December 2014 Issue

Organic fruit attracts customers

Steve Tennes, who operates the Country Mill orchard and farm market at Charlotte, Michigan, became convinced several years ago that there was a future in organic fruit production. Today, some of his customers will come a hundred miles or more from Detroit and Chicago specially to buy his organic apples. But Tennes also realized he needed to know a lot more about horticulture to do it. So he went back to Michigan State University and spent four years, part time, from 2004 to 2007 working on a master’s degree in horticulture. He was encouraged and helped in his organic plan […]

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November 26, 2014

Apples, Pesticides, Marketing, Richard Lehnert

Richard Lehnert

After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index

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