Brines Farm LLC

Small family farm growing USDA organic fruits and vegetables and operating a licensed tree nursery.
Brines Farm LLC

Contact

  • Shannon Brines
  • 734-913-8058

Links

Where to Buy

CSA Farmer's Market Farmstand

Certifications

USDA Organic

Products

Fruit

Strawberries Blackberries Blueberries Cantaloupes Raspberries

Vegetables

Pumpkins Broccoli Rhubarb Arugula Beets Carrots Collards Cucumber Daikon Garlic Green Beans Green Onions Kale Kohlrabi Leeks Lettuce Onions Parsnips Peas Potatoes Radishes Salad Greens Spinach Swiss Chard Turnips Zucchini Cabbage Eggplant Hot Peppers Summer Squash Sweet Peppers Sweet Potatoes Tomatoes Brussels Sprouts Winter Squash Gourds Rutabagas Asian Greens Mustard Greens Okra Burdock Dry Beans Edamame Soybeans Tomatillos Corn Ginger

Dairy/Eggs

Eggs

Herbs

Fresh Herbs Dried Herbs

Flowers

Edible Flowers

Prepared Foods

Popcorn

Farm Products

Christmas Trees

Grains

Rye

Breeds + Varieties

Chickens

Plymouth Rock Delaware Dominique Rhode Island Red, "Old-Type"

Turkeys

Black

Squash

Candy Roaster Canada Crookneck Green Striped Cushaw Amish Pie Boston Marrow Thelma Sanders Algonquian Sibley

Sweet Potatoes

Hayman Ivis White Cream Nancy Hall

Peppers

Bull Nose Jimmy Nardello Sheepnose Pimiento Beaver Dam Hinkelhatz Hot

Garlic

Spanish Roja

Beans

Christmas Lima Hidatsa Shield Figure Cherokee Trail Of Tears Turkey Craw Arikara Yellow Yellow Indian Woman Hutterite Soup Lina Cisco'S Bird Egg Marrowfat Jacob'S Cattle True Red Cranberry Hidatsa Red

Apples

Arkansas Black Newtown Pippin Sierra Beauty Hoover Reine De Reinette Harrison Cider Granite Beauty Hewes Crab Milwaukee Plumb Cider Esopus Spitzenburg

Tomatoes

Amish Paste Cherokee Purple Aunt Ruby'S German Green Livingston'S Globe Sheboygan Inciardi Paste German Pink

Pumpkins

Long Island Cheese Seminole

Grapes

Norton

Avocados

Fuerte

Lemons

Meyer

Watermelons

Moon & Stars

Greens

Speckled Lettuce Tennis Ball Lettuce Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce

Ground Cherry

Aunt Molly'S

Berries

Staghorn Sumac

Turnips

Gilfeather

Nuts

Shagbark Hickory Nut American Chestnut American Butternut

Plums

Beach Plum

Pears

Jesuit

Beets

Early Blood Turnip-Rooted

Elderberries

Wild American

Other

American Spice Bush

Pecans

American Native Pecans

Herbs

Wild Ramps

About the Farm

Background

Shannon Brines began growing vegetables and fruits as a child in Dexter and established the farm on family land in 2004, driven by a passion for slow food and sustainable agriculture. The farm started selling year-round at farmers markets and introduced the area's first fresh produce Winter CSA share program. In 2012, the operation expanded by purchasing a neighboring historical 80-acre farm in northern Webster Township.

Practices

The farm is certified USDA organic for its entire operation, ensuring that all produce and nursery stock are grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. The focus is on authentically grown, nutritious, and delicious produce, with a commitment to sustainable, year-round agriculture.

The Rest

Shannon Brines is an Applied Geographer and Lecturer at the University of Michigan, involved in various local food community organizations. The farm offers internship opportunities and periodic open houses for the public. Shannon was also a member of the US delegation to Terra Madre 2008, a world slow food meeting in Turin, Italy.

Features

Ownership

Family Owned

Community Involvement

Farm Tours Internships/Apprenticeships Visiting Allowed Workshops/Classes

Livestock Practices

Grass Fed / Pastured

Growing Practices

Integrated Pest Management

Farm Type

Nursery

Production Methods

Organic

Nearby Farms

The Frosty Apple
0.5 miles from Brines Farm LLC
The Frosty Apple
0.5 miles from Brines Farm LLC
Baseline Farm

Grass-fed beef cattle raised in an organic, regenerative manner.

1.3 miles from Brines Farm LLC