Michigan AF Podcast
Michigan grows more than 300 different foods and products that we all enjoy every day. We're on a mission to find every local restaurant, manufacturer and food company sourcing their ingredients from right here in the Mitten and in the process, bridge the gap from the farm to your fork. We want to introduce you to all things Michigan agriculture and food – this is Michigan AF.
Michigan AF Podcast
Olivia DeVooght, DeVooght Farms, DeVooght’s General Store
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Michigan GROWN, Michigan GREAT
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Season 4
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Episode 54
Olivia and her family own DeVooght Farms and run DeVooght’s General Store in Skandia, where they sell food they produce, as well as products from other local farmers. Their dairy barn roof collapsed in 2019 after 14 feet of snowfall, Olivia had to decide if they wanted to rebuild or quit altogether. They continued to press on, because as Olivia said, “The milk prices aren’t good, but the lifestyle is.” She and her husband Craig just welcomed a new baby, Hazel Anne.
Listen as Olivia talks about:
- How milking robots work, and what interesting behaviors cows have
- How their farm and general store complement each other
- One of the worst days of her life after a month of shoveling
- Her Earth Day baby and the perfect picture
- What you learn when you go from raising 40 chickens to 600
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Thanks for listening and come back soon to hear about more people, foods and places that are Michigan AF!