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Farmers confident in weather shifts

A change in the weather is amping up planting activity for some Michigan specialty crop farmers.

Sixth-generation farmer Travis Fusilier tells Brownfield he’s thankful sporadic temperature changes the past few weeks haven’t caused crop damage.

“We’ll be planting pretty heavily with more sensitive crops like summer squashes and tomatoes and peppers, we have confidence the weather has finally broke,” he shares.

The family started a home delivery service just before the pandemic servicing metro Detroit and the surrounding area.  This year he says membership is expected to reach about 1,200 households.

The farm also offers a Community Support Agriculture, or CSA, program, sells at local farmers’ markets, and has two farm stores.

Brownfield interviewed Fusilier during a recent farm tour in Manchester.