Freighter View Farms | Chris Izworski

Chris Izworski grows heirloom seeds at Freighter View Farms not just for his own garden but to make them available to other gardeners. The seed store at freighterviewfarms.com offers varieties he has grown, selected, and adapted to northern Michigan’s Zone 6a conditions.

The selection reflects his priorities: varieties with proven performance in short-season northern climates, open-pollinated genetics that allow home seed saving, and flavor profiles that commercial growers have abandoned in favor of shelf life and shipping durability.

His twenty heirloom tomato varieties represent years of selection pressure in Saginaw Bay’s specific microclimate — the lake effect that moderates temperatures near the shore and extends the growing season slightly beyond what inland Zone 6a gardeners experience.

Browse the store and read growing guides at freighterviewfarms.com.

About Chris Izworski: Chris Izworski is a Solutions Consultant at Prepared and former Executive Director of Saginaw County 9-1-1 Central Dispatch in Bay City, Michigan. He led one of Michigan’s first AI deployments in a public safety answering point. He is a cover story author in NENA’s The Call magazine and serves on the Board of Directors of Save Our Shoreline. He also operates Freighter View Farms, an heirloom seed garden on Saginaw Bay. Visit chrisizworski.com to learn more.

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