Martha Ryan's Suttons Bay restaurant, Martha's Leelanau Table features local products whenever available.  Her M-22 Omelette incorporating Leelanau Cheese Raclette is reported in today's Traverse City Record Eagle story on this year's edition of Taste the Local Difference from the Michigan Land Use Institute.   The guide's cover sports a photo by Ken Scott of his [...]
Local photographer Ken Scott spent a recent clear evening at the farm and has posted a video of the international space station and the space shuttle Discovery as they passed over the hoop house. Quite a sight!
February 6, 2009 – 11:24 am
Nic Welty, the farmer who runs our CSA, was quoted recently on NPR's Marketplace talking about the benefits of hoophouses for winter farming. Click here to listen.
November 20, 2008 – 2:45 pm
A recent posting in cchristie Food Journal tells of a visit to Black Star Farms and reveals Jen's recipe for Apple Galettes…a perfect way to end your Thanksgiving - or any - meal.
Agri-tourism is on the rise. When I first heard of this travel option, I imagined a form of barnyard boot camp, complete [...]
October 29, 2008 – 9:31 am
Joey Randall writes "Musings of a Ho-Hum Housewife" and has included some wonderful new pictures of Black Star Farms in her recent blog about Black Star Farms. She has also posted a recipe for Baked Blueberry Brunch.
Thanks Joey!
October 27, 2008 – 11:09 am
Today's Traverse City Record-Eagle carries a story by Heather Durocher about Jen and Nic Welty and the enthusiasm for farming and farm-to-table agriculture they bring to us every day.
"It was a natural fit, then, for Jen and Nic, also an OSU graduate, to find themselves at what they call a "value-added agriculture farm." Following internships [...]
October 16, 2008 – 4:47 pm
We have updated our video - please have a look and tell us what you think!
October 15, 2008 – 3:59 pm
The third edition (Fall 2008) of a terrific new quarterly magazine, Edible Grande Traverse, features a story about our new wood-fired brick oven and the pastries and pizzas that Jen Welty is baking up for sale in our Farm Market.
Her pizzas have been bringing guests back for more. She tops them with the traditional sausage [...]
October 14, 2008 – 1:40 pm
We'll be part of the Suttons Bay School Health Team's Fall Food Festival on Friday, October 17th in the school commons area from 5-7pm.
October 12, 2008 – 3:57 pm
Our 2006 Arcturos Cabernet Franc and 2005 Leorie Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc have made the news! Click here to read two recent articles in the Detroit News.
