Indiana Food Guide
Find Indiana local food growers, producers, stores, and markets.
Visit Download Indiana_fruit_and_vegetables_harvest_calendar.pdf for an Indiana harvest calendar.
If you know of a website which features Indiana locally grown or raised food and it’s not listed here, email me (victoria@goinglocal-info.com ) with a brief description of the local food featured and web address. If the producer does not have a website, please send me a phone number instead. Listings are free of charge to the producer.
Indiana Local Food Searchable Data Bases and Printed Guides
Searchable Data Bases
Searchable data base of Indiana local food and producers: Indiana Market Maker
Farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in Indiana: www.localharvest.org
U-Pick Directory for Northern Indiana. Updated daily: www.pickyourown.org/INnorth.htm
Printed Guides
Hancock County Local Farmers' Markets: Download HancockHarvestCouncil.pdf
Indiana Department of Agriculture 2008 Indiana Farmers' Market, U-Pick and Agritourism Directory
http://www.in.gov/isda/files/AgDirectory_smallfile.pdf
Indiana farmers markets listed by county:Download indiana_state_department_of_agriculture_farmers_markets_2008.pdf
Local Food Directory for Richmond, Indiana: http://www.progressivewaynecounty.org/docs/Richmond_Local_Food_Directory.pdf
Northwest Indiana Farmers' Markets: Download farmers_markets_nwi_2008.doc
Vegetable Markets, Orchards, and U-Picks
Alpine Berry Farm (Batesville): U-Pick blueberries and thornless blackberries. Blueberry honey and vinegar available. No website. Phone: 812-934-6677.
Beasley's Orchard and Gardens (Indianapolis): Over 25 varieties of apples, fresh produce, and prize winning fresh cider that's still made the old fashioned way according to a family recipe, one batch at a time. Hosts the annual Heartland Apple Festival which will be home to the 28th Annual Great Apple Pie Bake-Off this year. Enjoy fall hayrides, u-pick pumpkin patch, and weave your way through an intricate 8 acre corn maze. www.beasleys-orchard.com
Blooming Gardens (Bloomingdale): Naturally grown vegetables. No website. Phone: 870-240-5795.
Blueberry Ranch (Mishawaka): One of the largest u-pick blueberry farms in the Midwest. Offers blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and a variety of blueberry products. www.blueberryranch.com
Brown Family Farm (Montpelier): Organic vegetables. www.brownfamilyfarm.com
Chile Woman, The (Bloomington): Sells chile and sweet peppers as well as a variety of pepper plants. www.thechilewoman.com
Cooley Family Farm (Lafayette) : Hundreds of varieties of produce (including heirloom and extended season) grown naturally without the use of synthetic herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers. No GMO, GE, or treated seeds. Uses sustainable farming practices. Has CSA and winter purchases can be made on-line. www.cooleyfamilyfarm.com
Earth Cure Natual Farm (Rochester):Vegetables grown using organic methods. No webiste. Phone: 574-892-6351.
Emerald Isle Organic Farm (Atlanta): Seasonal vegetables and fruit produced using organic methods. No website. Formerly certified organic. Phone: 317-984-9600.
Engelbrecht Orchards (Evansville): Open since 1919 and continues to sell top-quality homegrown vegetables and fruit including apples, peaches and nectarines. www.engelbrechtorchards.com
Farming for Life (Argos):Fresh vegetables in season. Storage produce available in winter. Raw sauerkraut, cultured vegetable mix, pickled beets, kombucha tea and beet kvass. No website. Phone: 574-223-5602.
Field and Forest Eco-Farm (West Lafayette): Fruit grown following organic standards. Blueberries, apples, pers, Asian pears, sweet cherries. apricots, kiwis, raspberries and grapes. Formerly certified organic farm. No website. Phone: 765-463-9366.
Goss Family Farm (Arcadia):Strawberries. No website. 765-552-1836.
