An Evening with Bonnie Jo Campbell
- Contact:
- Granor Farm Events Team
- Email:
- events@granorfarm.com
This December we are thrilled to be hosting bestselling author and National Book Award Finalist, Bonnie Jo Campbell, in celebration of her forthcoming novel, The Spirits! Join us for a cozy winter reception in our School House featuring abundant appetizers from the Granor Kitchen followed by a book signing and reading with Ms. Campbell.
Your ticket includes a discussion and book signing with the author, as well as appetizers from the Granor Kitchen. Granor Wines and cocktails highlighting Granor Spirits will be available for purchase during event. Copies of The Spirits are available as an optional add-on when booking through our website (with limited copies available night of event).
Bonnie Jo Campbell is the author of two National Bestselling novels, The Waters (2024) and Once Upon a River (2011), the latter of which was adapted into an award-winning feature film. Her 2009 short fiction collection, American Salvage, was finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critic’s Circle Award.
Born and raised in Comstock Township, Michigan, just outside of Kalamazoo—where she now resides with her husband and donkeys—many of Bonnie Jo Campbell critically-acclaimed works of fictions are shaped by rural Michigan life. Her latest novel, The Spirits, is no different. Beginning in a farmhouse in small town Michigan on Christmas Eve, this story follows a young woman struggling to grapple with her father's death. In this contemporary Christmas Carol, Bonnie Jo Campbell has created a complex, gritty, spooky, and ultimately heartwarming holiday story; and we couldn't imagine a better setting or season to delve into this story than Granor Farm during the holidays.
- Contact:
- Granor Farm Events Team
- Email:
- events@granorfarm.com
Getting to Granor Farm
Farm Store & Farm
3480 Warren Woods Road
Three Oaks, MI 49128
Greenhouse & School House
3520 Warren Woods Road
Three Oaks, MI 49128
From:
Downtown Three Oaks: Three Oaks Rd. (north) to Warren Woods Rd.
St. Joseph & Chicago: I-94 Exit 6 (Union Pier)
New Buffalo: Red Arrow Highway (north) to Warren Woods Rd.
Niles: Highway 12 West to Pardee Rd. to Warren Woods Rd.
We are located 7 miles east of Red Arrow Highway or 3 miles north of Highway 12 on Warren Woods Road, between Log Cabin Road and Pardee Road.
Events , What's happening on the farm this season
There’s a bunch of great reasons to visit the farm all year round, from our annual Seedling Sale, to visiting the Farm Store, to participating in our CSA or Farm Camp programs. Join us on Fridays and Saturdays for dinner in our state of the art Greenhouse!
Sourdough Club: Advanced Sourdough 3-Day Intensive
This class is for seasoned sourdough bakers (professional or home) looking to explore the world of whole-grain and stone-milled flours, wood-fire baking, and more!
Join Granor Head Baker, Jill Morgan, as she guides you through the entire sourdough process from feeding starter, shaping, proofing, scoring, and baking in both a wood and electric oven. In addition to the instruction this package includes all meals including a Welcome Dinner on Thursday night, breakfast and lunch on Friday and Saturday, and tickets to our Dinner + Drinks: Artisan Grain Collaborative event on Friday night. Throughout the class you'll have full access to the Granor Kitchen and Team to learn all of our tricks and techniques.
Students can expect to work with a diverse array of sourdoughs, ranging from porridge loaves to naturally leavened brioche and many others in between. Students will mix, observe, fold, shape, and bake a variety of breads. This is a very hands-on workshop, you will get your hands in the dough and have the opportunity to investigate whole grain and inclusion influences on sourdough bread making.
Students will leave with a sourdough workbook filled with recipes and theory for further reinforcement. Students will also get to bring home a bag of fresh baked bread! Participants in the Advanced 3-Day Intensive also receive a promo code at the time of booking for 10% of the subsequent Sourdough Club tutorials throughout the year.
Dinner + Drinks: Artisan Grain Collaborative
Granor Farm is fortunate to be rooted in a region supported by a variety of organizations devoted to improving the common good. Our September Dinner + Drinks event will be benefiting Artisan Grain Collaborative, a robust network of local farmers, millers, maltsters, distillers, bakers, and chefs. AGC works to create a diverse regional grainshed in the Upper Midwest built upon regenerative agricultural practices that steward the health of communities, local economies, and natural resources.
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The evening will kick off with a cocktail and appetizer hour with Artisan Grain Collaborative’s Network Engagement Director, Sarah Elliott, and Granor's Lead Baker, Jill Morgan. This time will provide guests with the opportunity to learn about the organization's essential work directly from Ms. Elliott, as well as connect with other philanthropic-minded community members. We will then move to the Granor Greenhouse for a three-course, family-style meal that showcases the best of Granor's grains and crops, as well as other ingredients from local producers and farms.
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This ticket includes a $50 donation to Artisan Grain Collaborative that will be collected at the time of booking.
