Farms Near Fremont, MI

Fremont

A farmers market on East Main Street in Fremont, a Newaygo County city in west Michigan. No current hours or vendor details are posted publicly — check locally for this season's schedule.

Grass-fed Meat Market is listed in Michigan under a meat classification. No verified details on the specific farm, breeds, or products turned up online.

Fremont

Fremont

Heritage Farms has worked the same Fremont ground since 1863 and is now run by the fifth generation of the family. The market sells fresh produce, bakery items, homemade fudge, and bulk spices, while the grounds add a petting zoo called Farm Town, a corn maze, pumpkin patch, orchard, and a mini golf course. Open seasonally, July through November.

Fremont

Brooks Berry Patch grows u-pick berries in Fremont, on the Newaygo County side of west Michigan's fruit belt, where sandy soil and Lake Michigan's moderating air keep frost risk low. Current hours and crop availability aren't posted anywhere online, so a phone call before driving out is the safer bet.

Hesperia

Carson Family Beef raises and processes cattle on North Stone Road in Hesperia, selling beef through online bundle orders with pickup at the farm store. There's no walk-in retail — orders go through their website or by phone, and customers pick up once a bundle is ready. It's a small, direct-to-consumer operation in the rural stretch of West Michigan between Grand Rapids and Muskegon.

Holton

Veenstra Farm is located in Holton, in Muskegon County's farmland northeast of the city. No website, social media, or public listing turned up in research — call ahead to confirm what the farm currently offers.

Fremont

Thiebouts Blueberry Farm is in Fremont, the Newaygo County town best known as Gerber baby food's birthplace and part of west Michigan's blueberry belt. As the name states, blueberries are the crop; acreage and picking hours for this farm aren't listed publicly.

Twin Lake

Kooistra Orchards grows apples, peaches, and cherries on Maple Island Road in Twin Lake, north of Muskegon. U-pick apples run Fridays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., while the self-serve stand at the pole barn stays open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. while supplies last.

Twin Lake

Hesperia

We produce Certified Naturally Grown vegetables including onions, garlic, squash, pumpkins and peppers as well as eggs, poultry, and rabbit meat. All meat is processed at at MDARD or USDA Inspected facility.

Newaygo

Kemperman's Blueberries grows blueberries near Newaygo, part of the west Michigan blueberry belt running through Newaygo and Oceana counties — among the top blueberry-producing ground in the state. Acreage, varieties, and picking hours for this particular farm aren't listed publicly.

Newaygo

Newaygo's market sets up Friday afternoons, 2 to 5:30 p.m., June through September, in Brooks Park in the middle of downtown. Local growers, bakers, and food artisans bring produce and baked goods that track the season, and the market accepts Market Senior and Market Kids tokens for shoppers who qualify.

Grant

Nelsons Farm Market runs a stand at 11108 Gordon Avenue in Grant, in the fruit and vegetable country of northern Kent County. No hours or product list turned up online — a separate operation from the herb-focused Nelson's Herbs and Farm Market downstate in Edwardsburg.

Ravenna

O'Brien's U-Pick blueberries grows on North Bossett Road in Ravenna, part of the cluster of West-Central Michigan blueberry farms that open once the fruit turns in mid-to-late July. Picking typically runs through the end of August, with long daytime hours during peak weeks.

White Cloud

Grant

Angle Acres Chestnuts grows Michigan chestnuts in Grant, with the Smith family running the orchard across multiple generations. The u-pick opens every Saturday once chestnut season starts each fall and stays open until the trees are picked clean — no set end date, just whatever the harvest allows.

Grant

What's listed as Grant Farmers Market is Nelson's Farm Market, an indoor farm store at 135 South Maple Street open Monday through Saturday, 9am to 6pm, closed Sundays. It carries produce, baked goods, honey, potted plants and flowers year-round rather than running as a single weekly vendor market, and in fall it adds pumpkin picking with wagon rides and a small petting area for kids.

Grant

Holly's Corn Maze is on Willow Avenue in Grant, Newaygo County, an area of west Michigan known for corn, potatoes, and Christmas tree farms. No further public details are available for this fall attraction.

