

Music

SPECIALS

Gateway to the Grand Traverse Wine Trail

Open Year Round! FREE TASTINGS! (231) 383-4262 841 S. Pioneer Rd.,

StAmbroseCellars.com Beulah, Michigan 49617

StormcloudBrewing.com

303 Main Street

Frankfort, MI

231.352.0118

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lus 35 Ta p r e e B d e w House Bre r. Liquor. e d i C . e n i W Fare. Pub Fusion

rarebirdbrewpub.com | 229 Lake Avenue, Traverse City |

@Rare Bird Brewpub

Over 20 taps • Samplers Food • Tours 225 E. 16TH st, traverse city, mi rightbrainbrewery.com

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NW LOWER MICHIGAN Acoustic Tap Room Traverse City Beards Brewery Petoskey Bee Well Meadery Bellaire Beggars Brewery Traverse City Bravo Zulu Brewing Williamsburg Brewery Ferment Traverse City Brewery Terra Firma Traverse City

beer, cider, mead, spirits

Grand Traverse Distillery Traverse City Green Bird Cellars & Organic Farms Northport Hop Lot Brewing Co. Suttons Bay Jolly Pumpkin Traverse City Lake Charlevoix Brewing Company Charlevoix Mackinaw Brewing Co. Traverse City Mammoth Distillery Central Lake Mackinaw Trail Winery & Brewery Petoskey North Peak Brewing Co. Traverse City Northern Latitudes Distillery Lake Leelanau Northport Brewing Northport

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Petoskey Brewing Petoskey

The Filling Station Microbrewery Traverse City Traverse City Whiskey Co. Traverse City Workshop Brewery Traverse City

UPPER PENINSULA Algomah Acres Honey Farm & Meadery Greenland Blackrocks Brewery Marquette Brickside Brewery Copper Harbor Hereford & Hops Escanaba Jasper Ridge Brewery Ishpeming Keweenaw Brewing Company Houghton Lake Superior Brewing Co Grand Marais Ore Dock Brewing Co Marquette Red Jacket Brewing Co Calumet Shooters Firehouse Restaurant & Lounge Munising Soo Brewing Sault Ste Marie Tahquamenon Falls Brewery Newberry The Fitz Eagle River The Library Brew Pub Houghton The Vierling Marquette

Rare Bird Brewpub Traverse City

Upper Hand Brewery Escanaba

Right Brain Brewery Traverse City

NE LOWER MICHIGAN

Short’s Brewing Bellaire

Austin Brothers Beer Company Alpena

Stormcloud Brewing Company Frankfort

Cheboygan Brewing Company Cheboygan

Tandem Ciders Suttons Bay

Fletcher Street Brewing Company Alpena

Taproot Cider House Traverse City

Wiltse’s Brew Pub Oscoda

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Local Food & Farms of

EMMET, CHARLEVOIX ANTRIM & KALKASKA COUNTIES Emmet, Charlevoix, Antrim, and Kalkaska counties are well known

countryside to bustling downtowns filled with locals and tourists.

for their all-season sports and recreation activities. Rich with

Together the four counties are home to 167,331 acres of farmland.

lakeside resorts and steeped in the settlement history of Michigan—

Antrim and Kalkaska are among the state’s top 10 counties for

Ernest Hemingway is known to have spent time here! These counties

potato production, further evidence that the land in northwest

are filled with beautiful views that range from wide-open rural

Michigan is fertile and productive for fruits and vegetables alike.

FARMS & FARMERS MARKETS 1

Boyne City Farmers Market 231-582-9009 boynecityfarmersmarket.org 207 N Lake St, Boyne City, MI 49712

Charlevoix Farmers Market 231-330-0968 charlevoixmainstreet.org 408 Bridge St, E Park,Charlevoix, MI 49720

CTAC Artisans & Farmers Market 231-347-3209 461 E Mitchell St, Petoskey, MI 49770

Kalkaska Farmers Market 231-258-9191 downtownkalkaska.com Railroad Sq, NE Cedar St & Elm St, Kalkaska, MI 49646

Petoskey Farmers Market 231-347-4150 petoskeychamber.com 401 E Mitchell St, Petoskey, MI 49770

Bear Creek Organic Farm 231-340-0104 bearcreekorganicfarm.com 4012 Atkins Rd, Petoskey, MI 49770

Biehl’s Circle B Turkey Ranch 231-587-9580 circlebturkeyranch.com 6128 US 131, Mancelona, MI 49659

Bliss Gardens Farm and Community Kitchen 231-838-3859 Blissgardens.wordpress.com 5322 Hill Rd, Cross Village, MI 49723

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Bluestem Farm 231-459-8968 bluestemfarm.net 4218 M 32, East Jordan, MI 49727

Coveyou Scenic Farm Market 231-347-0011 coveyouscenicfarm.com 4160 US 131 S, Petoskey, MI 49770

Darnit Char’s Icelandic Wool-N-Sheep Farm 231-886-0989 darnitchars.com 2421 Tyler Rd Kalkaska, MI 49646

Dhaseler Farm & Events Barn 231-675-7768 eventsbarn.info 15794 Paddock Rd, Charlevoix, MI 49720

Duerksen Turkey Farm 231-587-8267 duerksenturkeyfarm.com 7214 South M 66 Hwy, Mancelona, MI 49659

Friske Orchards Farm Market 231-599-2604 friske.com 10743 US 31 N, Ellsworth, MI 49729

Guntzviller’s Berry and Vegetable Farm

King Orchards

Providence Organic Farm 231-350-6420 providenceorganicfarm.com 5691 North M 88, Central Lake, MI 49622

Resort Gardens 231-347-1754 resortgardens.com 980 Resort Pike Rd, Petoskey, MI 49770

Shetler Family Dairy 231-258-8216 shetlermilk.com 5436 Tyler Rd SE, Kalkaska, MI 49646

Spirit of Walloon 231-388-3737 spiritofwalloon.com 06255 Zenith Heights Rd, Boyne City, MI 49712

UnderToe Farm 231-676-4813 undertoefarm.com 13407 Winters Rd, Kewadin, MI 49648

RESTAURANTS

231-264-9575 11122 US 31 S, Williamsburg, MI 49690

877-937-5464 kingorchards.com 4620 N M-88, Central Lake, MI 49622 986 US 31 S, Kewadin, MI 49648

Open Sky Organic Farm 231-675-5452 openskyorganicfarm.com 5200 Zmikly RD, Pellston, MI 49769 580 N Division Rd, Petoskey, MI 49970

American Spoon CafÉ 231-347-7004 spoon.com/cafe 413 East Lake St, Petoskey, MI 49770

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Cafe Santé 231-582-8800 magnumhospitality.com One Water St, Boyne City, MI 49712

Dripworks Coffee 231-881-9277 dripworkscoffee.com 207 Howard St, Petoskey, MI 49770

Grey Gables Inn Restaurant 231-547-9261 greygablesinn.com 308 Belvedere Ave, Charlevoix, MI 49720

