About This Farm

OUR STORY We are Ben Nowakowski and Brook Alloway, the B&B of B&B Farms, a small family-owned and operated beef farm in Alpena, Michigan. Ben was raised here, where his grandparents kept a small herd of dairy and beef cattle. In his early years, he was begrudgingly tasked with helping on the farm. Ben did not intend to grow up and become a farmer, and yet here we are a few decades later! Although Brook grew up in the suburbs of Boston, she visited her grandparents’ farm every summer, which influ