Grabow Orchard and bakery (Pendleton): Apples, tomatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins, lettuce, and peas. Quick breads, pies, apple dumplings (featured on the FOOD NETWORK), cookies, applesauce, apple butter and pumpkin butter. Ships nationwide. www.graboworchard.com
Homestead Growers (Sheridan): Provides fresh, high quality, naturally grown produce without the use of chemical herbicides or pesticides. Products available at farmers’ markets or get home delivery through their CSA program. www.homesteadgrowers.com
Johnson Natural Harvest (Mooreland): Vegetables raised without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. No website. Phone: 765-774-3060.
Marble Hill Farm (Bloomington): Seasonal produce. No website. Phone: 812-824-7877.
Musgrave Orchard & Co. (Bloomington): Apple cider, fruits, vegetables and culinary herbs. Farm is run using only organic mehtods, companion plantings, mulching and manures. www.musgraveorchard.com
Padgett's Farm (Springville): Unconventional bio-dependent produce. No website. Phone; 812-863-4318.
Prelock Blueberry Farm (Lafayette): Blueberries grown without insecticides on plants or berries. www.prelockblueberryfarm.com Call ahead for exact operating times. Phone: 765-296-9133.
Redwine Farms (Westfield): Non-certified organic vegetables. No website. Phone: 317-867-3467
Ring Family Farm (Dunkirk): Strawberries and vegetables specializing in extended season production of salad crops. Use usutainable and organic farming methods. No website. Phone: 765-789-4489.
Simpson's Farm Market (Martinsville): This seventh generation family farm offers fresh, pasture raised, antibiotic free chickens and vegetables raised naturally without herbicides, synthetic chemicals or pesticides. http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M20214 Phone: 765-349-4857.
Smith Farms (Pittsboro):Seasonal vegetables grown without chemicals. No website. Phone: 317-892-4770.
Stamper Farms & Gardens/Green Erth Organics(Danville): Seasonal vegetables. Offers a unique volunteer program where people can come and help harvest a crop and in return they get 1/4 of the crop, a local food pantry gets 1/4, and the farm gets 1/2. No website. Phone: 317-539-4616.
Stranger's Hill Greenhouses and Farm (Bloomington): Certified organic produce, herbs, and bedding plants. No website. Phone: 812-876-6520.
Sunset Acres (Rockville): Blackberries. tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage. No website. Phone: 765-552-1836.
Tuttle Orchards (Greenfield): Variety of U-Pick apples (including the Tuttle cultivar), farm market, greens house and pumpkin patch. Apple cider made on the premises. Site updated frequently with vegetable and fruit availability. www.tuttleorchards.com
Valentine Hill Farm (Zionsville): Large variety of seasonal tomatoes, berries, peas, beans, beets, andpumpkins. No GMOs, herbicides, pesticides or petroleum based fertilizers are used. Year round baked goods. www.valentinehillfarm.com Phone: 317-733-9311.
Waterman's Farm Market (Greenwood): For over 25 years, this market has offered customers a variety of produce including u-pick strawberries. Hosts and annual Fall Harvest Festival. www.watermansfarmmarket.com
Your Neighbor's Garden (Indianapolis): Serve yourself honor system home market offering an incredible variety of homegrown produce with a 25+ year record of satisfied customers. www.yourneighborsgarden.com
Indiana Meat, Poultry, Egg, Cheese, and Dairy Product Producers
Anvil Angus Natural Beef (Greenfield): Raised on Indiana green grass pasture, finished on heartland grains. No added growth hormones or antibiotics. Dry aged at least 14 days. Holiday gift baskets available. www.localharvest.org/farms/M15939
Apple Family Farm (McCordsdville): 100% natural grass finished beef, lamb, veal, dairy, eggs and poultry. No chemicals, hormones or antibiotics. Cow shares . Vegetables available during the summer months. Offers farm tours and a variety of events including cooking, preserving, and farm management classes. http://www.applefamilyfarm.com
Aubrey’s Natural Meats (Elwood): All natural Indiana beef raised without steroids, hormones or antibiotics traceable to each individual producer. No website. Phone: 765-552-0922
Bates Family Farm (Cloverdale): 100% grass fed rotationally grazed beef and free range chickens. No website. Phone: 765-795-6399
Bison: Visit the National Bison Association’s site to locate Indiana bison producers.
http://www.bisoncentral.com/index.php?c=22&d=81&w=2009&U_state=IN
Brookstone Terrace Farm (New Lisbon): Freezer 100% grass fed Black Angus beef and free range eggs. Rotational grazing. No hormones, antibiotics, synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. No website. Phone: 765-478-5649.