Julienne Tomatoes 231-439-9250 juliennetomatoes.com 421 Howard St, Petoskey, MI 49770

Palette Bistro 213-348-3321 palettebistropetoskey.com 321 Bay St, Petoskey, MI 49770

Porter Creek Fish House 231-582-7080 sommersetpointe.com 00970 Marina Dr, Boyne City, MI 49712

Roast & Toast Coffee and Cafe 231-347-7767 roastandtoast.com 309 E Lake St, Petoskey, MI 49770

Stafford’s Bay View Inn 231-347-2771 staffords.com 2011 Woodland Ave, Petoskey, MI 49770

Stafford’s Perry Hotel 231-347-4000 staffords.com 118 Lewis St, Petoskey, MI 49770

Stafford’s Pier 231-526-6201 staffords.com 102 East Bay St, Harbor Springs, MI 49740

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Bee Well Meadery 734-787-4187 beewellmeadery.com 3533 Derenzy Rd, Bellaire, MI 49615

Short’s Brewing 231-498-2300 shortsbrewing.com 121 N Bridge St, Bellaire, MI 49615

Maple Moon Sugarbush & Winery 231-487-9058 mmsyrup.com 4454 Atkins Rd, Petoskey, MI 49770

Rudbeckia Winery|burnt marshmallow brewery 231-622-4173 rudbeckiafarm.com burntmarshmallow.beer 3379 Lake Grove Rd, Petoskey, MI 49770

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Crooked Tree Breadworks, Inc. 231-347-9574 breadworks.com 2264 M 119, Petoskey, MI 49770

Friske Orchards Farm Market 231-599-2604 friske.com 10743 US 31 N, Ellsworth, MI 49729

Grain Train neighborhood market 231-459-4522 graintrain.coop 104 S Park St, Boyne City, MI 49712

Grain Train Natural Food Market 231-347-4914 graintrain.coop 220 E Mitchell St, Petoskey, MI 49770

Oleson’s Food Store - Charlevoix 231-547-6548 olesonsfoods.com 112 Antrim St, Charlevoix, MI 49720

Oleson’s Food Store - Petoskey 231-439-9911 olesonsfoods.com 2000 N US 31, Petoskey, MI 49770

Petoskey Cheese 231-753-2805 petoskeycheese.com 437 E Mitchell St, Petoskey, MI 49770

Plaths meats 231-348-8100 plathsmeats.com 2200 E Mitchell Rd, Petoskey, MI 49770

Stafford’s Weathervane 231-547-4311 staffords.com 106 Pine River Ln, Charlevoix, MI 49720

The Bistro at Charelvoix Country Club 231-547-9796 chxcountryclub.com 9600 Clubhouse Dr, Charlevoix, MI 49720

The Rowe 231-588-7351 roweinn.com 6303 East Jordan Rd, Ellsworth, MI 49729

Frog Hollow Farm 305-915-9158 froghollow.farm 2750 N M 75, Boyne City, MI 49712

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American Spoon, Charlevoix 231-547-5222 spoon.com 315 Bridge St, Charlevoix, MI 49720

American Spoon, Harbor Springs 231-526-8628 spoon.com 245 East Main St, Harbor Springs, MI 49740

American Spoon, Petoskey 231-347-1739 spoon.com 411 East Lake St, Petoskey, MI 49770

Cherry Republic Store - Charlevoix 231-437-3600 cherryrepublic.com 221 Bridge St, Charlevoix, MI 49620

Harwood Heritage Gold 231-547-2038 harwoodgold.com 61 Parsons Rd, Charlevoix, MI 49720

Herbal Lodge 231-622-9063 herballodge.com Petoskey, MI

Maple Moon Sugarbush & Winery 231-487-9058 mmsyrup.com 4454 Atkins Rd, Petoskey, MI 49770

Roast & Toast Coffee 231-347-7767 roastandtoast.com 309 E Lake St, Petoskey, MI 49770

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Sturgeon Bay

Beaver Island

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CHEBOYGAN COUNTY Harbor Springs

Lake Michigan

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OTSEGO COUNTY

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More Local Food & Farming Partners Alden Farmers Market 800-226-5481

Currey Farms Pure Maple Syrup 517-304-8193

Kitchen Farms, Inc. 231-584-2558

Ricksgers Ranch 231-331-4011

Altonen Orchards 231-264-8052

Daybreak Dreamfarm 248-705-5370

Kiteley Farms 231-547-2318

Rocky Top Farms 231-599-2251

Bargy Farms 231-264-5190

East Jordan Farmers Market 321-886-0416

Lakeside Farm 231-675-6400

Rodger’s Grass Fed Beef 231-633-0664

Bellaire Blooms 231-883-5374

Elk Rapids Area Farmers Market 231-264-8202

Lavender Hill Farms 231-582-3784

Rosenthal Orchards 231-547-4350

Best Farm 231-544-6189

Ellsworth Farmers Market 231-536-7351

Local Eats Delivery 231-539-8203

Royal Farms 231-599-3222

Big Medicine Ranch 231-463-8836

Elvyn Lea Lodge 231-535-2475

Lost Lake Farm 231-709-7203

Russ-Stick Acres 231-881-2688

Bill’s Farm Market 231-347-6735

Farmer White’s 231-632-1500

Mancelona Farmers Market 231-886-0416

Scheel Family Farm & Flour Mill 231-342-9025

Blackbird Gardens 231-348-3044

Fiddlehead Farm 231-549-7104

Mark Morrison Farms 231-883-3280

Shooks Farms Co. LLC 231-649-6789

Bliss Farmers Market 231-537-4683

Flynn Orchards 231-886-0416

Matchett Sheep Farm 231-547-2154

SunRazed Farm 231-879-4351

Bolt’s Farm 231-588-6384

Green Leaf Farms 231-647-4122

Nad’s Nursery 231-499-0422

Two Acre Farm 231-526-2486

Charlevoix Moon Vineyard 810-252-7855

Half Moon Acres 231-838-0068

North Wind Gardens 231-838-1766

Vanloozen Family Farm 231-537-2811

Circle Herb Farm 231-536-2729

Harbor Springs Farmers Market 231-268-8990

Out of the Woods Farm 231-322-2897

Verdant Ground Garden Co-op 231-599-2199

Coleman Centennial Farm 231-264-8208

John Cross Fisheries 231-547-2532

Peaceful Valley Farm 231-347-1263

Conant’s Maplehurst Farms 231-544-6664

Johnecheck Sweet Corn Farm 231-582-7947

Pond Hill Farm 231-526-3276

Country Apple Farm Market 231-348-9718

Kastanu Farm 231-264-6055

Raven’s Roost Farm 231-350-6448

Cradle Knoll Farm 231-537-4962

Kei-Ju Farm 231-838-6057

Red Fox Gardens 231-233-2204

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Local Food & Farms

UPPER PENINSULA The Upper Peninsula of Michigan. If you’re a Hemingway fan you’ll

food economy just one more challenge that “yoopers” seem to relish

immediately recognize Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as home to his

overcoming. From Drummond Island to Pictured Rocks and the

pivotal short story “Big Two-Hearted River.” His protagonist, Nick

historic iron mines of the western U.P., there are a variety of cultures

Adams, provides a good reference point for the hearty, salt-of-the-

and experiences awaiting you. Don’t miss the pasties! Find out more

earth folks who live here and the rough-scrabble land bordering

about the U.P.’s food and farming activities at localdifference.org or

three Great Lakes where they make a living. The farm community in

visit our partners at the U.P. Food Exchange, upfoodexchange.com.

