Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center - Traverse City, MI - Research Institutes on Waymarking.com

Originally founded 1978 by members of the Michigan cherry industry, Michigan grows 75 % of the all the tart cherries produced in the US, the center has grown and expanded over the years to become Michigan's premier research site for integrated pest management, horticultural production and handling, value-added processing, marketing and farm financial management practices for wine grapes, apples, plums, sweet and tart cherries, and hops.

The Northwest Station is a multidisciplinary horticultural facility. MSU departments currently affiliated with research at the Station include Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Entomology, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics, Geography and Food Science. Research that at one time focused on strictly production issues is shifting to address more environmentally related agricultural issues. There are currently approximately 70 applied research projects underway.

Currently they have a full time staff of six with additional workers and technicians assisting during the summer months. For visitors, the station is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. During the annual Cherry Festival the center provides guided tours for the public through its many orchards. The center has a excellent website that provides a great deal of information about this key agricultural research facility. Website