Brown Family Farm (Montpelier): Grass fed lamb, beef, pastured pork, and pastured eggs. www.brownfamilyfarm.com
C & D Family Farms (Knox): Pork from hogs raised on pasture and wooded areas. Feed is a special blend that does not contain sub-therapeutic antibiotics, growth hormones, or animal by-products. Whole and half hogs available as well as specialty items such as hotdogs and salami, a variety of pork cuts, and sausage. www.cdfamilyfarms.com
Capriole Goat Cheese (Greenville): Artisan award winning goat cheese including a not-to-be-missed chocolate goat cheese with raisins, nuts and bourbon: www.capriolegoatcheese.com
Circle Dog Chicken Ranch (Larwill): Free range eggs, turkeys, heritage breed chickens, and goats for meat or breeding. Products grown and raised without herbicides, pesticides, or hormones.Chickens, turkeys, and goats raised outdoors on rotational pastures. http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M16001
Coyote Creek Family Farm (Florence): Offers produce, raises and sells buffalo meat. Hosts annual pumpkin festival. www.coyotecreekfamilyfarm.com
Earth Cure Natural Farm (Rochester): Pastured heritage breed turkeys, poults (baby turkeys), chickens and eggs raised on organic feed. No website. Phone: 574-892-6351.
Emerald Isle Organic Farm (Atlanta): Beef, eggs and chicken produced using organic methods. No website. Formerly certified organic. Phone: 317-984-9600.
Engleking's Country Beef Shop (Charlottesville) : Direct to the consumer beef raised without antibiotics or hormones. Steers are on pasture with access to farm's corn. Beef is dry-aged and processed at a state inspected facility. Open for visits (call ahead). Located in Charlottesville. No website. Phone: 765-785-2842.
English Buffalo Farm (Bainbridge): Buffalo Meat and by-products: www.englishsbuffalofarm.com
Fair Oaks Farms (Fair Oaks): Watch cheese and ice cream being made. Enjoy Indiana Cheddar, asiago, Gouda, sweet Swiss, muenster, emmentaler and Havarti cheeses: www.fofarms.com
Farm Direct Meat,LLC (St. John): Has naturally raised pork, beef, bison, lamb and poultry (including pheasant) which can be ordered online. All beef, bison and lamb are 21 day aged. www.farmdirectmeat.com
Flora Berkshire Pork (Flora): Naturally and humanely raised, pure bred, heirloom Berkshire Pork (kurobuta). This rare breed is prized around the world for its tender sweet meat. All meat cut to customer specifications. Can pick up at farm or arrange delivery. No website. Phone: 574-967-3484.
Hard Way Farms (Martinsville): Goats, Duroc hogs, and chickens raised without steroids or growth hormones. www.hardwayfarms.com
Goss Family Farm (Arcadia):Pastured chicken and eggs, 100% grass fed lamb. No hormones, antibiotics, or chemical sprays.No website. 765-552-1836.
Iron Creek Farm (Rockville): Free range eggs and meat goats. No antibiotics or hormones. Raw goat's milk for pet consumption only. No website. Phone: 765-569-5508.
Grandpa Jay’s Pork (Kirkland): Whole hog pork burgers and sausages. No website. Phone: 765-279-8956
Graham Cheese (Elnora): Cheddar and Colby: www.grahamcheese.com
Hoover's Country Store (Williamsport): Pastured pork including nitrate free ham and bacon and rabbit. No website. Phone: 765-893-4498
Indiana Beef Producers: Locate producers of Indiana locally raised, dry aged beef through the Indiana Beef Cattle Association’s site: www.farmfreshbeef.org Click here for Producer by county directory.
Johnson's Natural Harvest (Mooreland): Pasture raised chicken, beef, turkey and eggs. No pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or antibiotics used. No website. Phone: 765-774-3060.
Legacy of Grace Fernung Family Farm( Elwood): Soy-free pastured poultry pasture raised without hormones or steroids. No website. Phone: 765-557-4663.
