Dates & times:

• Monday, July 28 Talk & Tour: 9:00am - 9:30am.

• Tuesday, July 29 Talk & Tour: 9:00am - 9:30am.

U-Pick & Pre-picked blackberries available for sale 8:30am - 5:30pm both days. (weather permitting) No registration required.

Cost: Free Talk & Tour. U-Pick and Pre-picked blackberries available for sale.

About this Event
Come tour our farm with Erica Cordes and taste our fresh local berries and learn how they grow. Have fun picking your own berries to take home or buy our pre-picked berries.

For more information, email ericacordes@hotmail.com or call /text (260) 571-0503.

Travel Tip: Cordes Berry Farm is located near the intersection of SR 15 and SR 16. Coming from Fort Wayne, take US 24 to IN 114 west, then SR 15 south. Turn right (west) on 700 North. Once you are at 700 North, we're only a mile away.

About Cordes Berry Farm
Cordes Berry Farm planted our first blackberry field in the spring of 2013 and harvested our first crop the following year.  Since then, we have learned so much about producing high-quality berries for our customers. We love being able to directly interact with you and hope you truly enjoy your experience on our farm. 

Our small berry patch consists of a half acre of strawberries planted in 2019 and two and a half acres of blackberry production.   

We sell local honey, as well as jams and jellies from our berries. Pre-picked and bulk blackberries are available for bakeries, or wine and beer making. Four hundred pounds of blackberries can be picked per day throughout our 2.5 acres of trellised blackberry plants!

We are generally open June 1st through mid-August although this changes from year to year. Follow us on Facebook or give us a call to make sure berries are available. 

Berry picking is a great family activity and we love to have children come and see how food is grown.  We offer shaded picnic tables for your convenience so bring a picnic and make it a fun family tradition!​

In the off-season, we carry frozen berries so your taste buds can be satisfied all year long.

Local Food Week Sponsor

Cordes Berry Farm

Dates & times:

• Monday, July 28 – 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

• Tuesday, July 29 – 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

• Wednesday, July 30 – 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

Cost: Free farm tour. Farm Store offers wide variety of locally produced food products for sale.

About this Event
Tour & Shop Local at Berry Hill Farm where we are Growing in Harmony with Natural Systems & Rhythms producing delicious, wholesome foods for wellness minded people. We are a family friendly farm that realizes the greatest benefits are the interactions with our new and long time customers have now become friends. Join us in touring our small farm including high tunnels for year round production of a wide variety of produce. We also collaborate with many other Northeast Indiana local farmers to have a wide selection of meat, cheese, maple syrup, elderberry syrup and produce and microgreens all available inside our farm store.

Pre-registration is not required, but recommended. To pre-register call/text Myron Metzger at (260) 578-8105 with your name and the number of people attending and the date and time of the tour you wish to reserve.

For more information, email Ellen Bauman at ellen@neifood.org or call Myron at (260) 578-8105.

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.

Local Food Week Sponsor

Dates & times:

• Monday, July 28 – 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

• Tuesday, July 29 – 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

• Wednesday, July 30 – 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

Cost: Free farm tour. Farm Store offers wide variety of locally produced food products for sale.

About this Event
Tour & Shop Local at Berry Hill Farm where we are Growing in Harmony with Natural Systems & Rhythms producing delicious, wholesome foods for wellness minded people. We are a family friendly farm that realizes the greatest benefits are the interactions with our new and long time customers have now become friends. Join us in touring our small farm including high tunnels for year round production of a wide variety of produce. We also collaborate with many other Northeast Indiana local farmers to have a wide selection of meat, cheese, maple syrup, elderberry syrup and produce and microgreens all available inside our farm store.

Pre-registration is not required, but recommended. To pre-register call/text Myron Metzger at (260) 578-8105 with your name and the number of people attending and the date and time of the tour you wish to reserve.

For more information, email Ellen Bauman at ellen@neifood.org or call Myron at (260) 578-8105.

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.