the U.P. is spread out across 16,000 square miles, making the local

WINERIES 1

Algomah Acres Honey Farm and Meadery 906-883-3894 algomahacreshoney.com 611 Plank Rd, Greenland, MI 49929

SPECIALTY PRODUCERS 2

Applecore General Store 906-484-5001 708 W M 134, Box 602, Cedarville, MI 49719

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are the incredible businesses that make our local food community what

Keweenaw Food Co-op 906-482-2030 keweenaw.coop 1035 Ethel Ave, Hancock, MI 49930

Marquette Food Co-op 906-225-0671 ext.711 marquettefood.coop 502 W Washington Ave, Marquette, MI 49855

it is. They are unique and passionate people, running businesses committed to supporting our local economy through food and agriculture. As

RESTAURANTS

Partners they receive marketing

culinary classes Les Cheneaux Culinary School

Rock River Cafe 906-439-5509 rockrivercafe.com N5298 Rock River Rd, Chatham, MI 49816

906-484-4800 lcculinary.org 186 S Pickford Ave, Hessel, MI 49745

services and support from TLD. Most importantly, our partners are honest and trustworthy. Each year they sign our TLD Pledge ensuring an open and honest exchange of information between producer and consumer.

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The U.P. FOOD EXCHANGE (UPFE, The

individuals looking to connect with and actively

Exchange) is the primary regional food hub

participate in their local food system. The

for Michiganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upper Peninsula, providing

Exchange coordinates local food transactions

coordination and support for local food

through an online marketplace where U.P.

activities across the U.P. The organization is

farmers, institutions, and businesses can link

led by the Marquette Food Co-op and MSU

up. Additionally, UPFE offers a knowledgeable

Extension in conjunction with the Western

pool of educators, farmer training programs,

U.P. Health Department. UPFE serves as a

and hosts an annual UP food systems meeting

resource portal for farmers, businesses, and

as well as other community education efforts.

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Copper Harbor

WESTERN U.P.

N Lake Superior

Houghton

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Baraga

Ironwood

Watersmeet

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WISCONSIN

WINERIES Algomah Acres Honey Farm and Meadery

906-883-3894 algomahacreshoney.com 611 Plank Rd, Greenland, MI 49929

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Keweenaw Food Co-op 906-482-2030 keweenaw.coop 1035 Ethel Ave, Hancock, MI 49930

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More Local Food & Farming Partners Elson’s 2 Tracks Vegetable Farm 906-224-0661

Miller Family Farm 906-334-2434

North Harvest CSA Farm 269-270-9783

Lake Linden Farmers Market 906-369-3449

Moonstone Farm 906-932-3621

Red Rock Farm 906-231-3144

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Virgin Earth Farm 906-629-6405

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CENTRAL U.P.

N Lake Superior

Marquette

WESTERN U.P.

4 5

Munising

Seney

EASTERN U.P.

Manistique Rapid River

Lake Michigan

Iron Mountain Escanaba

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RESTAURANTS

Marquette Food Co-op 906-225-0671 ext.711 marquettefood.coop 502 W Washington Ave, Marquette, MI 49855

Rock River Cafe 906-439-5509 rockrivercafe.com N5298 Rock River Rd, Chatham, MI 49816

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More Local Food & Farming Partners WISCONSIN

Autumn’s Golden Splendor, LLC 906-250-3095

Escanaba Farmer’s Market 906-789-8696

Moonrise Gardens 906-235-4242

Sleepy Hollow Farm 906-892-8377

Bean Pole Farm 906-458-5737

Folcik Farm 906-399-3935

Reh-Morr Farm 906-361-3710

The North Farm at UPREC 906-439-5059

Blueberry Pier 906-863-8718

Happy Hill Ranch 906-399-6414

Rock River Farm 906-439-5233

Winding Creek Farm 906-439-5284

BSB Farm 906-942-7530

Immerfrost Farm 920-786-8088

Rock River Perennial Garden and Greenhouse 906-250-4825

Winter Sky Wool Company 906-204-4310

Downtown Marquette Farmers Market 906-362-3276

Manistique Farmers Market 906-450-4240

Rondeau’s Ruff Acres 906-644-2777

Eden of Garden 906-644-2722

Menominee Historic Downtown Farmers Market 906-863-8718

Seeds and Spores Family Farm taste the local difference 906-458-8616

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N Lake Superior

CANADA

Deer Park

Paradise

Lake Superior

Sault Ste. Marie Sugar Isl.

Newberry

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Mackinac Isl. Bois Blanc Isl.

SPECIALTY PRODUCERS Applecore General Store 906-484-5001 708 West M 134, Box 602, Cedarville, MI 49719

Lake Huron

culinaryLOWER classes PENINSULA Les Cheneaux Culinary School

Drummond Isl.

906-484-4800 lcculinary.org 186 S Pickford Ave, Hessel, MI 49745

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Drummond Farms 906-493-5861

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Sweet Grass Farms 906-647-1110

Collins Farm 906-647-2011

Dutcher Farm 906-297-2120 Les Cheneaux Farmers & Artisans Market 906-484-3935

Sault Ste Marie Farmers Market 918-616-4959

Wallis Family Farm 906-984-4070

De Tour Village Farmers Market 906-297-5471

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SKi Country Farm 906-630-7414

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Where simplicity is the essence in good taste... …thus, Les Cheneaux Culinary School stands alone. Focusing on farm-to table, its small size and entirely hands-on approach allows its students to expand their passion CULINARY and hone their skills with fineSCHOOL food in just one year, enabling them to move on to become exceptional chefs, restaurant managers, andCULINARY culinary entrepreneurs. SCHOOL Located in the heart of Michigan’s treasured Les Cheneaux Islands, where fresh foods of all nature are readily available.

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Enjoy exceptional farm-to-table fine dining in our beautiful facility overlooking the beautiful Les Cheneaux Islands of northern Lake Huron. Open every day from late May to early September. Reservations are recommended. Menu and hours online.

