Northern Michigan’s Cherry Haven

These days, everyone automatically correlates Northern Michigan to cherries. Not only is the area the number one cherry-producing capital of the world, but the nationally famous Cherry Festival is celebrated throughout the region every year. North Star Organics is proud to be part of this famous legacy, bringing delicious and fresh produce to people all over the state and country.

The Kobernik family brings their farming history and passion for cherries into everything they do. North Star Organics allows you to take a piece of that pride home with you.

2022 Update: 

This season is looking much better than the past 3 years!  Our thanks for your patience. We have a good crop of certified organic sweet and tart cherries this summer – this will be our 23rd year certified organic! Yup, before organic was cool.

Our thanks, 

The Kobernik’s

2021 Update

Sigh…straight to the point…we have healthy trees; we have numerous leaves, and we have NO cherries. March brought several days of much too warm of temperatures then April brought days and days of freezing temperatures [talk to us about climate change!]. Out of 36 years in cherries, never had three back-to-back years of crop failure that was out of our control.   

There will be no machine harvest [no organic frozen IQF or dried cherries] and no U Pick available to our glorious customers.

Some may think we ‘have the summer off”. Quite the contrary, we have received and spread our semi load of custom blended compost, the orchard floor needs constant attention, young trees are pruned, rose chafers hand picked off by the thousands, the sprayer sprays, old trees removed, pollinator habitat renewed and so much more.  The work and expenses truck right along and so do we.  We will be here next year with the optimism expressed in our 2020-year post.

Gratefully we, our family and nearest friends all endured and survived COVID-19 and our sympathies for those who faced greater pandemic challenges.

The Kobernik’s

2020 Update

First, we sincerely hope all of you are safe and well.

North Star’s great news: We will have U-Pick this year!

Details will follow in the next several days. Tentatively we are looking at opening for Sweet/tart cherries to be ready Wednesday, July 22nd.

North Star’s not so great news: we do not have enough tart cherries on our trees to warrant large scale harvest, that will mean there will be no IQF tart cherries and no dried cherries for another long year.

Again, more details to come!

The Kobernik’s

Christopher Baker Loves Cherries Too

CHRISTOPHER BAKER ON NORTHSTAR ORGANICS

Famous film and video producer, Christopher Baker, was inspired by the Kobernik’s cherry farm when he visited. He created this montage of footage to celebrate the region’s favorite fruit and the pride and joy the Kobernik’s take in running their orchard.

Our Products

Sadly, we do not have any products available to purchase at this time.
Check back with us in August 2022 for frozen organic tart cherries and September 2022 for dried organic cherries!