Local Food Week Sponsor

Dates & times:

• Monday, July 28 – 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

• Tuesday, July 29 – 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

• Wednesday, July 30 – 9:00am, 11:00am & 1:00pm

Cost: Free farm tour. Farm Store offers wide variety of locally produced food products for sale.

About this Event
Tour & Shop Local at Berry Hill Farm where we are Growing in Harmony with Natural Systems & Rhythms producing delicious, wholesome foods for wellness minded people. We are a family friendly farm that realizes the greatest benefits are the interactions with our new and long time customers have now become friends. Join us in touring our small farm including high tunnels for year round production of a wide variety of produce. We also collaborate with many other Northeast Indiana local farmers to have a wide selection of meat, cheese, maple syrup, elderberry syrup and produce and microgreens all available inside our farm store.

Pre-registration is not required, but recommended. To pre-register call/text Myron Metzger at (260) 578-8105 with your name and the number of people attending and the date and time of the tour you wish to reserve.

For more information, email Ellen Bauman at ellen@neifood.org or call Myron at (260) 578-8105.

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.

Local Food Week Sponsor

Date & time: Monday, July 28 – 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Cost: Free event. Pre-registration is required.

Pre-register to attend this event by July 23 at https://bit.ly/3SXL7iC.

About this Event
Learn how to take the abundance of local produce available during the growing season and preserve it for enjoyment all year long. Abigail Creigh, Purdue Extension Health and Human Sciences Educator, will guide participants through an overview of canning and food preservation methods.

Purdue University prohibits discrimination against any member of the University community on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, genetic information, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or status as a veteran.

If you are in need of accommodations to attend this program, please contact Abigail Creigh prior to the event at 260-636-2111 or creigh@purdue.edu by July 21, 2025.

If you need an interpreter or translator, please contact Abigail Creigh prior to the event at 260-636-2111 or creigh@purdue.edu by July 22, 2025.

For more information, allences@purdue.edu or call (260) 481-6826.

About Johnnie Mae Farm
Johnnie Mae Farm is a collaboration between Purdue Extension - Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne on an urban farm that’s like none other. Johnnie Mae Farm was designed to be a community gathering place where neighbors can meet, get to know each other and learn. It is also a farm where fresh, organically grown produce, that’s culturally relevant and delicious, is available for purchase at the weekly farm market.

With it’s commercial quality kitchen and sprawling farm grounds Johnnie Mae Farm is a perfect place for educational and fun events too.

The farm is located in the heart of the Renaissance Pointe neighborhood and the farm market is open to all. No eligibility requirements or restrictions.

Dates & times:

• Friday, July 25 – 10:00am & 1:00pm

• Saturday, July 26 – 11:00am

• Monday, July 28 – 5:00pm

• Tuesday, July 29 – 10:00am & 1:00pm

• Wednesday, July 30 – 10:00am, 1:00pm & 5:00pm

• Thursday, July 31 – 10:00am & 1:00pm

Cost: Free. Pre-registration required.

Pre-registration Required:
Participants need to pre-register within 24 hours of tour time @ Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/plant-happiness-with-ne-indiana-local-food-network-30899258269

About this Event:
Located in Northside Neighborhood, this suburban site offers an example of how a lawn can be transformed into a landscape that offers organic home food production, more sustainable landscape management, and incorporation of indigenous plantings to improve the local ecosystem. While we cannot produce all of our own foods, we can - and do - strengthen the food security in our home by growing as much as we can on site. Our home food costs can also be greatly reduced when we are able to grow hundreds, to thousands, of pounds of high quality foods in our home gardens for our family. Additionally, the methods used offer habitat for native species, pollinators, and other wildlife. Win/win/win for home gardening!

For more information email Plant Happiness at plantingseedsofhappiness@gmail.com

Travel Tip: The Parnell Avenue Bridge by Johnny Appleseed Park is closed. Please be sure to check for an alternate route.

About Plant Happiness:
Plant Happiness offers educational opportunities to the community though individual classes, courses, and on-site consultations visits to encourage healthy growing of organic foods, soils, and ecosystems. I also offer design services to assist in the planning and implementation of sustainable and regenerative practices in any setting.

Local Food Week Sponsor