Hart

Slocum Farms grows asparagus, zucchini, hard squash, pumpkins, and Christmas trees across Oceana and Newaygo counties near Hart. The name carries weight in the area — the related Slocum Brothers Tree Farm once worked 3,000 acres and ranked among the ten largest Christmas tree producers in the country. Today's operation is smaller, but the crop list still reflects that tree-farming history.

Casnovia

Casnovia

Dave's Harvest Basket operates out of Casnovia, a small Muskegon County farm community in west Michigan. The name suggests a roadside produce stand, though no listing confirms hours, crops, or a season.

Dietrichs Harvest Basket runs u-pick fields in Casnovia, north of Grand Rapids, with a season that stretches from asparagus in spring through apples and pumpkins in fall. In between, pickers work through strawberries, blueberries, sweet corn, and peaches as each comes ripe — less a one-crop farm than a running calendar of what's in season.

Ravenna

Jawor Bros. has grown blueberries on the same Ravenna land since 1962, now run by six grandchildren of the founders. Their 800-acre farm supplies U-pick and pre-picked berries every July and August, plus truckload wholesale orders. The country store bakes pies and other treats and scoops hand-dipped ice cream, and the farm stays open June through November.

Muskegon

FARM Food Processing Accelerator is based on Stebbins Road in Muskegon. The name suggests a shared-use kitchen or processing space built to help small food producers scale up production, though no public hours or program details are listed yet.

Shelby

Small fruits, meaning berries, are the named focus of this operation on West Buchanan in Shelby, part of Oceana County's Lake Michigan fruit belt, an area best known for its asparagus crop. No further details are published online.

Whitehall

Palmer's Blueberries has grown and sold berries on Dame Road since the early 1960s, one of several U-pick blueberry farms clustered in this stretch of Whitehall. Both U-pick and already-picked blueberries are available, and the farm has expanded steadily over six decades of family ownership.

Conklin

Rasch Cherries is a fourth-generation fruit farm in Conklin with trees over 60 years old still bearing fruit. U-pick cherries run late June through July, 8am to 8pm most days, with apples, pumpkins, and a sunflower maze filling out the rest of the season. They pit your cherries for free before you leave — worth asking about even if you didn't plan on baking.

Creswick Farms raises grass-fed beef, pastured pork, chicken, turkey, and lamb at 6500 Rollenhagen Rd in Ravenna, along with free-range eggs, bone broth, and beef fat. The farm store is open Wednesday and Friday noon-5pm and Saturday 10am-3pm, with home delivery and pickup locations also available, and SNAP/EBT accepted on select products. Call 616-837-9226 or email [email protected].

Kent City

Blue Tree Market operates out of Kent City, a small village in northern Kent County. No website, Facebook page, or news mention turned up online, so vendor lineup, hours, and season are unconfirmed at this time.

New Era

Bush's Apples grows apples on M-20 in New Era, in Oceana County's fruit belt along Lake Michigan. No hours, variety list, or contact details were found online.

Hyatt Family Blueberries runs a u-pick operation on West Lakewood Road in Whitehall, along Michigan's west coast. Online listings are sparse beyond the basics — blueberries, a Facebook page for season updates, and a local reputation built over several seasons rather than a marketing push.

White Lake Community Garden has no confirmed address or contact info on record. Community gardens in the White Lake area typically rent individual plots to residents for a growing season rather than sell produce directly.

Muskegon

New Era

Muskegon

Muskegon

The Muskegon Farmer’s Market, owned and operated by the City of Muskegon, is dedicated to showcasing the best in locally-grown foods, flowers, nursery stock, handicrafts and baked goods. The Market also hosts The Flea where everything imaginable is sold.

Muskegon

Muskegon's winter market moves indoors on Western Avenue when the outdoor season ends, keeping Saturday shopping going through the cold months. Vendors sell fresh vegetables, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, and handmade crafts, all sourced from local producers. It's the cold-weather counterpart to the long-running Muskegon Farmers Market a few blocks over.