Marble Hill Farm (Bloomington): Grass and grain fed, hormone free, antibiotic free beef. Free range eggs (large quantities available) and seasonal produce. No website. Phone: 812-824-7877.
Meadow Valley Farm (Rockville): Variety of farmstead cheeses made from raw Jersey milk and aged for a minimum of 60 days. Cheese house is Indiana State inspected. Grass fed cows raised without hormones or antibiotics. No website. Phone: 765-597-2306.
Moody Meats (Avon, Indianapolis, Lagoda):Fresh and frozen cuts of meat including beef, pork, chicken, and lamb. Specialty products such as sausages, smoked meats and burgers available. Offers custom processing. Store to door delivery available. www.moodymeats.com
Murphy Farm Eggs: Free range, large to jumbo brown eggs-no hormones, antibiotics, or pesticides. Available at Traders Point Farmers Market, Georgetown Natural Foods, and the Belleville Farm Market. No website. Phone: 317-501-1021.
Orebaugh Farms (Muncie): Locally raised pork--no hormones, steroids, or antibiotics in the feed. Offering lean ground pork and mild sausage already formed into 1/3 pound burgers (packaged 3 to a pound) and their own special recipe "heat and eat" Pulled Pork BBQ. Will ship. No website. Phone: 765-744-6825.
Preferred Meats (Sellersburg): Raises and sells beef as well as pork and chicken from local producers. No website. Phone: 812-246-5930.
Phelps Family Farm (Lagoda):Hormone free pastured pork, beef, and free range eggs. No website. Phone: 765-942-2047.
Prairie Winds Nature Farm (Lakeville): Raises and sells heritage breed including goat, lamb, pork and beef. Chicken and eggs are also available. 85 acres of restored wetland, prairies and fenced pastures to wander and enjoy. Honey, pickles and wool available year round. http://www.prairiewindsnaturefarm.com
Purple Rock Farm (Frankfort): Locally raised rainbow trout and pasture raised chicken, beef, and turkeys. www.purplerockfarm.com
R.C. Ripberger Farm (Kokomo): Cow shares, pastured prok, 100% grass fed beef, pastured eggs. Pastures are certified organic. Feed for hogs and chickens is soy free. Prservative free sausages and preservative/nitrate free bacon. No website. Phone: 765-628-3381.
Randy’s Farm Fresh Pork (Indianapolis): Variety of pork products. No website. Phone: 317-271-5051.
Redwine Farms (Westfield):Grass fed beef and pork, free-range turkey, chicken and duck eggs. No website. Phone: 317-867-3467
Ring Family Farm (Dunkirk): Pastured eggs. No website. Phone: 765-789-4489.
Rocky Fork Bison (Greencastle): Bison grazed rotationally on grass using no chemicals, fertilizers, herbicides, hormones, or steroids. Custom cut or sold as halves, quarters, or split sides (mixed quarter). No website. Telephone: 765-739-8556
Royer Farm Fresh Beef, Lamb and Pork (Clinton): Grass fed and grass finished beef, lamb and pork locally butchered. Natural, tender and flavorful meats. Locally grown produce. Website ordering available. www.royerfarmfresh.com
Schacht Fleece Farm (Bloomington): Icelandic lamb, heritage breed and Cornish Rock chickens, and Bourbon Red turkeys. Adopt-a-sheep program. www.schachtfleecefarm.com
Seven Sons Meat Company (Fort Wayne and Indianapolis): Offers 100% grass-fed beef, free-range pastured chickens and turkeys, and free-range pork which are free of hormones, artificial growth stimulants, steroids, drugs, and antibiotics. Visit the farm store or order on-line. Products are also available at some retail outlets in Fort Wayne and are part of the Farm Fresh Delivery CSA. www.sevensons.net
Seven Springs Farm (Carthage): Biodynamic/organic farm offering fresh eggs, chickens, lamb, beef, and turkeys. www.sevenspringsindiana.com Phone: 765-565-6200.
Simpson's Farm Market (Martinsville): This seventh generation family farm offers fresh, pasture raised, antibiotic free chickens and vegetables raised naturally without herbicides, synthetic chemicals or pesticides. http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M20214 Phone: 765-349-4857.
