Couple uproots suburban lifestyle to become Michigan lavender farmers
The suburban residents have become farmers, a rarity among their neighbors.
David Veselenak
Hometownlife.com
July 11, 2022
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The Mack family was taken aback recently when trying to drop off some recycling.
The Livonia residents were turned down, being told the center was only for city residents. The reason? Their license plate was a farm license plate, prompting the employee to believe they did not live in the Wayne County community.
We have a farm license plate, and he was taking a whole bunch of cardboard from the store,” said Windy Mack of her husband, Terry. “We went to recycle it and (the employee) is like, “You have to be a Livonia resident.”
An unusual situation indeed, but it’s true: the suburban residents have become farmers, a rarity among their neighbors.
After Terry Mack was laid off from his engineering job at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two began looking for a new way of life. A Traverse City vacation with a bustling farmers market across the street from their hotel led them to a host of fresh options and sprouted a new business venture.
