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K & K Farms honored
T
he Michigan State Horticultural Society has honored
growers Fred and Linda Koenigshof of K & K Farms
in Coloma, Michigan, and media professional Matt
McCallum with Distinguished Service Awards.
Started in the early 1900s, K & K Farms grows rasp-
berries, blackberries, currants, peaches, nectarines,
apples, plums, pears and pumpkins. The farm is certi-
fied through the Michigan Agriculture Environmental
Assurance Program and uses high-density fruit tree
plantings, high-tunnel raspberry production and rotat-
ing-arm trellis systems. The farm also participates with
Michigan State University in an irrigation monitoring
program and in spotted wing drosophila studies.
Fred is past president of the Michigan State
Horticultural Society and the Great Lakes Expo and is
a member of the newly formed Michigan Tree Fruit
Commission. K & K Farms also donates berries and
apples to the Chicago-based Good Food Project, a non-
profit organization dedicated to introducing students to
the taste of fresh fruit and to teaching them how to make
healthy eating choices. Fred and Linda also serve on the
organization's board.
McCallum is publisher of Fruit Growers News, as well
as 13 other publications in specialty agriculture, sports,
and specialty gift markets. McCallum purchased 50
percent of McCallum Orchard from his uncle and, in
1993, purchased two magazines, then known as Great
Lakes Fruit Growers News and the Great Lakes Vegetable
Growers News. He has served on the Michigan Vegetable
Council for nearly 20 years.
