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The blueberry packing line at Crossroads
Farm.
Crossroads
At a
Perdue outlines specialty crop
trade policy in Michigan stop
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue speaks with Crossroads Blueberry Farms' Luke DeHaan as U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga looks on
during a tour of the operation's packing facility. Photos: Gary Pullano
By Gary Pullano
Managing Editor
When U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Sonny Perdue spent time Aug. 21 in
west Michigan and northern Indiana, he
received feedback regarding challenges
facing specialty crop operators, as
well as witnessing the benefits of
government programs pursued during
the global coronavirus pandemic.
In Michigan, Perdue visited
Crossroads Blueberry Farm in West
Olive, between Holland and Grand
Haven.
Crossroads is a fourth-generation
operation owned by Dave and Kelly
Reenders, and their daughter and
son-in-law, Amber and Luke DeHaan.
Perdue also visited Kalamazoo
Loaves and Fishes, an organization
that gathers and warehouses products
for food pantries. The organization is
a participant in the USDA's Farmers
to Families Food Box program. A stop
in Milford, Indiana, included Perdue's
participation in an agriculture and
manufacturing town hall meeting.
Along with invited guest farmers,
attendees at Crossroads Farm
included Michigan Farm Bureau
President Carl Bednarksi, U.S. Rep. Bill
Huizenga, R-Zeeland, and state Sen.
Roger Victory, R-Hudsonville.
Upon his early-morning arrival,
Perdue jumped into the driver's seat
of a blueberry harvester for what he
indicated was his initial experience on
such a machine. The trip in the field
was followed by a tour of Crossroads'
processing and packing operation.
An outdoor roundtable with invited
growers and farm owners featured
discussions on several issues, including
the Farmers to Families Food Box
distribution program and the impact of
foreign competition on specialty crop
markets.
Shelly Hartman, co-owner of True
Blue Farms in Grand Junction and
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