About Us
Mission
Provide you the highest quality chestnuts, fruit, lamb, and forest products while teaching our youth a renewed Land and Farm Ethic for the 21st Century.
Our Start
Abby grew up with a farm background and Nick brought a passion for trees to their relationship. From that combination, came Ox Heights Farm and North Star Chestnuts.
Sustainability
We are committed to sustainable practices; reducing inputs by promoting natural systems through permaculture, interplanting and the use of livestock to cycle nutrients.
The Future
The Johnson family has 5 kids and having a viable and sustainable farm future for them is important to us.
Location
We are located in Northern Michigan on Moltke Ridge near Rogers City. Our proximity to the Great Lakes, high elevation, high latitude, and loamy sand soils provides a unique microclimate for growing high quality nuts, fruit, and forests.
Oxen
Our farm has been home to several different teams of oxen over the years. We have used the teams to harvest select cut timber from our 120 acres of northern hardwood. Our newest team is Ray and Howey and we welcomed them in August 2026.
Discover The North Star Chestnut Difference
Sweet Chestnuts
Our handpicked chestnuts are grown in a cooler climate, allowing them to sweeten faster and with greater intensity. Yes, snow during harvest isn't unheard of! If you're looking to buy fresh chestnuts, North Star Chestnuts is your go-to source.
Picked By Hand
Handpicked chestnuts, picked with love, are beautiful and free of bruises or machine marks. If you want to buy fresh chestnuts, look no further than North Star Chestnuts for the finest quality.
Weevile Free Chestnuts
North Star Chestnuts are handpicked chestnuts grown in a location free from chestnut weevil, blight, or gall wasps. When you buy fresh chestnuts, you can be assured they are pest-free and cultivated in a natural way.
Large Nuts
Consistent and plentiful natural rain leads to the production of handpicked chestnuts, yielding nuts as large as 20 nuts per pound. If you're looking to buy fresh chestnuts, North Star Chestnuts offers some of the finest quality.
Consistent Quality With Grafted Trees
All our trees are grafted European/Japanese varieties, beloved around the world for their taste and quality, making it the perfect choice when you want to buy fresh chestnuts or handpicked chestnuts from North Star Chestnuts.
Environmental Mindful
We use natural methods for fertilizer and pest control to the greatest extent possible. This is important to us since we also eat North Star Chestnuts, which are handpicked chestnuts that we love, and raise our kids in the orchard where we grow them. If you want to buy fresh chestnuts, you can trust in our commitment to quality.
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