Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 2017: $22,241.00
Projected End Date: 01/30/2019
Grant Recipient:
Ten Hens Farm
Region: North Central
State: Michigan
Project Coordinator:
Dru Montri
Ten Hens farm
Description:
Ten Hens Farm is owned and operated the Montri family in Bath, Michigan. They grow produce outdoors and in unheated hoophouses. In Battle Creek, Michigan, Trent Thompson grows produce and hosts on-farm weddings at Green Gardens Community Farm. With support from a SARE grant, they are partnering with another farm to review mechanization options to scale-up root vegetable production. This video is their NCR-SARE Farmers Forum presentation at the 2019 Michigan Family Farms Conference.
Type:
Video
Target audiences:
Farmers/Ranchers; Educators; Researchers; Consumers
This product is associated with the project "A Comparative On-farm Study of Root Crop Production and Postharvest Systems for Scaling Up Diversified Vegetable Farms"
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.