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What’s On The Menu? written by: Bill Palladino

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“The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no life.” — Wendell Berry

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BEHIND THE SCENES, ONTO YOUR PLATE You may have seen our name on restaurant boards, in grocery stores, or read about us in the occasional news article. If so, you know that Cherry Capital Foods is a distributor of Michigan food of all kinds, which means that we sell wholesale to other businesses, and not directly to individuals like you. So, if you can’t buy from us, what role do we play in your eating life, and why have we bothered to send you this note in the Taste the Local Difference Guide? In addition to being a distribution business, Cherry Capital Foods is also a food hub, which is headquartered in Traverse City, with a second location in Okemos. Food hubs of all stripes seek to create alternative paths through the food system with a variety of operating models. We do this to create efficient connections between neighbor producers and neighbor eaters, keeping the food grown in a region where it’s consumed, and keeping the provenance of that food, and the dollars spent to purchase it, circulating within the area where it was produced. At Cherry Capital Foods, we like to say, “we put the to in farm to table.” We believe that if we’re going to meaningfully expand access to great, locally grown and made food, our food system can’t increase complexity for businesses, with an expansion in the number of deliveries and invoices at their doors. We work to take duplicate trucks off of the road and offer farmers access to markets that they couldn’t deliver to on their own, creating more time for them to stay on-farm or work with their direct markets. If you’re in Michigan and you go into your favorite store or restaurant, your child’s school, or visit a loved one in a hospital, and you don’t see enough local food on offer, please know that there’s a simple way for you to do something about it. Ask the manager if they’ve heard of Cherry Capital Foods, and tell them what we do. Or, just call us and tell us where you shop and what you’d like to see. It’s going to take those of us who care to speak up and let decision makers know what we want -- and together we can make it happen.

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Community Farmers Markets The beautiful community gatherings throughout small towns and cities where farmers sell fresh produce directly to consumers, and where specialty producers vend their locally made goods. PAYMENT OPTIONS

SNAP DUFB Project FRESH Market FRESH Hoophouses for Health Prescriptions for Health Munson Vegetable Prescriptions

UPPER PENINSULA

Bayside Farmers Market - St. Ignace Th (4 - 7 PM) De Tour Village Farmers Market Sa (10 AM - 1 PM) Downtown Marquette Farmers Market Sa (9 AM - 1 PM) Escanaba Farmers Market W (3 - 6 PM) Sa (8 AM - 12 PM) Iron Mountain Farmers & Artisans Market Sa (8 AM - 12 PM) Ironwood Township Farmers Market Tu (4 - 6 PM) Ishpeming Farmers Market Th (6 - 8 PM)

NW LOWER MICHIGAN

Boyne City Farmers Market Summer: W (8 AM - 12 PM) Sa (8 AM - 12 PM), Winter: Sa (9 AM - 12:30 PM)

Lake City Farmers Market Th (5 - 8 PM)

Alden Farmers Market Th (4 - 8 PM)

Leland Farmers Market Th (9 AM - 1 PM)

Lake Leelanau Farmers Market Su (9 AM - 1 PM)

Bear Lake Farmers Market F (2 - 6 PM)

Mancelona Farmers Market Th (3 - 7 PM)

Cadillac Farmers Market June: Tu & F (8 AM – 1 PM), July-October: Tu & F (8 AM – 4:30 PM)

Manistee Farmers Market Sa (8 AM - 12 PM)

Cedar Farmers Market F (3-7 PM) Charlevoix Farmers Market Summer: Th (8 AM - 1 PM) Winter: Thu (3 - 6 PM) CTAC Artisan & Farmers Market - Petoskey Winter Only: F (10 AM - 1 PM) East Jordan Farmers Market Summer: Th ( 9 AM - 1 PM) Winter: 2nd Th (10 AM - 2 PM) Elberta Farmers Market Th (8 AM - 12:30 PM) Elk Rapids Farmers Market Fri (8 AM - 12 PM) Ellsworth Farmers Market Tu (AFTERNOON) Empire Farmers Market Sa (9 AM - 1 PM) Fife Lake Farmers Market Sa (9 AM - 2 PM)

Frankfort Farmers Market Jackson Mine Farmers and Crafters Market Sa (9 AM - 1 PM) W (4 - 7 PM) Glen Arbor Farmers Market Lake Linden Farmers Market Th (9 AM - 1 PM) Sa (10 AM - 2 PM) Grow Benzie Farmers Les Cheneaux Farmers & Artisans Market Market - Benzonia Summer & Winter: Su (10 AM - 2 PM) M (3 - 7 PM) Manistique Farmers Market Harbor Springs Farmers Market W (4 - 6 PM) W (9 AM - 1 PM) Sa (9 AM - 1 PM) Menominee Historic Honor Farmers & Flea Market Downtown Farmers Market Tu (9 AM - 3 PM) Sa (9 AM - 12 PM) SNAP, DUFB, Project FRESH, Market FRESH, Interlochen Farmers Market Hoophouses for Health Su (9 AM - 2 PM) Munising Farmers & Artisans Market Kingsley Farmers Market T (4 - 7 PM) W (2 - 7 PM) Newberry Farmers Market Kalkaska Farmers Market Th (3 - 6 PM) Tu (2 - 6 PM) Sault Ste Marie Farmers Market Old Town Emmet Farmers Market W (4 PM - 6:30 PM) Sa (9 AM – 1 PM)

Manton Mill Farmers Market Sa (9 AM - 1 PM) Northport Farmers Market F (9 AM - 1 PM) Petoskey Farmers Market F (8:30 AM - 1 PM) Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market - Traverse City W (8 AM - 12:00 PM) Sa (7:30 AM - 12:00 PM) Suttons Bay Farmers Market Sa (9 AM - 1 PM) The Village at Grand Traverse Commons Farmers Market Traverse City Summer: M (12 - 4 PM ), Winter: Sa (10 AM - 2 PM)

NE LOWER MICHIGAN

Alcona Farmers Market Sa (9 AM – 12:30 PM) Alpena Farmers Market Summer: W & Sa (8 AM - 1 PM), Winter: Sa (10 AM - 2 PM) AuGres Farmers Market F (10 - 3 PM) Cheboygan Farmers Market W (9 AM - 2 PM) Sa ( 8 AM - 1 PM) Northeast Michigan Regional Farmers Market AuSable: W (9 AM - 2 PM) Tawas City: Sa (8 AM - 1 PM)

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Local Food and Health:

Feeding our Neighbors

In 2014, families in need made 528,767 visits to 70 pantries and meal sites throughout Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, and Wexford counties. The need to connect everyone in our community to healthy, local food is clear and compelling—though not always as easy as it should be. Taste the Local Diﬀerence (TLD), in partnership with Food Rescue Northwest Michigan, hopes to bridge the communication gaps between local farmers, pantries, meal sites, and consumers with the launch of a new food pantry resource site: OnePantry.org. The site lists the hours of operation, addresses, and donation requests of pantries and meal sites throughout Michigan, providing a direct line of communication between farmers or retailers that may have excess products they’d like to donate, and pantries who would like to oﬀer more whole, healthful, local foods to their clients. In Traverse City, the Father Fred Foundation—our largest food pantry in the

