Back Roots Farm

Back Roots Farm Where growing takes root! Our mission at Back Roots Farm is to educate, encourage, and engage learners of all ages in our community, food, and the environment.

We want to promote environmental knowledge, food access and affordability, and nurture a sense of place in our community. Back Roots Farm is a work in progress! The idea of Back Roots Farm began while founder, Caitlin Lorenc, was serving in AmeriCorps in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Lorenc was motivated to take what she learned in rural Vermont and apply it to her home town in northwest lower

Michigan. Starting in the fall of 2015, that's exactly what she did! Located on 7 acres in beautiful Benzie County, the focus of Back Roots Farm is to provide the local community with accessible, healthy, and affordable produce free from chemicals.

***SOLD OUT OF RHUBARB AND STRAWBERRIES***Rhubarb, the last of the garlic scapes, and the first of the strawberries 🍓 🍓 ...
06/20/2026

***SOLD OUT OF RHUBARB AND STRAWBERRIES***

Rhubarb, the last of the garlic scapes, and the first of the strawberries 🍓 🍓 🍓 are in the farm stand. Come get 'em while they're here!


(Fyi, the farm stand will not be restocked until next weekend.)

Located at 7697 Homestead Rd., in Benzonia.

Image: Quarts of strawberries on a white plastic table. Source: Back Roots Farm

Garlic scapes are in the farm stand! If you just can't wait for garlic 🧄, the scapes are a fantastic way to curb that cr...
06/14/2026

Garlic scapes are in the farm stand! If you just can't wait for garlic 🧄, the scapes are a fantastic way to curb that craving. Garlic scapes are the "flowering" part of garlic and you can use them anyway you would regular garlic cloves. I'm going to try them in potato salad! 🥔 🧺 🍽️ Yum!

Located at 7697 Homestead Rd. in Benzonia.

Image: A large bowl filled with garlic scapes, sitting on top of a plastic table. Source: Back Roots Farm

We've got big news to share: the farm family is growing!!! About a week and half ago we brought home a dozen baby chicks...
05/31/2026

We've got big news to share: the farm family is growing!!! About a week and half ago we brought home a dozen baby chicks 🐣🐥. We're down to 11 now 😥 but they seem to be doing alright. It's been fun watching them.


(Sorry not sorry for flooding the farm page with adorable chicken photos.)

Image: Black and black/tan chicks eyeballing a camera while living it up in their brooder mansion. Source: Back Roots Farm

Look what we found today! Fenn wasn't sure what to do with the bat so we asked our friends at Sleeping Bear Wildlife Fun...
05/17/2026

Look what we found today! Fenn wasn't sure what to do with the bat so we asked our friends at Sleeping Bear Wildlife Fund. They gave us great advice: "They can't fly from the ground so if you can scoop him up (a shovel works great) to give a.lift or help it cling to a tree, hopefully that's all it will need!"

Bats can be alarming but they are super cool and really important to our environment! Check out the link below to learn more about bats and what you can do to help protect them.
https://www.batcon.org/about-bats/

Thank you so much to Northern Blessings Alpacas for this beautiful compost!! 😍😍 Looking forward to growing lots of veggi...
04/25/2026

Thank you so much to Northern Blessings Alpacas for this beautiful compost!! 😍😍 Looking forward to growing lots of veggies in it!

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7697 Homestead Road
Benzonia, MI
49616

Opening Hours

Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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