Fresh Strawberries in Season

Whether you want to pick your own or buy them already picked, there is nothing more scrumptious than fresh Michigan strawberries.   Now is a great time to purchase them. It has been rumored that eating 140 strawberries equals eating one cheeseburger.  (We do not recommend you eat that many at one sitting.)

 

To find out where you can purchase fresh Michigan strawberries right at the farm, check the link to any of the farm markets listed in the column on the right side of this page and contact them for availability and hours available.  To get some ideas on what you can do with strawberries, here is one of many links on the internet.

Strawberries at the Ed Dunneback and Girls Farm Market, 3025 6 Mile Road in Comstock Park

 

Picking your own at the Morse Brothers Farm, 2925 6 Mile Road in Comstock Park.  The patch is located off 6 Mile on Peachridge. 

 

Strawberries. Strawberries, Strawberries

Strawberry season is here and there are plenty of strawberries ripe for picking right here in Alpine Township.  A few of the strawberry patches where customers can pick their own are almost adjacent to each other.  Morse Brothers Farm is located at  2925 6 Mile Road NW (616-784-4776) and Ed Dunneback & Girls Farm Market is at 3025 6 Mile Rd NW. (616-784-0058) but you may want to call them first and check for hours.  Both have farm markets as well.

For more information about West Michigan and strawberry facts, go to  http://www.wmta.org/may:-strawberries-593/

Pick Your Own at Morse Brothers Farm

More than just fresh strawberries available

Alpine Township - We Are Still Growing

Fruit Ridge or "the Ridge" is a topographical land feature located NW of Grand Rapids, Michigan and considered to be an agricultural mecca. The glaciers of long ago left behind gently rolling slopes. The deposits were fertile clay loam soils with excellent moisture holding qualities that provided great soil and terrain for the growing of premium fruits, vegetables and the raising of livestock, including buffalo.Approximately 8 miles wide by 20 miles long, the Fruit Ridge is regarded as one of the prime fruit-growing regions in the world. Elevations greater than 800 feet and its location (about 25 miles from Lake Michigan), creates a unique climate (ideal growing and moderate winters) for fruit production. The Ridge supplies 40 % of the states (Michigan) apples. An estimated 66% of the Ridge lies in Kent County, all within 20 miles of downtown Grand Rapids."The Ridge" is an area of 158 square miles (8 miles wide and 20 miles long) covering 7 townships and 4 counties: Kent (Alpine, Sparta, Tyrone), Newago (Ashland), Muskegon (Casnovia) and Ottawa (Chester and Wright). To learn more, please look at Ridge Economic Agricultural Partners (REAP) website, from which this information was obtained. To get a list of markets in the area, and days and hours of operation, please check here.
Saturdays, Fruitbasket Flowerland hosts a Farmers Market on it's parking lot, and attracts farmers from as far away as Fremont. This week, strawberries are plentiful as evidenced by the attached pictures taken at Dunneback & Daughters, and Morse Farms.

Pictured Above are operations at the Morse Strawberry Farm. Click on pictures to enlarge

Pictured above are operations at the Dunneback & Daughters Farm

This was this year's first week of the Farmer's Market at Fruitbasket Flowerland