{"id":1204,"date":"2024-06-29T20:44:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T20:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2026-09-05T13:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:44:45","slug":"at-thee-old-mill-the-van-brunt-family-continues-the-legacy-of-one-of-adrians-oldest-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/2024\/06\/29\/at-thee-old-mill-the-van-brunt-family-continues-the-legacy-of-one-of-adrians-oldest-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"At Thee Old Mill, the Van Brunt family continues the legacy of one of Adrian&#8217;s oldest businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"http:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle and David Van Brunt are pictured at Thee Old Mill in Adrian along with three of their four adult children, Kylee, Baylee and Bradlee. Daughter Karly works nights as a nurse.\" class=\"wp-image-1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-696x440.jpg 696w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-1068x675.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michelle and David Van Brunt are pictured at Thee Old Mill in Adrian along with three of their four adult children, Kylee, Baylee and Bradlee. Daughter Karly works nights as a nurse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ADRIAN \u2014 For more than 100 years, the Cutler Dickerson Co. was a mainstay of Lenawee County\u2019s agricultural community. From their location at 507 College Ave., along the banks of the River Raisin, the company provided area farmers with livestock feed, fertilizer and more, and over the course of a century it became a beloved community institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cutler Dickerson closed in 2016, just a few years after its sale to an out-of-town company. But David and Michelle Van Brunt, who purchased the building at auction and reopened it in 2017 as Thee Old Mill, say their goal is to provide the same friendly, personal service that customers of the old Cutler Dickerson came to expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to feed \u2014 which is made in-house under the True Blue label that Cutler Dickerson originated and the Van Brunts secured the rights to use \u2014 Thee Old Mill sells pet foods, landscaping supplies, farm and garden tools, and work boots from brands like Red Wing, Irish Setter, and Muck. Their customers are diverse, ranging from farms of all sizes to people in the city who need gardening supplies or seed for their backyard bird feeders.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-2-640x1024.jpg\" alt=\"True Blue feeds is Thee Old Mill\u2019s house brand. Owners David and Michelle Van Brunt secured the right to use the name, which was originated by the old Cutler Dickerson.\" class=\"wp-image-1200\" style=\"width:357px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-2-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-2-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-2-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-2-150x240.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-2-300x480.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-2-696x1114.jpg 696w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">True Blue feeds is Thee Old Mill\u2019s house brand. Owners David and Michelle Van Brunt secured the right to use the name, which was originated by the old Cutler Dickerson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of their product line is home grown \u2014 literally. The Van Brunts farm near Onsted and use their own crops in the feed they manufacture. All of the corn comes from their farm, and they get wheat locally as well, trying to buy as little as possible from outside the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll of our feed has our crops in it,\u201d David Van Brunt said. \u201cThe majority of our feed we try to locally source, and it\u2019s made fresh, it\u2019s made daily.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the feed isn\u2019t trucked in or sitting on a shelf for weeks, he said, the nutrients don\u2019t have time to break down&nbsp; before it gets to the animals. And because they manufacture the feed on-site, they\u2019re able to make custom blends for their customers, regulating the quantity of each ingredient using a large console filled with levers that the staff refers to as \u201cthe organ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Van Brunts have four adult children, all of whom have been involved with the business in some way, though only one works there full time. Their oldest daughter, Kylee, runs the store, working alongside general manager Kevin Van Heusen. Daughter Baylee teaches eighth grade at Blissfield Middle School, Karly is a registered nurse at ProMedica Hickman Hospital, and son Bradlee is in college at Madonna University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were also able to hire a few of Cutler Dickerson\u2019s longtime employees. Carl Jacobs helped get the feed side up and running. And Ric Patterson, whose father was a partner in the business before it was sold, has now been working at the location in one capacity or another for about 60 years. Patterson\u2019s official hire date was in May 1975, at the age of 20. But he\u2019s been around much longer than that, having started off coming in to sweep and dust when he was a child. He\u2019s been with the business for so long that he has customers whose grandfathers he can remember waiting on at the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patterson has seen a lot of changes over the years. One of those changes goes hand-in-hand with the way farming has changed over the years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInitially the bread and butter for what was then the Cutler Dickerson Co. was the small dairy farms, which hardly exist anymore,\u201d Patterson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in some ways, the return of local ownership to 507 College Ave. represents a revival of the way things used to be \u2014 getting back to family-oriented, one-on-one service in a setting where \u201cyour accounts become your friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"893\" src=\"http:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-3-1024x893.jpg\" alt=\"General manager Kevin Van Heusen stands at \u201cthe organ,\u201d which regulates inputs when feeds are being mixed. Thee Old Mill manufactures their feeds on site and can make custom mixes for customers.\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" style=\"width:370px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-3-1024x893.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-3-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-3-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-3-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-3-696x607.jpg 696w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-3-1068x931.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/lenaweevoice.com\/staging\/7542\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thee-Old-Mill-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">General manager Kevin Van Heusen stands at \u201cthe organ,\u201d which regulates inputs when feeds are being mixed. Thee Old Mill manufactures their feeds on site and can make custom mixes for customers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That legacy is important to the Van Brunts, both Lenawee County natives who currently live in the house where David grew up. And the next generation takes it seriously too. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to continue the example they set way back when,\u201d Kylee Van Brunt said. \u201cThe standards, the service that should be provided.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It hasn\u2019t always been easy. In particular, Cutler Dickerson\u2019s deterioration under out-of-town ownership \u2014 which was so rapid that the business shut down less than three years after being sold \u2014 means they\u2019ve had to work hard to gain trust. Just the store\u2019s address was enough to raise red flags for some vendors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And although they\u2019re practically in downtown Adrian, their location \u2014 stretching the entire one-block length of Water Street, parallel to the South Branch of the River Raisin \u2014 isn\u2019t all that visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs long as we\u2019ve been here, people still do not know that we\u2019re here,\u201d Michelle Van Brunt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonetheless, they\u2019ve been able to keep growing, and even opened a second location in Hudson about five years ago. The growth has been steady rather than rapid, and the Van Brunts say that\u2019s how they like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur goal is to continue to grow and get more efficient,\u201d David Van Brunt said, \u201cand do a better job at what we can do and offer more to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For more information, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/theeoldmillstores.com\">theeoldmillstores.com<\/a> or call 517-759-3170 (Adrian) or 517-448-2101 (Hudson).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than 100 years, the Cutler Dickerson Co. was a mainstay of Lenawee County\u2019s agricultural community. 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