Located at the tip of Michigan’s mitten, Mackinaw City was historically the trading hub of the Great Lakes region.
Dynamite Hill Farms was established in 2019 after Jondreau quit his teaching job at Michigan Tech University to continue tapping maple sugar and harvesting wild rice.
“We feel that’s the true way to sustainability — the small scale,” Jondreau said.
As former teachers, education is at the center of everything he and Bresette do.
“It’s not just about extraction and selling, it’s about healing and restoring,” Jondreau said.
Crystal Wahpepah, the first Indigenous chef to appear on the Food Network show “Chopped,” is one of Ziibimijwang’s regulars.
The restaurant is soon to launch Tocabe Express, a ready-to-cook meal delivery service that will include the ingredients and instructions to make the restaurant’s most popular dishes at home.
“I’m eating the same food that they did,” he said.