Produce Farms near Three Rivers, MI

Three Rivers

Three Rivers

Three Rivers sits in St. Joseph County, southwest Michigan farm country where row crops and berry patches share the same sandy loam. Burda's Berry Farm is listed here as a u-pick produce operation, though no working website turned up to confirm this year's picking schedule.

Jones

Schoolcraft

Burr Oak

Eicher's Blueberries is a u-pick blueberry farm on Findley Road outside Burr Oak, in Michigan's blueberry belt near the Indiana line. Berries in this part of the state typically ripen from July into August.

Goshen

Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana is Ben Hartman and Rachel Hershberger's one-third-acre micro farm, famous for proving that tiny land can earn serious income — all its food sells within two miles of the farm. Hartman, author of The Lean Farm and The Lean Micro Farm and a Grist 50 green leader, teaches lean farming through books, masterclasses, and international workshops.

Kalamazoo

Paw Paw

Paw Paw

Berry Brothers Retail grows and sells blueberries from its M-40 farm outside Paw Paw, along with u-pick flowers, coffee, ice cream and fresh-baked goods. The family recently added the former Leduc Blueberry farm to its operations, expanding acreage in southwest Michigan's blueberry country. Multiple retail locations around Paw Paw carry the fruit in season rather than just a single farm stand.

Goshen

Yoder's has grown strawberries on this stretch of 15th Street for roughly 50 years, opening the patch each June once the berries ripen. Pick your own for $2.25 a pound or grab a flat already picked at the stand. The family runs a second, year-round farm market up in Syracuse, but this Goshen location is strawberries only, and it closes once the plants stop producing. Hours shift with the weather, so a call ahead saves a wasted trip.

Paw Paw

Granger

This Granger farmstand now operates as Nourish Produce, though it's long been known locally as BackYard Produce at 10180 Adams Road. It's open daily at 10am, selling produce picked at peak flavor from the stand itself. Call 574-360-4439 for what's currently in season, or find them on Facebook under the Nourish Produce name.

Elkhart

Dowagiac

PYO Blueberries runs a pick-your-own blueberry patch in Dowagiac, on the southwest Michigan fruit belt that produces a large share of the state's blueberry crop. As the name states, bring your own containers — Michigan's blueberry harvest typically runs July into August.

Paw Paw

Cycle Source Berries grows raspberries on M-43 outside Paw Paw, in Van Buren County's fruit belt. It's a small operation with no listed website or phone — local agritourism directories describe it simply as fresh, locally grown raspberries sold direct from the farm.

Mishawaka

Blueberry Ranch in Mishawaka grows nine organic blueberry varieties and calls itself the largest organic blueberry farm in the Midwest. U-pick runs July through mid-August, with frozen berries and pies sold year-round. After 50 years running the farm, the longtime owner has listed this as a final season and is seeking a buyer to take it on.

Niles

Niles

Eckler's Produce and Greenhouse operates on Barron Lake Road in Niles, near Michigan's southwest border with Indiana. A combined produce stand and greenhouse suggests both field crops and bedding plants, though no hours or product list are posted online.