Local Roots, Local Food: Cultivating Our Community's Food
Dates & times:
Saturday, July 26 – 9:00am - 1:00pm
Saturday, August 2 – 9:00am - 1:00pm
Cost: Free event, except where noted. Food and beverages available for purchase.
Pre-registration is encouraged. Stop by the market info booth or the market vendor’s booth to sign-up for the workshops that interest you.
About this Event
The Ft. Wayne's Farmer's Market celebrates Local Food Week by hosting a series of educational workshops on farming & local food-related topics offered by our dedicated market vendors.
Saturday, August 2 Workshops
10:15am: “The Value of Compost and Nutrient Management”
Co-hosted by The Olde Farmhouse (Free)11:00am: “Honey Bees and the Importance of Food Pollination
Co-hosted by McCombee’s Apiaries (Free)11:45am: “Everything You Want to Know about Carrots!”
Co-hosted by Berry Hill Farm (Free)12:30pm: “The Benefits of Fermented Foods”
Co-host by Farming For Life (Free)
For more information, email ina.fwfm@gmail.com.
About Ft. Wayne’s Farmers Market:
The Ft. Wayne’s Farmers Market hosts a constantly changing variety of products, including meat, produce, farm products, baked goods, jewelry, artisan crafts, food trucks, and much more! The original year-round farmers' market in downtown Fort Wayne brings you the farm and to your neighborhood. The vendors offer the freshest vegetables, flowers, and plants in season. We specialize in extensive farm foods, featuring delicious baked goods and home-made natural items, along with unique works from talented regional artisans. Join us every Saturday during the year-round market for a celebration of our agricultural heritage and the best items the region has to offer.
About The Olde Farmhouse
The Olde Farmhouse is a multi-generational, family farm specializing in growing in-season produce using sustainable growing methods. Weed control is done through cultivating practices as much as possible to avoid the use of sprays. We also raise pastured-fed beef, pasture-raised goat & chickens and free-range chicken and duck eggs.
About McCombee’s Apiaries
McComBees Apiaries is committed to raising awareness to the importance of bees in nature and the dangers they face, and to responsible beekeeping. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have about bees. McComBees offers a wide range of honey and beeswax based products including raw honey, honeycomb, creamed honey, beeswax and beeswax candles.
About Berry Hill Farm
Wholesome food for wellness minded people. Berry Hill Farm began in 2003 with one acre of blueberries. Our focus at that point was to be engaged in a family friendly activity. We soon realized that a great benefit was the interaction with our customers. While it is essential in any business to make enough profit to pay the bills and provide a living wage for those involved, we have found great fulfillment in bringing good food to people who appreciate it. Currently we farm two acres of blueberries and one acre of vegetables including three high tunnels for winter production.
About Farming for Life
Joe Gady founded Farming for Life and has been fermenting probiotic foods and beverages and for over a decade. They grows exquisite carrots & other vegetables with superior taste and deep nutrition.
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