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region—is leading the way in increasing the amount of healthful, local food available to their clients. “The food pantry at the Father Fred Foundation is committed to providing food assistance to any person residing in the fivecounty Traverse City area who reaches out and expresses need,” said Les Hagaman, Father Fred’s Operations Director. With each visit to the pantry, guests to Father Fred receive three days of food for all members of their household, and families are welcome to visit twice a month. Food at Father Fred is carefully selected to provide a diet as balanced and nutritious as possible. Guests are offered choices within each food group and multiple sources of protein and fresh produce. The goal is to intervene in the cycle of poverty by improving the dietary habits of all Father Fred’s guests, particularly children. “We see daily the devastating effects of poor diet and its undeniable link to poverty and how these habits and consequences

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are passed onto the next generation,” Hagaman said. “We believe that if we can successfully intervene in this cycle and educate our guests about the benefits of local food sourcing and fresh produce in their diets, we can improve lives.” Father Fred is working to increase the financial resources to purchase fresh produce staples—locally sourced when possible—such as broccoli, beans, carrots, potatoes, onions, apples, and grapes. The Foundation is also committed to education and offers recipes and cooking demonstrations by Foundation volunteers and MSU Extension nutritionists. “This dual commitment of improved food selection and education is central in our endeavor to pivot the American diet toward healthy, fresh, single ingredient foods, and away from highly processed foods high in sugar, high fructose corn syrup, sodium and artificial ingredients,” Hagaman said.

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Connecting the Dots written by: Diane Conners

If the buzz from this winter’s Farms, Food & Health Conference in Traverse City is any indication, we don’t get healthy by popping vitamins. Think local farm fields, woods and orchards instead. Farmers markets. Simply prepared meals, rich in variety and color. And forgotten food traditions that actually add up to health, without our knowing it. Keynote speaker and physician Daphne Miller, the nationally acclaimed author of Jungle Effect and Farmacology, brought that message to the sold-out conference. It drew 220 participants from such a wide diversity of professions that Miller said it “blew her away.” Physicians, nurses and registered dietitians rubbed shoulders with farmers and school teachers, anti-poverty advocates, employee wellness o cials and hospital and school food service directors. “These conversations will reverse the epidemic of chronic disease,” Miller said. Indeed, connecting health and wellness to locally grown foods is gaining momentum here. Bluestem Farm in East Jordan distributes food to families through the Health Department of Northwest Michigan. Munson Medical Center is starting a fruit and vegetable prescription program that partners with the Grand Traverse Commons farmers market. Employers are working with Providence Farm in Central Lake to make weekly worksite deliveries a part of employee wellness benefits. Pat Friedli, medical director of Munson’s Healthy Weight Center, recalled a slide he saw at Farms, Food & Health that said: “We are fed by the Food Industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the Health Industry, which pays no attention to food.” “Brilliant,” Dr. Friedli said. “It rings so true in our everyday health care world. It is too easy to rely on medications to fix a health issue rather than emphasize the real, whole and organic foods which nourish our body to repair itself.” As an example of how old food traditions turn out to be health giving, Miller said corn tortillas have a glycemic index of 62 and beans of 22. Put together they level out to a healthy 35. Cherry salsa, anyone?

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A Hub of Food Activity written by: Bill Palladino

Early most Monday mornings there’s a delightful aroma emanating from Suite 108 at the Grand Traverse Food Innovation Hub. It tells us that Courtney Lorenz is busy in the kitchen brewing up something special. Her business, Cultured Ferments, occupies two small rooms inside this building at 1610 Barlow in Traverse City. In one of the rooms sits nine 60-gallon plastic fermenting tanks, each holding a waxy substance that completely covers the contents. Her “babies” Lorenz calls them. These are "scobies," and each makes up a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast that turns a simple mixture of water, tea and sugar into a delicious and nourishing effervescent drink known as kombucha. Until moving into the food innovation hub, Cultured Ferments could only sell their kombucha under “cottage food” regulations that restricted sales to farmers markets. In the seven months since moving into the hub, Lorenz has grown her business substantially. “I’ve expanded from 15 gallons to 540 gallons of production capacity,” she says This facility is the first food infrastructure pro ect of the Grand Traverse Foodshed Alliance (GTFA). With nine suites available for rent ranging in size from 380 to 1600 square feet, the food innovation hub provides below market rent to qualifying food businesses, along with access to a menu of support services. The “white-boxed” suites are already prepped for the strict requirements of the food industry. Currently, other tenants occupying suites or pending build-out include; As You Dish, Fab Fresh Foods, the Michigan Hop Alliance, WhiskTC, the Big Dipper Dough Company, ai in, ale Mary, and The edheads. All these tenants share a desire to grow and expand their local foodbased businesses but have met obstacles along the way that the food innovation hub is designed to mitigate. The entire facility and its philosophy are designed to accelerate the growth of local food businesses and make lasting impacts on the regional economy, and there are more like it popping up all over Michigan. ack in Suite 10 , after Courtney Lorenz finishes bottling a batch of kombucha, she can often be found relaxing with a cup of tea or catching up on email in the lounge area of the food innovation hub. She’s convinced moving here was the right choice. “Being involved with this organization allows any small business to tap into new markets through retail sales, potential distribution partnerships, and local small business resources. As a community member, entrepreneur, and locavore, I couldn’t be happier with the opportunities that the food hub is providing our local food economy.”

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u-pick For many the Up North experience involves piling the kids in the car and heading to a local farm to pick their own fresh fruits and vegetables. Whatever your taste, northern Michigan oﬀers a wide variety of delectable choices. Asparagus leads the way every year followed by all sorts of berries, cherries, peaches, apples and even pumpkins. Make food local and make it fun by heading out to a northern Michigan U-Pick farm for an experience you can taste.

UPPER PENNINSULA Four Seasons Farms Pumpkins Gierke Blueberry Farm Blueberries J & J Triple Creek Farm Asparagus Makinen Farm Raspberries Osma Acres Farm Raspberries, Strawberries Pellegrini Farms Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Pumpkins Powderhorn Farm Pumpkins ondeau s u cres Strawberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Asparagus SweetWinds Farm Raspberries, Strawberries

NE LOWER PENNINSULA AJ’s Berry Farm Strawberries, Saskatoon, Raspberries Golden River Farm Pumpkins Huron View Tree & Berry Farm Strawberries, Raspberries, Christmas Trees Up North Blueberry Farm Blueberries

NW LOWER PENNINSULA Apple Valley Orchards Apples, Cherries, Tomatoes, Peaches Alpers Berry Farm Raspberries Bargy Farms Cherries, Apples Buchan’s Blueberry Hill Blueberries, Peaches, Apples Calvin Lutz Farms Strawberries Cedar Sol Hydro Farm Strawberries Cherry Connection Cherries, Raspberries Cole Farm Apples, Strawberries Coleman Centennial Farm Strawberries Coveyou Scenic Farm Market Pumpkins Cradle Knoll Farm Strawberries Cross Farms Saskatoons Saskatoons Friske Orchards Farm Market Strawberries, Cherries, Apples Gallagher’s Farm Market Cherries Green Bird Cellars & Organic Farm Apples, Grapes, Lavender, Vegetables Guntzviller’s Berry and Vegetable Farm Black & Red Raspberries, Strawberries Hoxsie’s Farm Market Apples, Pumpkins, Squash, Gourds Jacob’s Farm & Corn Maze Apples, Blackberries, Raspberries, Saskatoons, Strawberries

