Du Russel's Potato Farms Inc.
Manchester, MI 48158

The Du Russel family has farmed in Michigan for five generations. Starting with 300 acres and today harvesting over 2000 acres. Currently the farm produces the following crops: green onions, red radishes, spinach, curly mustard greens, flat mustard greens, turnip tops, collard greens, kale, beets, cilantro, soup dill, curly parsley, strawberries, oats, soy beans, field corn, wheat, yellow-white & bi-color sweet corn, dry onions and Michigan round white potatoes. This family operated organization employs 100-125 migrant employees that hand-harvest the summer crops and six to nine local employees to process potatoes. There are four licensed camps in the surrounding area where the migrant employees are housed. The farm also has some functions that must be operated all year round.