21 Detroit urban farms that will serve you produce fresher than a grocery store

By Metro Times editorial staff on Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:17 pm

As summer approaches, local urban farms are here to provide you with the freshest herbs, plants, fruits, and vegetables. Many operate year-round and offer agricultural education. These Detroit urban farms work hard every day to promote food justice, food security, food sovereignty, and healthy food access options to the community.

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Michigan Urban Farming Initiative

7432 Brush St., Detroit; 313-444-6834; miufi.org

Located in North End, MUFI’s mission is to promote sustainability, education, and community through agriculture. They are building urban agriculture by redeveloping three acres of land.

Photo via Google Maps

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Keep Growing Detroit Farm

1850 Erskine St., Detroit; 313-656-4769; detroitagriculture.net

Keep Growing gives Detroit residents the opportunity to grow and consume their own fruits and vegetables. Founded in 2013, Keep Growing works to engage with and address the immediate needs of the community.

Photo via Keep Growing Detroit/Facebook

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Detroit Farm & Cider

1600 Lawrence St., Detroit; 313-915-0057; detroitfarmandcider.com

This west side farm is family owned and operated. Their farm consists of 139 fruit trees, u-pick season, and fresh organic produce. Every fall, they also have their Fall Harvest Festival with hot cider and donuts, music, vendors, and hayrides.

Photo courtesy of detroitfarmandcider.com

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CWO Farms

2070 Virginia Park St., Detroit; 313-690-3342; cornwineoil.com

CWO Farms’ goal is to promote more earthscape in the city. They grow various fresh fruits, flowers, and vegetables. They also fertilize and sow seeds organically.

Photo via Google Maps

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Fisheye Farms

2334 Buchanan St., Detroit; 313-649-7026; fisheyefarms.com

This West Village farm has produced natural and sustainable food since 2015. They distribute to local restaurants as well as an on-site farm stand.

Photo via @fisheyefarms/Instagram

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Pingree Farms

301 E. Grixdale Ave., Detroit; 313-564-1500; pingreefarms.org

Pingree’s mission is to expand agriculture education in the community’s youth. They provide healthy food options, honey bees, a petting zoo, fresh produce, and programs to educate the community on agriculture.

Photo via Pingree Farms/Facebook

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Planted Detroit

1000 Mt Elliott St., Detroit; 313-784-9552; planteddetroit.com

Planted Detroit harvests greens every day and year-round, packages mixes, provides ready-to-eat salads, delivers, and assures freshness to the community.

Photo via Google Maps

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Oakland Avenue Urban Farm

9227 Goodwin St., Detroit; 313-649-7756; oaklandurbanfarm.org

Being the first agricultural landscape in North End, Oakland Avenue Urban Farm is a non-profit community organization that promotes healthy and sustainable food access.

Photo via Oakland Avenue Urban Farm/Facebook

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Beaverland Farms

15078 Beaverland St., Detroit; 574-339-9378; beaverlandfarms.org

Offering many resources to the community, Beaverland Farms consists of a market garden of 135 cropped beds, plant nursery, pastured poultry, and u-pick coming soon. They also offer visiting, staying, and living accommodations for guests.

Photo via Google Maps

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ROI Urban Farms

17180 Pontchartrain Blvd.,Detroit; 313-748-8971; roiurbanfarms.com

ROI is the first of many groundbreaking farming types in Detroit. They are the city’s first and only Demeter Center Biodynamic Farm and Compost Producer, as well as Sun and Earth Certified, beyond Organic Regenerative Homestead Farm in Michigan. They give people the opportunity to consume fresh produce year-round.

Photo via Google Maps

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D-Town Farm

14027 W. Outer Dr.,Detroit; 313-345-3663; d-townfarm.com

D-Town Farm works toward increasing food security, justice, and sovereignty in the city. They have seven acres of land, producing fruits, vegetables, and herbs. They also offer bee-keeping, composting, farm tours, annual harvest festivals, and extended-season growing.

Photo via @dtown_farm/Instagram

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Brightmoor Flower Farm

15125 Grayfield St., Detroit; 313-420-874; brightmoorflowerfarm.com

With three city lots, Brightmoor Flower Farm, also known as BFF, has an abundance of forested land to attract pollinators. It acquires over an acre of land with many native plants and wildlife. They also grow many annual and perennial flowers.

Photo via Google Maps

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Earthworks Urban Farm

1264 Meldrum St., Detroit; 313-579-2100; cskdetroit.org

Founded in 1998, Earthworks, a program of Capuchin Soup Kitchen, provides two-and-a-half acres of certified, organic produce. Their goal is to increase social justice in fresh food through education, inspiration, and community.

Photo via Earthworks Urban Farm/Capuchin Soup Kitchen/Facebook

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Coriander Kitchen & Farm

2840 Scott St., Detroit; 313-822-4434; corianderkitchenandfarm.com

Along with being a restaurant who grows their own produce, Coriander also grows herbs, flowers, and vegetables organically.

Photo via Google Maps

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West Detroit Farms

4005 Webb St., Detroit; 313-454-1860; westdetroitfarms.org

West Detroit Farms is combating food insecurity by providing farming and gardening in the Westside of the city.

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Detroit Abloom

248 Manistique St., Detroit; 313-587-2446; detroitabloom.com

Detroit Abloom works to repurpose vacant and blighted land with cut flower farms. They grow over 150 types of flowers, market-mixed flower bouquets, and more.

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Black Bottom Garden Center

9227 Goodwin St., Detroit; facebook.com/blackbottomgardencenter

Established by eight Black women this year, Black Bottom Garden Center offers flowers, annuals, and potted plants and flowers, herbs, house plants, seeds, vegetable transplants, and more.

Photo via Black Bottom Garden Center/Facebook

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The Mushroom Factory

13832 Joseph Campau Ave., Detroit; themushroomfactory.com

The Mushroom Factory explores technology, art, and education through fermented foods. They have many retail partners and community-based projects to serve the city.

Photo courtesy of Chris Carrier and Deana Wojcik

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Adamah Farm Central Detroit

8500 Second Ave., Detroit; 313-873-0064; centraldetroit.farm

Adamah uses only organic methods of produce. Along with an online market, they also have a farmer’s market. They provide access to youth education, employment, and neighborhood healthy food.

Photo courtesy of @cdcfarmdetroit/Instagram

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City Commons CSA

620 Chandler St., Detroit; 509-540-2769; citycommoncsa.com

City Commons has grown to serve seven different farms and over 100 households in Detroit since 2012. Customers also have the choice to order produce online for pickup.

Photo via Google Maps

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