Laman Farm Peaches McManus Southview Orchards Cherries North Star Organics Cherries North Wind Gardens Apples Omena Cut Flowers Flowers Pond Hill Farm Strawberries, Raspberries Potter Road Raspberries Raspberries Putney’s Blueberries and Peaches Blueberries Rennie Orchards Cherries, Apples, Pumpkins Resort Gardens Apples, Raspberries Rosenthal Orchards Cherries Royal Farms Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Peaches Shangri-La Too Apples, Raspberries Shooks Farms Co. LLC Cherries Stowe Farms Cherries Sturgeon Bay Farm Apples, Pumpkins The Saskatoon Berry Patch Saskatoons UnderToe Farm Apples Urka Farms Strawberries

Kastanu Farm Chestnuts Kiteley Farms Black & Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Flowers King Orchards Raspberries, Cherries, Apricots, Peaches, Nectarines, Apples

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Glossary 3rd Day Farm & Farm Market ..............30 45 North Vineyard & Winery ................25 9 Bean Rows ............................. 6, 24, 25

Acoustic Taproom ................................17 Aerie Restaurant ............................16, 29 AJ's Berry Farm ...................................14 Alcona County Farm Market ................14 Alden Farmers Market .........................43 Algomah Acres Honey Farm and Meadery............................... 44, 46 Allan Acres/Yooper Yaks ......................48 Alpena Farmer's Market ......................14 Alpers Berry Farm ................................27 Altonen Orchards .................................43 American Spoon Foods ........... 18, 40, 41 Amical ..................................................16 Anderson's Glen Arbor Market.............25 Apple Valley Orchards ..........................33 Applecore General Store ............... 44, 48 Aral Peak Farms ...................................33 Art's Tavern ..........................................25 AuGres Downtown Farmer's Market ...14 Autumn's Golden Splendor, LLC ..........47

B & B Farms ...................................12, 14 Bakkers Acres ......................................24 Bardenhagen Berries ...........................24 Bardenhagen Farm ..............................24 Bare Knuckle Farm LLC .......................27 Bargy Farms .........................................43 Bay Bread .......................................18, 54 Bean Pole Farm ....................................47 Bear Creek Organic Farm ....................40 Bear Lake Farmers Market ..................33 Bee Well Meadery ................................41 Belcher's Maple Syrup ...................12, 14 Bella Fortuna ................................. 25, 60 Bellaire Blooms ....................................43 Benjamin Twiggs ............................18, 34 Benson Corners Farm & Greenhouse ..33 Best Farm .............................................43 Biehl's Circle B Turkey Ranch ..............40 Big Belly Farm ......................................27 Big Dipper Dough Co ............................18 Big Medicine Ranch .............................43 Bill's Farm Market ................................43 Birch Point Farm...................................27 Bistro Fou Fou ......................................16 Black Star Farms......................17, 25, 64 Blackbird Gardens................................43 Bliss Farmers Market ...........................43 Bliss Gardens Farm and Community Kitchen ...........................40 BLK MRKT Coffee & Eatery .................16 Blueberry Pier.......................................47 Bluestem Farm.....................................40 Bluestone Vineyards...................... 25, 64 Bolt's Farm ...........................................43 Boss Mouse Cheese.......................16, 54 Boyne City Farmers Market .................40 Bratschi Orchards ................................21

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Breeze Hill Greenhouse ........................27 Britt Family Pure Maple Syrup .............14 Brown's Orchard ..................................33 Brown's Poplar Ridge Orchards ...........30 Brownwood Farms ...............................18 BSB Farm .............................................47 Buchan's Blueberry Hill ........................16 Bunny Hop Ranch.................................27 Burnt Marshmallow Brewing ...............41 Burritt's Fresh Market ......................2, 17

Cadillac Farmers Market......................33 Cafe Sante............................................41 Calvin Lutz Farms ................................33 Cedar Sol Hydro Farm ..........................27 Cedarbrook Trout Farm ........................14 Champion Hill Farm..............................33 Chaney Farm and Market ....................21 Charlevoix Country Club.......................34 Charlevoix Farmers Market..................40 Charlevoix Moon Vineyard ...................43 Chateau Chantal...................................17 Chateau Grand Traverse Winery ..........17 Cheboygan Farmers' Market ...............14 Cherry Beach Orchards........................24 Cherry Capital Foods ...........................53 Cherry Center Farm Market .................21 Cherry Republic....................... 18, 25, 41 Circle Herb Farm ..................................43 Clean Plate Farm ..................................27 Coho .............................................. 30, 61 Coleman Centennial Farm ...................43 Collins Farm .........................................48 Conant's Maplehurst Farms.................43 Cooper Family Spreads ........................31 Cottonwood Springs Farm ...................27 Country Apple Farm Market.................43 Coveyou Scenic Farm Market ..............40 Cradle Knoll Farm.................................43 Croft Chestnuts ....................................21 Crooked Tree Arts Council ...................10 Crooked Tree Breadworks .............41, 51 Cross Farms Saskatoons .....................27 Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology ...38 Crystal Farmers Market .......................33 Crystal Lake Catering Co. ....................61 Crystal Mountain Resort ......................61 CTAC Artisans & Farmers Market........40 Cultured Ferments Co. ...........................8 Currey Farms Pure Maple Syrup..........43 Czaikas Blueberry Farm.......................14

Darnit Char's Icelandic Wool-N-Sheep Farm .........................40 Daybreak Dreamfarm ..........................43 De Tour Village Farmers" Market........48 Delight of Life Farm..............................24 Dhaseler Farm & Events Barn..............40 Dorothy's Iris Garden ...........................33 Downtown Marquette Farmers Market .................................47 Dripworks Coffee .................................41

Drummond Farms ................................48 Duerksen Turkey Farm.........................40 Dutcher Farm .......................................48 Dutchman Tree Farms, LLC .................33

Earthwork Farm ...................................33 East Jordan Farmers Market ...............43 Eden Hill Nursery..................................33 Eden of Garden.....................................47 Edible Trails Project ........................19, 26 Edson Farms ........................................17 Elberta Farmers Market .......................33 Elberto's Taqueria.......................... 30, 61 Elk Rapids Area Farmers Market .........43 Ellsworth Farmers Market ...................43 Elson's 2 Tracks Vegetable Farm .........46 Elvyn Lea Lodge ...................................43 Empire Farmers Market .......................27 Empire Hop Farm .................................36 Engle Ridge Farm .................................21 Epicure Catering...............................2, 25 Escanaba Farmer's Market..................47 Evergreen Market.................................17

