What We Grow Here!

Following is a  list of the crops we grow here on our Leelanau County farms (which comprise 54.65 acres). Our land has been USDA Certified Organic & Demeter Certified Biodynamic® since 2005.
Did you know that Michigan is second only to California in our ability to grow a wide variety of botanicals?  What a wondrous place we live!

Light of Day Organic's USDA certified Organic & Demeter-certified Biodynamic® Crops grown here:

Fruit

Apples

Aronia
Apricots

Blackberries
Blueberries
Cherries (Tarts and Sweets)

Currants (Red and Black)

Cranberries
Elderberries
Figs
Grapes
Lingon Berries

Mulberries
Olives
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Quince
Raspberries

Rhubarb

Saskatoon berries
Strawberries

Vegetables
Arugula

Asparagus

Beans

Broccoli

Burdock

Carrot

Chinese Yam (Cinnamon Vine)

Cucumber

Dandelion

Kale (Traditional and Flowering)

Peas

Potato- Sweet, White, Yukon Gold

Tomato

Onion

Herbs, Flowers and Spices
Angelica

Arugula

Astralagus

Ashwaganda

Basil

Bay Leaf
Bee Balm

Burdock
Borage
Calendula

Catnip
Chamomile
Chives

Comfrey
Coriander
Cornflower

Crysanthemum “Mums”
Dill

Echium Amoeum “Red Feather”

Echinacea
Fennel
Fenugreek
Ginseng

Hibiscus

Hosta

Horehound

Hyssop

Iris
Lavender
Lemon Balm
Lemongrass

Lilac

Lily

Linden blossoms

Magnolia
Mallow

Mexican Sunflower
Mint (Peppermint, Spearmint)

Mugwort

Moringa
Nettle leaf
Oregano
Parsley

Poppy

Rose

Rosemary
Sage

Spirea
Stevia
St. John's Wort

Tarragon

Thyme

Tulsi
Valerian
Verbena

 

Legumes
Clover
Lucerne (Alfalfa)

Fenugreek

Grains
Amaranth

Buckwheat

Corn
Millet
Oats/ Oat straw/ Oat Tops

Wheat

Fodder and Grassland
Fodder Crops
Grassland

Hay

Oil Crops
Flax
Poppy
Safflower
Sunflowers

Processed Product

Tea: White Tea, Green Tea, Oolong Tea, Black Tea, Specialty Herbal Teas

 

 

updated 3.15.23