Michigan GROWN, Michigan GREAT Podcast
1) The Show Must Go On...Sorta
They say all good things must come to an end, but we disagree. We think all good things should take a brief hiatus and relaunch with version 2.0...like this podcast. Over the last three years, Carla W...Show More
2) Derek Thom, D & D Thom Farms
Derek Thom is a crop and cattle farmer at D & D Thom Farms in Peck, and he’s the fifth generation in his family to be on the farm. He grows corn, soybeans, sugar beets, wheat, and hay. He also raises ...Show More
3) C.J. Hunt, Hunt’s Hillside Vineyards LLC – Lawton, MI
C.J. Hunt owns Hunt’s Hillside Vineyards, LCC in Lawton, where he grows 38 acres of eight different varieties of wine grapes. He contracts his grapes to St Julian Winery in Paw Paw. He and his wife Hi...Show More
4) Andrew Woelmer, farmer and financial services officer
Andrew Woelmer raises corn and soybeans on his seventh-generation family farm, and he also is a financial services officer at GreenStone Farm Credit Services, the agricultural lending organization. An...Show More
5) Allan Robinette, Robinette’s
Allan Robinette is part of Robinette’s Apple Haus & Winery, an agri-tourism destination in Grand Rapids. They also offer you-pick of a variety of fruits, a corn maze, a bakery, and many family activit...Show More
6) Kendra Kissane, Environmental stewardship manager, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, Dairy Management Inc.
Kendra Kissane has her dream job of being the environmental stewardship manager at the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy through Dairy Management Inc. She’s working with farmers to meet the sustainabil...Show More
7) McKenzie Kuehnlein, ABC news anchor, Hoffman Farms
McKenzie and her husband Joe farm hay, livestock, and row crop in Dundee, MI. McKenzie also is a news anchor for ABC 13 in Toledo. She grew up on a crop farm, and she and Joe met at the Monroe County ...Show More
8) Abby Vitore, Carpenter Farms Greenhouse
Abby owns a greenhouse, helps at her family’s farm and agritourism business, and is a crop insurance agent for River Farms Crop Insurance Agency, Inc. She’s vice president of the Lenawee County Farm B...Show More
9) Kyle Keller, Keller Farms & Supply, Inc
Kyle Keller owns Keller Farms & Supply, which is a part of agriculture people don’t think about every day. He grows and sources 5,000 acres of wheat straw and hay bales to supply erosion control and m...Show More
10) Olivia DeVooght, DeVooght Farms, DeVooght’s General Store
Olivia and her family own DeVooght Farms and run DeVooght’s General Store in Skandia, where they sell food they produce, as well as products from other local farmers. Their dairy barn roof collapsed i...Show More