Washtenaw: Farming

The Detroit Free Press looks at how hoophouses extend the growing season for local farms, and features the work of Shannon Brines of Brines Farm in Dexter. From the report: “While most Michigan gardeners still haven’t bought their vegetable seeds, Brines spent his winter harvesting handfuls of baby carrots and hundreds of pounds of fresh baby lettuce, arugula, spinach, chard, kale and exotic gourmet greens from three unheated hoophouses near Dexter. Growing produce year-around in Michigan may sound like a global-warming daydream. But entrepreneurs like Brines prove it can be done – profitably – in the low-tech, plastic-covered sheds.” [Source]