Author
Elvis Sotiri
Founder, Chivle
Elvis Sotiri founded Chivle out of wanting a standing, direct line to regenerative farms, without the Saturday-morning market, the phone calls, or the spreadsheet from 2014. Chivle is the marketplace for organic and regenerative farm products, connecting farms directly with restaurants, chefs, and households. Every Chivle guide is checked against its primary sources, such as MDARD, MSU Extension, and USDA, and dated so you know how current it is.
Guides by Elvis Sotiri
Selling to restaurants in Michigan: the rules, pricing, and logistics
Michigan farms can sell whole, uncut produce they grew straight to restaurants with no license. Meat, poultry, and eggs need licensed or inspected processing, and cottage food can't go to restaurants at all. Here's the full picture.
October 4, 2026
What "regenerative" means on Chivle, and how we check farms
There's no legal definition of regenerative farming. Here are the practices we ask every farm about, the three levels of checking you'll see on each grower page, and what we don't claim.
October 4, 2026