Hauling heritage beans around Hockeytown
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March 2, 2025

Hauling heritage beans around Hockeytown

If you see someone pulling a hand wagon in downtown Detroit’s financial district, it might be Kevin Messing of Sheridan Acres Farm. The wagon provides him with an easy way to navigate the busy city streets as he delivers heirloom dry beans to the city’s restaurateurs. Messing is a fourth-generation bean grower from Ubly, MI,

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