Weekly Highlight # 1 - DEXTER CALVES WITH SHAMROCK ACRES DEXTER CATTLE

Shamrock Acres is a West Michigan farm owned by Pat and Linda Mitchell, specializing in registered Dexter cattle. The Mitchell family has raised Dexters since 1987 and has been a member of the American Dexter Cattle Association since that time. Shamrock Acres offers bull and heifer Dexter calves for sale, including breeding stock. Calves are weaned, dehorned, dewormed, vaccinated, started on feed, DNA tested, and ADCA registered before transfer to new owners. In addition to Dexter cattle, the farm also raises Katahdin hair sheep and ADGA-registered Oberhasli and Toggenburg dairy goats.

What they offer: Dexter Calves

Location: Hudsonville, MI
Contact: (616) 875-7494 / [email protected]
Website/Social Address: https://www.shamrockacresdextercattle.com// https://www.facebook.com/ShamrockAcresDexterCattle/

Weekly Highlight #2 - HERITAGE SKILLS WITH TILLER’S INTERNATIONAL

Tillers International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, sharing, and advancing traditional agricultural knowledge, skills, and tools. The organization offers hands-on education in essential homesteading skills such as toolmaking, timber framing, woodworking, coopering, and blacksmithing. Tillers International also works internationally to support food security by training leaders through practical, skill-based learning. Its programs bring together living history professionals, innovative farmers, and learners from across the country. Through courses offered in the U.S. and abroad, Tillers International connects historic skills with modern application to support resilient communities.

What they offer: Education

Location: Scotts, MI
Contact: (269) 626-0223 / [email protected]
Website/Social Address: https://tillersinternational.org/ / https://www.facebook.com/TillersInternational

Weekly Highlight #3 - CUSTOM PROCESSING WITH WALKER’S BUTCHER BLOCK

Walker’s Butcher Block provides custom processing services for large and small livestock, poultry, and deer. Services are available for both farm-raised animals and wild game. The business focuses exclusively on processing and does not offer retail meat sales.

What they offer: Custom Processing

Location: Ludington, MI
Contact: (231) 794-8845
Website/Social Address: n/a

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