Farm Field Trips


Although most class days are spent at the MSU Student Organic Farm, expect field trips to visit 20+ farms during day trips to Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids and Southwest Michigan and a weekend trip to Traverse City.
OFTP participants often list these field trips as a highlight of the program, giving them insights into many different ways to approach infrastructure, growing methods and other farm techniques.
Detroit
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Keep Growing Detroit - Grows transplants for 2000 gardens in Detroit!
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Fisheye Farms - No-till vegetables
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Tollgate Farm - Vegetables, livestock, education, events
Ann Arbor
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Raindance Farm - U Pick flowers and U Pick vegetable CSA
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Green Things Farm Collective - 5 Farm Owners collaborate to grow 3.5 acres of no-till vegetables & seed crops, beef on pasture
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Nature & Nurture - Seeds!
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Tantre Farm - 35 acres of vegetables and a mushroom forest
Lansing
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Magnolia Farms - Urban farm, vegetables, medicinal herbs
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4H Children's Garden - 1st children's garden in the US
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Wildtype - Native plants & ecological restoration
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Two Sparrows - Herdshare dairy, beef, hay
Grand Rapids
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Green Wagon Farm - Vegetables, lean farming techniques
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New City Farm - Vegetables, youth education, on-farm cafe
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Shady Side Farm - Dry beans, lamb & beef on pasture
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Crane Dance Farm - Animal Welfare Approved, rotationally-grazed livestock
SouthWest Michigan (Battle Creek/Kalamazoo)
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Green Gardens - Vegetable farm and successful wedding venue
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KVCC ValleyHub - Hydroponics, auquaponics, food hub, education
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Kellogg Biological Station - Pastured dairy with robotic milking equipment, cover crop research
Traverse City
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Bear Creek Organics – Microgreens, transplants, garlic, honey and vegetables
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Spirit of Walloon – 1.5 acres of intensive vegetables & cut flowers
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Providence Farm – Tractor-scale vegetable & livestock farm with on-farm deli
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Buckwheat’s Market Garden – Vegetable farm
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9 Bean Rows – Vegetable Farm with an on-farm bakery and café
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Green Bird Cellars – Organic vineyard and winery
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Birch Point Farm – farm owned by MSU Student Organic Farm’s first farm manager
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Loma Farm – Vegetable farm with a nearby farm-to-table restaurant
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GrowBenzie – Community non-profit with an incubator farm and farmers’ market onsite
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May Farm – Pastured poultry and rotationally grazed sheep