Summer Meeting 2019
The 2019 MNFGA Summer Meeting was on July 13 in Portland, MI. We were fortunate to visit the Charles & Wilma Leik family farm. Charles and Wilma have been restoring […]
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Grafting Class 2019
MNFGA hosted a grafting class on April 13, 2019 at: MSU AgBioResearch Station 9302 Portland Road, Clarksville, Michigan 48815. We started with the basics of grafting as an audio/visual presentation. […]
2019 Spring Meeting
The Spring Meeting of MNFGA was at MSU on March 23, 2019. Our featured afternoon speakers were Chris Wright on growing mushrooms and Suede Mobley on hunting mushrooms. Though a […]
Spring Meeting 2020
Please contact a Board member with ideas for topics of the 2020 Spring Meeting. Topics currently on the table include tree nutrition, invasive species and tree trimming/pruning.
Black Walnut: Products from an Anachronistic Tree by Terry Calhoun
At the recent spring meeting Terry Calhoun gave a fantastic talk about his farm outside of Ann Arbor where he tends fruit and nut trees as well as three 9-hole […]
Neal Peterson Comes to MI: REVIEW AND PHOTOS
Earlier this week Neal Peterson visited with our group for two fantastic events. The first one was an evening seminar at Zingerman’s creamery; prior to Neal’s presentation Tessie Ives and […]
Upcoming Events: Pawpaws & Neal Peterson
Longtime plant breeder and famous pawpaw breeder, Neal Peterson, will be visiting Michigan next month for some speaking engagements. We’ll be lucky enough to host Neal for our Fall Meeting […]
New Beer Nut for Michigan— Dennis Fulbright in the Lansing State Journal
A recent article was published in the Lansing State Journal about chestnuts as an emerging ingredient in demand for MI’s ever expanding craft beer industry. Dennis Fulbright and Bill Nash, […]
English Walnut Grafting Presentation: VIDEO
This past Wednesday the Walnut SIG met at the Clarksville Research Station for an evening all about walnuts! Burak Akyuz is a turkish grad student who is in town for […]
English Walnut Grafting Presentation/ Demo
The MNGA is proud to host walnut researcher and Turkish grad student, Burak Akyuz, on June 17th in Clarksville, MI. He’ll be sharing his knowledge and expertise with anyone interested […]
