Our Story

Golden River Orchard LLC is a first-generation, family-run orchard near Cheboygan, Michigan, established in 2002.

Steve and Mary Crusoe manage the orchard with lots of help from family and friends. We take pride in offering only the finest apples for eating, baking, cooking and preserving.

We believe it is our duty to responsibly take care of the environment to the best of our abilities, so became verified by the Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program because we want to prevent and minimize agricultural pollution risks.On our farm, we:

Identified environmental risks
Took steps to prevent pollution
complied with state and federal environmental regulations.

This three-step process involved:

Education
On-farm risk assessment
Third party verification

The Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) is a coalition of farmers, commodity groups, state and federal agencies and conservation groups. While the Michigan Department of Agriculture verifies the process, MAEAP is a voluntary process, not a regulatory program.

For more information on this program, visit the MAEAP website by clicking here.