Stop number two of FOX 17’s Fall Crawl brings us to Schwallier’s Country Basket .
The family farm has become a fall tradition for many in West Michigan, thanks to their delicious donuts, apples, and plethora of activities for all ages.
FOX 17 “We want everybody to feel like everybody’s welcome, grandpa to baby, and come out and have a little something for everybody,” said Adam Brauer of Schwallier’s Country Basket. “We have the petting zoo, and we have slides, we have some activities for smaller kids. And then on the weekends, I have a barn we moved from 10 Mile. We call it…the new old barn. The Amish brought it down here, and we put a cafe inside. We have wood fire pizzas and root beer floats and ice cream in there.”
FOX 17 Brauer’s in-laws started the business in 1989.
FOX 17 “They’re fifth-generation apple growers,” he explained. “They wanted a way to have a roadside availability for selling their fruit directly to consumers. And my mother-in-law is a darn good baker, so she started making donuts and pies, and then so I’d say, for the past 25 years, we’ve grown it into everything we have today.”