Skillington Farms, Inc. (Lebanon):Pasture poultry (both naturally raised and organically raised), beef, pork, soup bones, and eggs. On-line ordering available. www.skillingtonfarms.com
Smith Farms (Pittsboro):Beef and vegetables. No chemicals are used on the vegetables and no antibiotics or hormones are in the beef. No website. Phone: 317-892-4770.
Sugar Creek Grass Farm (Darlington): Grass fed Galloway beef sold by the half side. No website. Phone: 765-436-2739.
Sunset Acres (Rockville): Grassfed beef. Cow shares available. No website. Phone: 765-552-1836.
Swiss Connection (Clay City): Ice creams, cheddar, fresh mozzarella, Swiss, Colby, and Gouda from grass fed cows. No antibiotics, pesticides or hormones. Also have meats. www.swissconnectioncheese.com
Sycamore Acres (Russiaville): Goat cheese made from milk of Alpine goats, Free rnage eggs. http://www.sycamoreacresfarm.com
This Old Farm (Darlington): Pasture raised poultry, eggs and 100% grass fed lamb. No website. Phone: 765-436-2186
Traders’ Point Creamery (Zionsville): Indiana's only processor of grass-fed USDA certified organic dairy products including fresh mozzarella, Fleur de la Terre cheese, fromage blanc, milk, and yogurt. Year round organic farmers’ market. www.tpforganics.com
Viking Lamb, LLC (Morristown): Fine domestic lamb including brats. Phone: 765-763-6179 or 812-871-5700. More information.
WBF Homestead (Kewanna): Eggs, in season fresh chickens (April-December), and goat shares. No website. Phone: 574-659-2717.
WDF, Inc. (Delphi): Certified organic dairy offering cow shares and in season pastured poultry raised without antibiotics, steroids, or hormones. No website. Phone: 574-686-2891.
Watts Family Farm (Lakeville): Beef, pork, and chicken raised in a natural environment without medication or growth hormones. More information.
Indiana Herb Farms
Carolee's Herb Farm (Hartford City): Twenty display gardens including a kitchen garden. Owner Carolee Snyder often offers workshops including ones that will help you design a cook's herb garden. www.caroleesherbfarm.com
Hobbit Gardens (Fillmore): Organic herb farm offering events, classes, and an apprenticeship program. Open year round. Garden tours and retreats available. http://hobbitgardens.hendrickscountyconnection.com/
Stream Cliff Herb Farm (Commiskey): Indiana’s oldest herb farm. Take a cooking or craft class or simply relax in the Twigs & Sprigs Tearoom, which serves herbal lunches, and afternoon tea garnished with herbs and edible flowers. www.streamclifffarm.com
Willowfield Lavender Farm (Mooresville): Thirty five varieties of lavender plus lavender products, including culinary lavender and their own gourmet line of blended teas and tisanes from their farm-grown Provence and Angustifolia lavenders. Hosts annual lavender festival. www.willowfieldlavender.com
Indiana Honey and Syrups
Bluffwood Creek Honey (Brownsburg): Local Honey, beeswax, candles, and lotions available in the summer and fall. Honey is not heated. www.bluffwoodcreek.com
Danville Honey (Danville): Local honey. No website. Phone: 317-271-5051
England's Apairy (Indianapolis): Local honey. No website. Phone: 317-241-6203.
