Walking A Green Path
It Started With A Five-Year-Old's Ambition
In 2006, at the age of five-years-old, young entrepreneur Troy Walsh was to start a home-school project at his local Farmer's Market. But, Troy had other idea's for this home-school project.
He intended to start a full-time business from it. From that day forward he has stayed true to his focus and today it is called Chickapea Farms.
Eco-friendly, product life-cycle management
The steps we take to be better stewards of the planet
- Green product and packaging design
- Resource renewable materials from MI suppliers using green processes
- Our own production using green processes
- Use of renewable materials for product packaging
- Use of renewable materials for shipping requirements that can be composted or repurposed
- Consumer product use; non-toxic for body, home environment and planet
- End of product and its packaging life disposal - Compost, Repurpose, Recycle
Good Standing
Green Packaging
Earth Friendly
For over 15 years, we have taken great pride in maintaining age-old Artisan values and traditions with no compromise in quantity. We honestly bring a product to market worth the consumer's hard earned money.
Earth Friendly
Green Packaging
Earth Friendly
So as not to harm Mother Earth, we consciously focus on using the most renewable resources and greenest processes to keep a low carbon footprint from start to finish for each of our product's existence.
Green Packaging
Green Packaging
Green Packaging
We strive to eliminate plastic and fossil fuel materials from our products and their packaging, and take the extra steps so our products and packaging can be compostable, and if not, repurposable.
Handmade
Locally Sourced
Green Packaging
In making our products, there is no out-sourcing or mass-production machinery; just hands on, strong backbones and a lot of elbow grease to create durable, high quality, green products and packaging.
Locally Sourced
Locally Sourced
Locally Sourced
We believe in local supporting local. We buy local. We sell local. If not harvested from our own land, then we scrutinize sources in the sequence of: our home area within Michigan, the rest of Michigan, the Midwest.
Our View
Locally Sourced
Locally Sourced
Even though Troy calls on his friends, family and mentors for help, he's always at the helm of Chickapea Farms, leading with love in his heart and quality on his mind! Thank you for walking a green path with us.
Troy's New Journey In 2022
Mi Farm Network
After meeting so many farmers during his journey with Chickapea Farms, and helping admin the FB group "Shop Michigan Farms", Troy wanted to do more to help link farmers with their communities. That's how "Mi Farm Network" started. We strive to bring Michigan farms together with their communities for the greater good, education and ability for farm-direct product purchases.
Please tell those you know about Mi Farm Network and help plant seeds of growth within your community.
Excitement abound!
We have moved to bigger pastures in the rural Northeast part of the Michigan Mitten, under the Milky Way.
As we settle and bring back old favorites, we are also getting ready to bring you new and exciting products.
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