The Michigan State Horticultural Society gave out two Distinguished Service Awards during the 2021 Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO banquet on Dec. 8. The awards were presented to grape and cherry grower Ed Oxley, and the late Larry Gut, a former professor and tree fruit entomologist at Michigan State University.  Ed Oxley Ed Oxley Oxley grew up in Lawton, Michigan. He and his wife of 58 years, Phyllis, raised three sons. They bought their first 50 acres in Lawton in 1967 and picked their first grape crop that fall. They planted their first wine grapes in 1970. […]