Harris Sugar Bush (Greencastle): Indiana Maple products for sale, including maple cream, maple sugar, and multiple types of maple syrup. http://www.harrissugarbush.com
Hickory Works (Trafalgar): Hickory and poplar syrups, hickory smoked sea salt, and cookbooks. Syrups favored by Wolfgang Puck, Rick Bayless, Sara Moulton, and Julia Child. On-line ordering of all products available. www.hickoryworks.com
Hoover's Country Store (Williamsport): Maple syrup. No website. Phone: 765-893-4498
Hunter’s Honey Farm (Martinsville): A dozen different honeys including alfalfa, blueberry, apple blossom and lavender. Beeswax furniture polish, lip balms, moisturizers and candles also available. www.huntershoneyfarm.com
Indiana Maple Syrup Association: Purchase Indian maple syrup and related products. Extensive information about Indiana Maple Syrup and production. www.indianamaplesyrup.org
Laney Honey (North Liberty):Premium honey including Dune Country Honey which originates from the flowers of Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties in Indiana. Gift packs avialable. Online ordering and shipping nationwide. www.laneyhoney.com
Prairie Winds Nature Farm (Lakeville): Wildflower honey available year round. http://www.prairiewindsnaturefarm.com
Indiana Wineries and Meadery
Anderson Winery (Valparaiso): Ten acres of locally grown grapes. No website. Phone: (219) 464-4936 or (877) 941-WINE
Butler Winery (Bloomington): Indiana’s 4th oldest winery features wines made from Indiana grown grapes including Chambourcin, Chardonel, Vignoles, Cabernet Franc, and Vidal: http://www.butlerwinery.com
Carousel Winery (Bedford): One of Indiana newer wineries featuring wines made from locally grown grapes: www.carouselwinery.com
Ertel Cellars Winery (Batesville): State-of-the-art winery located on the 200-acre Ripley County farm . Enjoy dining at the restaurant, sampling wines at the tasting bar, strolling down the nature trail, touring the winery, and relaxing in the beautiful rolling hills of southern Indiana. www.ertelcellarswinery.com
Huber Winery (Starlight): Indian's largest grape producer. Wines and Indiana's first brandy made with locally grown grapes. Farm shop, produce market, gift shop, ice cream factory, and Indiana's first distillery on 550 acres of farmland. www.huberwinery.com
Mallow Run Winery (Bargersville): Sip wines made from Indiana grown grapes in a tasting room located in the hayloft of a nineteenth-century timber-frame barn built circa 1870 by George Mallow: www.mallowrun.com
New Day Meadery (Elwood): Indiana's only Meadery. Specializes in fine, handcrafted wines made from honey and Indiana grown fruit.With a modern focus on an old tradition, they have a full range of varieties fro dry to sweet. www.newdaymeadery.com
Simmons Winery (Columbus): Wines from locally grown grapes, summer and fall family farm market, and pumpkin U-Pick: www.simmonswinery.com
Winzerwald Winery (Bristo): Indiana grown Vidal grapes are used for their prize winning Vidal Blanc: www.winzerwaldwinery.com
Indiana Pumpkin Patches
Drennen Farms (Montpelier): Visit a working farm for pumpkins in various sizes, gourds, squash, squirrel corn, corn stalk bundles, straw bales, Indian corn, and mums. www.pumpkinkingdom.com
Indiana Specialty Food Items
Ancilla Beef & Grain (Donaldson): Canned beef. Ships nationwide. No website. Phone: 574-360-9649.
Bonneyville Mills (Bristol): Yellow and white cornmeal and grits as well as rye, buckwheat, whole wheat, and cracked wheat flours custom ground "the old fashioned way". www.elkhartcountyparks.org
Collins Caviar (Michigan City): The only Caviar House in North America that is exclusively a producer of American Freshwater Caviar®. Hosts a variety of events and cooking classes. www.collinscaviar.com
Gutwein Popcorn Company (Francesville): Organic popcorn grown in Indiana. www.gpopcorn.com
Local Folks Foods (Sheridan): Sauces, ravioli, and mushroom burgers made with fresh, local ingredients. www.localfolksfoods.com
Mild to Wild Pepper & Herb Company (Franklin): Hot sauces, BBQ sauce, ground chiles, blended seasonings, pepper mash and gift packs. Featured several times on the FOOD NETWORK. Ships internationally. www.wildpepper.com
Mt. Pilot Barbecue Sauce (Bloomington): BBQ sauces, hot sauces and dry rubs prepared by Chef Tad Delay. www.mtpilotbbq.com
Two Cookin' Sisters (Brookston): Specialty food company and shop featuring made in Indiana foods including salsas, pickles, honey, popcorn, jams, jellies, mustards, and fresh cheeses. Ships nationwide. www.bigsistersalsa.com
Walnut Grove Spring Water Company (Bloomfield): Pure spring water bottled at the source. www.walnutgrovespring.com
