New Year’s resolutions with Burnham Orchards
A new year brings the chance to make changes, plan ahead and reflect with New Year’s resolutions – especially a year like we just had. Joe Burnham of Burnham Orchards is doing just that. Fresh Forward: What changes, if any, are you looking forward to in 2021? Fresh Forward sat down with Joe Burnham to…
Farm to Table: How to tell if you are buying locally grown produce
There you are, at the grocery store or farmer’s market, perusing the fresh fruits and vegetables and wondering: Is this locally grown produce? Even at a farmer’s market or local produce market, the fruits and vegetables you are buying may not be locally grown produce. After all, not all fruits and veggies can be grown…
Farm Life at MacQueen Orchards
A growing farm fueled by family and the community. Around 1936, Hugh MacQueen bought a bushel of apples from one of his only neighbors on a gravel road in Holland, Ohio. That next year, MacQueen Orchards had five acres of trees planted, which has grown to more than 200 acres over the years. Hugh passed…
Six Generations at Grobe Fruit Farm
Family history and a love for apples – and pumpkins – run deep. Grobe Fruit Farm started as a dairy and potato farm in 1905 and has grown with each generation. Today, Grobe Fruit Farm is operated by its fifth and sixth generations, including Laurie Grobe and Brooke Grobe, fifth and sixth generations respectively, who…
Planning for the Future at Bachman Sunny Hill Fruit Farm
Location and forecasting are distinctions on this family farm. Bachman Sunny Hill Fruit Farm started in Carroll, Ohio with a handful of fruit trees. Gregg Bachman’s great grandmother would take the fruit to town, he assumes as a way to help contribute to the family income at the time. Gregg is the fourth generation, and…
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