Farm
Stovers Farm Market & U-pic
A working orchard and farm market in Berrien Springs, Michigan, in the southwestern corner of the state — peaches, cherries, apples, and other tree fruit, with U-pick alongside the farmstand. Runs a substantial value-add product line (peach / cherry / black-bean-corn salsas, Sweet Fire pickles, dried cherries, applesauce, jarred peach halves) plus a Red Barn event venue and school-trip programming.
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What they do
Stover’s [[farm-market|Farm Market]] & U-Pic operates at 7837 M-139 in Berrien Springs, [[detroit|Michigan]], May through early November. The operation runs:
- Orchard production — peaches, cherries, apples, and other tree fruit
- U-Pick — open during market hours, closing at 4:30pm Eastern
- [[farm-market|Farm market]] — 9am-5pm Monday through Saturday, closed Sundays
- Value-add product line — Sweet Fire Pickles, Cherry Salsa, peach salsa, [[common-bean|black bean]] corn salsa, dried cherries, applesauce, jarred peach halves
- Red Barn venue for events
- School-trip programming and farmers-market participation
- Online orders with shipping available
Why it’s listed
Southwestern [[detroit|Michigan]]‘s lakeshore fruit belt — moderated by Lake Michigan’s thermal effect — is one of the country’s most concentrated tree-fruit zones. A working orchard in this region that runs all four retail surfaces in [[directory|the directory]]‘s substrate-builder pattern (U-pick + farmstand + value-add + agritourism event venue) plus mailorder shipping is the textbook small-operator multi-channel model the hub describes. The value-add line specifically — salsas, pickles, applesauce — is how a seasonal orchard converts a short harvest window into year-round revenue, and is the editorial filter at the orchard hub.
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- Instance of: [[orchard]]
- Shares approach with: [[agritourism]]
- Member of: [[farm]]
- Contained by: [[western-michigan]]
- Also grows: [[berry-farm]]
Sources
- OpenStreetMap:
node/9702095450 - Stover’s [[farm-market|Farm Market]] & U-Pic
A listing in the [[0mn1one|0mn1.one]] [[directory]]. Filed under [[western-michigan]] in [[directory|the directory]].
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