Family Thyme Farm .............................33 Farmer White's .....................................43 Fiddlehead Farm ..................................43 Field of Flowers Farm...........................27 Flightpath Creative ...............................11 Flynn Orchards .....................................43 Folcik Farm...........................................47 Food For Thought .................................31 Four Co Farmers Market ......................21 Frankfort Farmers Market ...................33 Fresh Coast Chocolate Co..............18, 53 Friske Orchards Farm Market ........40, 41 Frog Hollow Farm .................................41

Gallagher Centennial Farm ..................16 Gallagher's Farm Market & Bakery ..................................... 24, 34 Gill's Pier Ranch .............................24, 28 Glen Arbor Farmers Market .................27 Golden River Orchard ...........................14 Good Harbor Farm................................27 Good Harbor Grill ..................................25 Goodwill Industries Farm to Freezer 7, 18 Grain Train Natural Food Market..........41 Grand Traverse Bike Tours ............ 25, 54 Grand Traverse Culinary Oils & Flours .18 Grand Traverse Distillery ......................17 Great Lakes Potato Chips...............18, 28 Great Lakes Ranch ...............................24 Green Leaf Farms.................................43 GreeneTown Foods...............................18 GreenStone FCS-Traverse City ..............6 Grey Gables ....................................41, 51 Grey Hare Inn Vineyard Bed & Breakfast ................................17 Greystone Gardens...............................33 Groleau Farm Market ....................16, 34 Grossnickle Farms, LLC .......................33

Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities .........................3 Grow Benzie .................................. 30, 35 Guntzviller's Berry and Vegetable Farm ..........................40

Half Moon Acres ...................................43 Hall Farms ............................................16 Halsey's Old Iron Farm .........................33 Happy Hen House.................................33 Happy Hill Ranch ..................................47 Harbor Springs Farmers Market ..........43 Harmony Acres Bee Farm ....................14 Harrietta Hills Trout Farm .....................33 Harvest Restaurant ........................16, 50 Harvest Thyme Farm & Vineyards, LLC .........................12, 14 Hawthorne Vineyards ...........................17 Healing Tree Farm ................................27 Hearth & Vine Cafe at Black Star Farms ...............................25 Herbal Lodge ..................................41, 51 Higgins Pumpkin Farm.........................14 Higher Grounds Coffee...................18, 53 Hilbert's Honey Bees ............................21 Hillside Homestead ..............................27 Holmestead Farm.................................21 Honor Farmers & Flea-Market .............33 Hoxsie's Farm Market ..........................21 Hubbell Farm ........................................27 Huron View Tree and Berry Farm.........14

Idyll Farms ................................. 6, 24, 25 Immerfrost Farm ..................................47 InďŹ nity Micro Farm ...............................33 Interlochen Farmers Market ................21 Interlochen Public Radio.......................15 Interwater Farms..................................21 Island View Vineyard ............................21

Jacob's Farm & Corn Maze..................21 John Cross Fisheries............................43 Johnecheck Sweet Corn Farm.............43 Julianne Tomatoes .........................41, 50

Kale Mary, LLC .....................................18 Kalkaska Farmers' Market...................40 Kastanu Farm.......................................43 Kei-Ju Farm..........................................43 Keweenaw Food Co-op...........44, 46, 51 Kilcherman's Christmas Cove Farm ....27 King Orchards ......................................40 Kingsley Farmers Market .....................21 Kitchen Farms, Inc. ..............................43 Kiteley Farms .......................................43 Knaebe's Mmmunchy Krunchy Apple Farm ..........................14

La Becasse.................................... 25, 60 La Casa Verde Produce........................24 Lake City Farmers Market ...................30 Lake Leelanau Farmers Market...........27

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Lake Linden Farmers Market...............46 Lakeside Farm .....................................43 Laman Farm .........................................30 Lavender Hill Farms .............................43 Leelanau Cheese..................................25 Leelanau Lavender Breezes ................27 Leelanau Peninsula Maple Sugarbush 25 Leelanau Peninsula Vintners ......... 25, 28 Leelanau Piedmontese Beef ................27 Leesburg Farms ...................................14 Left Foot Charley ............................17, 28 Leland Farmers Market........................27 Les Cheneaux Culinary School.....................44, 48, 49 Les Cheneaux Farmers & Artisans Market..............................48 Little Bohemia ................................17, 34 Llama Meadows Farm .........................33 Local Eats Delivery...............................43 Loma Farm ...........................................24 Loney's Alpaca Junction ......................33 Lost Lake Farm ....................................43 Louie's Meats .................................18, 64 Loving Dove Farm ................................33 Luft's Nursery ......................................33

Mancelona Farmers Market.................43 Manistee Farmers Market....................30 Manistique Farmers Market.................47 Manton Mill Farmers Market ...............33 Maple Achers Farm ..............................27 Maple Leaf Farms ................................33 Maple Moon Sugarbush & Winery .......41 Maple Ridge Orchards .........................33 Mark Morrison Farms ..........................43 Marquette Food Co-Op ........... 44, 47, 49 Martha's Leelanau Table............... 25, 29 Marvin's Garden Spot ..........................33 Matchett Sheep Farm ..........................43 Mawby..................................................25 May Farm .........................................6, 30 McManus Southview Orchards............21 Meadowlark Farm ................................27 Menominee Historic Downtown Farmers Market ..............47 MI Local Hops.................................16, 36 Michigan Hop Alliance..........................24 Miller Family Farm................................46 Mission Table Restaurant.....................17 Misty Ridge Greenhouse ......................33 Monroe Achers Farm Co. LLC..............33 Moomers Farm Creamery..............16, 53 Moonrise Gardens ................................47 Moonstone Farm ..................................46 Moore's Salad Greens ..........................48 Morganic Farm .................................3, 16 Morsels Espresso + Edibles.................17 Myers Beefalo Farm .............................33

Nad's Nursery ......................................43 Narrow Gauge Farm.............................33 Natural Northern Foods, LLC ...............18

Nature's Acres......................................33 New Mission Organics .........................27 Nicholas Farm & Vineyard....................21 NMC Extended Education Culinary Classes ................................17 Norconk Farm ......................................30 North Harvest CSA Farm .....................46 North Star Organics .............................30 North Wind Gardens.............................43 Northeast Michigan Regional Farm Market .......................14 Northport Farmers Market...................27 Northwoods Soda & Syrup Co. ......18, 61 Notably Natural Botanicals & Aromatherapy...........................18, 34

Ocanas Farm ........................................21 Old Hundredth Farm.............................21 Olds Brothers Maple Syrup ..................21 Olds Farm .............................................33 Oleson's Food Stores .....8, 17, 18, 31, 41 Oliver Art Center.............................31, 35 Omena Cut Flowers U-Pick ..................27 Omena Organics...................................27 Ona Mission..........................................21 Onekama Farmers Market ...................33 Open Sky Organic Farm .......................40 Oryana Food Co-op ..........................2, 18 Oscoda-AuSable Farm Market ............14 Out of the Woods Farm ........................43

