Bizline: Eckler’s Produce

Published 4:45 pm Sunday, June 24, 2012

Daily Star photo/KATIE ROHMAN Bree Landon mans the Eckler’s Produce & Greenhouse Farm table at the Niles Bensidoun French Market Thursday. She is the daughter of owners Larry and Lucy Eckler.

Name of business: Eckler’s Produce & Greenhouse Farm

Name of owner: Larry and Lucy Eckler

Address of business: 1879 Barron Lake Rd., Niles

Date business opened: 1962

Where are you from originally? Niles, this farm

What type of business do you operate — what you sell, services provided? Farm fruit and vegetables and a hydroponic greenhouse

What sets your business apart from similar ventures? We grow everything we sell, including many unusual vegetables

What customers do you reach? Southwest Michigan

How does the future look? Optimistic

Telephone number: (269) 683-2509

Hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week