Produce Farms near Suttons Bay, MI

Suttons Bay Township

Alpers Berry Farm grows berries on the Leelanau Peninsula near Suttons Bay Township, part of the narrow strip of orchard and vineyard country between Grand Traverse Bay and Lake Michigan. The peninsula's sandy, lake-cooled soil is prime berry ground, though Alpers' varieties and picking schedule aren't listed publicly.

Lake Leelanau

Cedar

Cedar

Traverse City

Traverse City

Buchan's Blueberry Hill is a fifth-generation farm on the Old Mission Peninsula, working the same ground since 1900. U-pick runs through blueberries, peaches, and apples in season, and the farm churns its own ice cream from the fruit it grows. Jams, jellies, seasonal vegetables, and baked goods are sold at the farm stand.

Traverse City

Bull Dog Berries farms 25 acres of blueberries outside Traverse City, growing 11 varieties alongside strawberries and Saskatoon berries. Rows are mowed and walkable for u-pick visitors, and the owners have talked about adding raspberries and blackberries in future seasons. It's a working farm first — picking windows track the weather, so a call ahead helps.

Elk Rapids

Elk Rapids

Guntzviller's has sold berries from a roadside stand on US-31 south of Elk Rapids since the 1970s, starting with strawberries and raspberries before adding blueberries, cherries, and blackberries. Since 2009 the stand has carried summer vegetables too — asparagus, broccoli, carrots, peas, tomatoes — plus fall stone fruit like peaches and plums. The farm also sets up at farmers markets around the Grand Traverse region, including Traverse City and Elk Rapids itself.

Central Lake

Honor

Baatz U-Pick Blueberries sits off Ryan Road near the Cherry Bowl Drive-In, a few minutes from US-31 outside Honor. The family farm has grown blueberries at this Blueberry Lane address for years, offering u-pick by the pail during the short Northern Michigan season. Questions not answered on their FAQ page go straight to the family by email rather than through a call center.

East Jordan

Bluestem Farm is an organic year-round farm outside East Jordan, Michigan growing certified organic vegetables, pasture-raised chicken and eggs, and heritage-breed pork. Summer and winter farm subscriptions let members choose exactly what goes in the box — or let the farmers decide — with delivery to nearby towns and flexible dates.