Earthkeeper Farm has no city, website, or contact information confirmed online. The name is on file as a Michigan farm awaiting verification.

Conklin

Conklin sits on the edge of the Sparta-area apple belt in Ottawa County, one of Michigan's densest apple-growing pockets. DK Orchards is listed here as an orchard; no independent website confirms current crops or visiting hours, so check locally before stopping by.

New Era

Country Dairy has bottled milk in Oceana County since 1907, now moving more than 70,000 gallons a week from cows never given artificial growth hormones. The New Era farm store sells non-GMO-certified milk, cream, butter, and made-in-house ice cream alongside a bakery and meat counter, and runs farm tours and a kids' 'Moo School' program. Farm store: 231-259-0515, open Monday–Saturday, 9am–8pm.

Kent City

Kent City

Fruit Ridge Hayrides runs on horse-drawn wagons rather than tractors, a detail that sets it apart from most corn maze operations in West Michigan. Mid-September through October, visitors pick their own apples and pumpkins, walk the corn maze, and stop by the petting zoo and pony rides. The farm sits five minutes from Sparta and about twenty from Grand Rapids, with a concession stand and sleigh rides once winter hits.

Country Dairy bottles its own milk, cream, and butter from cows raised on the family farm in Oceana County, then sells it straight out of the farm store alongside cheese, ice cream, and a kitchen menu of burgers and sandwiches. The store is open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the kitchen running 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Call (231) 259-0515 for current hours and directions.

Sparta

Shelby

New Era

Lewis Adventure Farm and Zoo is a fifth-generation family farm on M-20 in New Era that pairs a working zoo with a fall festival. Visitors meet sloths, lemurs, kangaroos, and capybaras, then work through more than 46 attractions including a corn maze and petting zoo. Fresh donuts and gourmet sundaes round out the food side, and the fall festival opens each September.

New Era

Coopersville

Sodini Blueberries is a family-owned u-pick and pre-picked blueberry farm in the Muskegon area, self-serve from dawn to dusk through the season. They're members of the Michigan Blueberry Growers association and follow certified food-safety practices, which matters at a self-serve operation where nobody's standing at the gate checking on you. Regulars on Yelp keep coming back for the berries and the low-key setup.

Muskegon

Muskegon

Since 2005, this Muskegon cooperative has connected small organic producers directly with shoppers at Mercy Health Lakes Village near US-31 and Pontaluna Road. Offerings include pasture-raised poultry and eggs, grass-fed beef and lamb, nitrate-free pork, organic produce, goat-milk dairy, soaps, and kombucha, with preorders and CSA shares available. The market runs Saturday mornings, spring through fall, closing briefly between Christmas and New Year's.

Hart

Major Produce sits on North 120th Avenue outside Hart, in Oceana County — Michigan's top asparagus-growing county and home to the National Asparagus Festival. This farm's specific crops and hours aren't published online.

Muskegon

R & K Blueberries and Greenhouse grows blueberries and greenhouse plants on Mount Garfield Road outside Muskegon. Details beyond that are thin online — the farm doesn't appear to run its own website or social page, so calling ahead is the most reliable way to check hours or picking status.

Muskegon

Farview Acres Farms sits outside Muskegon on Michigan's west-side Lake Michigan shoreline. It's listed as an agritourism destination; no independent website or current visitor details were confirmed in research, so a call ahead is the reliable way to plan a stop.

Sparta

Goodfellow Orchards grows sweet and tart cherries on 12 Mile Road outside Sparta, with both u-pick rows and pre-picked boxes depending on what's ripe that week. The season runs late June through mid-July — about six weeks, sometimes shorter depending on the year — and the farm only takes cash or check.

Conklin

DK Orchards, previously known as Vince Brown Farms, is on 8th Avenue in Conklin, an Ottawa County community in west Michigan's apple country. The name change on record suggests new ownership, though no further public details are available online.

Conklin

Norton Shores

Sparta

A seasonal farmers market on North Union Street in downtown Sparta, a small Kent County community north of Grand Rapids. No current schedule or vendor list is posted publicly — worth a call to the village office before visiting.