Pahl Farms ...........................................21 Palette Bistro ..................................10, 41 Pangea's Pizza .....................................17 Peaceful Valley Farm............................43 Peak Season CSA ................................21 Peppercorn .....................................18, 34 Perbellus Flower Farm .........................27 Petal Pushers Greenhouse...................21 Petoskey Cheese............................41, 51 Petoskey Farmers Market....................40 Pine Crest Dairy and Beef ....................33 Pine Hill Village Gardens.......................21 PKS Heirloom Tomatoes ......................30 Plant Masters of Suttons Bay ..............27 Plath's Meats......................12, 14, 41, 61 Platte River Gardens ............................33 Pleasanton Valley Greenhouses, Inc. ...31 Pond Hill Farm ......................................43 Popp Farm ............................................27 Port City Organics Real Food Market...31 Porter Creek Fish House ......................41 Potter Road Raspberries ......................21 Presque Isle Farm ................................14 Press On Juice ...............................18, 54 Price Farms ..........................................27 Provemont Hydrofarms ........................27 Providence Organic Farm...............15, 40

Rare Bird Brewpub .........................17, 38 Raven's Roost Farm .............................43 Real Eyes Homestead ..........................21

Red Fox Gardens ..................................43 Red Rock Farm.....................................46 Reh-Morr Farm ....................................47 Rennie Orchards...................................21 Resort Gardens ....................................40 Rice Centennial Farm ...........................33 Rick Rick's Pickled Stix ........................18 Ricksgers Ranch ..................................43 Right Brain Brewery .......................17, 38 River Valley Farms & Meats .................21 Riverside Inn.................................. 25, 60 Roast & Toast Coffee and Cafe ............41 Robbins Farm Market...........................21 Rock River Cafe ............................. 44, 47 Rock River Farm...................................47 Rock River Perennial Garden and Greenhouse....................47 Rocky Top Farms .................................43 Rodger's Grass Fed Beef .....................43 Rolling Meadows Farms.......................21 Rondeau's Ruff Acres...........................47 Rosenthal Orchards..............................43 Rove Estate Vineyard & Winery......17, 28 Royal Farms .........................................43 RRR Meats ...........................................18 Rudbeckia Winery ................................41 Russ-Stick Acres..................................43

S&S Lamb, LLC ....................................33 Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market .................................16 Saskatoon MI Farm and Nursery .........21 Sault Ste Marie Farmers Market..........48 Scheel Family Farm & Flour Mill ..........43 Schichtel Nursery and Vineyard...........21 Second Spring Farm ............................24 Seeds and Spores Family Farm ...........47 SEEDS Educational Farm .....................21 Shangri-La Too.....................................21 Shetler Family Dairy ...................... 40, 54 Shiloh's Garden ....................................30 Shooks Farms Co. LLC.........................43 Short's Brewing....................................41 SKi Country Farm .................................48 Sleeping Bear Farms............................30 Sleeping Bear Orchards .......................27 Sleepy Hollow Farm .............................47 Sommerset Pointe Yacht Club .............51 Sonny's Farm .......................................27 Spanglish........................................17, 60 Spirit of Walloon ...................................40 Spring Hill Farm and Vineyard..............21 Spring Hollow Farm..............................21 Spruce Hill Farm...................................24 St. Ambrose Cellars .......................31, 38 Staffords Hospitality ......................10, 41 Stoneacre Farm....................................21 StonyďŹ eld Acres ...................................27 Stormcloud Brewing Company...31, 35, 38 SunRazed Farm....................................43 Suttons Bay Farmers Market ...............27 Sweet Blossom Honey ...................12, 14

Sweet Grass Farms..............................48 Sweeter Song Farm .............................24

Tandem Ciders .....................................25 Taproot Cider House.......................17, 38 TASTES of Black Star Farms ...............17 The Bistro at Charelvoix Country Club .41 The Cheese Lady............................18, 28 The Cooks' House ................................17 The Crystal Lake Catering Company .......................31, 61 The Franklin ...................................17, 60 The Glenwood Restaurant ............ 29, 30 The Little Fleet .....................................17 The May Farm ........................................6 The North Farm at UPREC ...................47 The Redheads Cafe & Tasting Room ...25 The Rehmann Farm .............................21 The Restaurant at LochenHeath ..........16 The Riverside Inn..................................25 The Rowe Inn .................................34, 41 The Saskatoon Berry Patch .................21 The Towne Plaza ............................17, 28 The Village at Grand Traverse Commons............................29 The Village at Grand Traverse Commons Farmers Market ...............16 Thistle Pub & Grille .........................31, 61 TLC Hydroponics ..................................27 Tom's Food Markets.................. 2, 18, 25 Trattoria Stella ......................................17 Triple H Ranch ......................................14 Two Acre Farm .....................................43

UnderToe Farm .....................................40 Urka Strawberry Farms .......................33

Valentine Tree Farm .............................27 Vanloozen Family Farm ........................43 Verdant Ground Garden Co-op.............43 VerSnyder Orchards .............................24 Virgin Earth Farm .................................46

Wagon Wheel Farm..............................16 Wallin Emu Ranch ................................33 Wallis Family Farm ...............................48 Walnut Lane Farm ................................21 Warren Orchards-Between the Bays ...16 Wee Bee Jammin .................................33 Webber Farms ......................................30 Werp Farms ..........................................21 Wests Windy Acres Farm .....................27 Wild Tomato Restaurant & Bar.............31 Winding Creek Farm ............................47 Winter Sky Wool Company...................47 Woodland Herb Farm ...........................27 Workshop Brewery...............................17

Yen Yoga & Fitness...............................54 Youker Farm Market.............................21

Zenner Farms .......................................21

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Louie’s Meats, serving you the very best in specialty meats since 1962. Louie’s Meats, a family-owned business located in Traverse City, is the proud maker of O’Brien Corned Beef. Since 1980, O’Brien Corned Beef has been the choice of restaurants, delicatessens and home kitchens throughout Michigan. In fact, many of Detroit’s most popular delis serve it today. We start with fresh USDA inspected, handtrimmed choice beef briskets, then inject them with our own special blend of spices. O’Brien Corned Beef sets the standard for freshness and taste!

ROAST BEEF

In addition to our O’Brien Corned Beef, Louie’s Meats also oﬀers the very best in roast beef, bacon and skinless or natural casing hot dogs. You’ll ﬁnd them served at your favorite restaurants around town or in the retail meat case and deli counter at your local Tom’s Food Markets, Oleson’s Food Stores, Ric’s Food Center, Copemish Family Market and Honor Family Market.

BACON

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Hand-peeled Red Havens from Joe Daly’s orchard along the Lake Michigan shore

Luscious, chunky, and sublimely aromatic

Enjoy the taste of a fresh, ripe summer peach all year long COOK’S ILLUSTRATED TASTE TEST WINNER “The standout winner. Tasters like its bold, ripe peach taste and balanced sweetness.”

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