MI Back Forty FArm
Growing Food, Soil, And Community
MI Back Forty Farm, LLC is a local small family farm located in Holland, Michigan specializing in popcorn. We grow small batch, gourmet, farm to table popcorn, using regenerative agricultural practices. We donate 10% of all proceeds to local non profits.
Our Popcorn
All of our popcorn varieties are non GMO and gluten free snacks. We have selected our varieties for very specific properties, first and foremost always being taste. We work with a family popcorn breeder who have been perfecting their skills for five generations!
Our Lake Effect Snow white popcorn is a taste test winner AND is nearly hull-less! It pops with small, crisp, white “petals” like a west Michigan snowflake. And the flavor is oh, so good. Some people describe it as slightly nutty in taste. It is our personal favorite for a simple lightly salted snack. Lake Effect Snow White is responsible for a few less Michiganders driving to Northern Indiana for popcorn!
Our Autumn Amber is a larger kernel traditional yellow popcorn. It is also a super flavorful popcorn which pops up larger than the Lake Effect Snow white, and holds up to melted butter really well. Its larger kernels work really well in hot air poppers. Autumn Amber is a perennial favorite and makes an excellent movie theater style treat.
Our MI Beachball pops up large and round like a beachball with a shape called “mushroom” in the popcorn industry. But rest assured, it was selected based on its flavor within this shape type and we will put it up against any other large expansion variety. MI Beachball is great by itself or with butter but it really shines when used in your caramel corn recipes. You will find that it holds up really well to the moisture and handling in popcorn balls, and other treats.
And when we can’t decide… we mix them and pop ’em all! Enjoy!
Lake Effect Snow White Popcorn
Autumn Amber Yellow Popcorn
MI Beachball Popcorn
Our Story
Locally grown food through regenerative agriculture, Building a Community Legacy: Stewardship
What happens when a creative foodie engineer who is enthralled with machinery, and a biology teaching farmer’s daughter who loves to garden raising healthy food get married? Well, when they are in love with being outdoors and need an outlet to bring that balance back after working indoors all day, they may just start a agri-peneurship venture raising good food, growing the soil biology on their land, and giving back to the community to spread a legacy of stewardship…
And create MI Back Forty Farm! Growing food, soil, and community is our passion and we are really enjoying the journey!
Growing Food
We are currently growing small batch, gourmet, non GMO popcorn varieties
Growing Soil
While we grow our food, we are incorporating regnerative soil health principles to grow our soil microbiological ecosystem.
Growing Community
Our purpose is larger than ourselves. We believe that God holds us accountable for our stewardship. We donate 10% of our proceeds to selected organizations
Our Farm
The Desire For Our Farm.
Natural. Regenerative.
MI Back Forty Farm is small which lets us focus on quality. We are partnering with other quality agri-peneurs in the local area to bring the highest quality popcorn to the Holland, MI area. Our varieties are non GMO and have been carefully selected specifically for the best flavor with our lake effect growing conditions. We are gradually regenerating the soil in our farm to higher microbial soil health and less reliance on inputs.
- Fifth Generation Popcorn seed breeder
- Non GMO
- Local MI business partners
- Soil Health Principles
- Regenerating Soil Ecosystem
- Reducing overall inputs
- Supporting people in the community
- Stewardship
Our Customers!
What People Say
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Repeat Customers
We are working on a repeating buying plan for our customers who love to enjoy our popcorn on a regular basis. Contact us if you are interested.