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 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:

• 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

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: Tuesday, July 29 – 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Cost: Free tasting & demonstration. Products available for sale.

About this Event
Sunrise Mart offers products from several local farmers and food producers across Northeast Indiana. To celebrate Local Food Week, Sunrise Mart is hosting a special demonstration & tasting event featuring the farmers from May Family Urban Homestead and Little River Mushroom Co. These local producers will offer samples of their products and will be available to chat about their growing practices and the full range of products they grow. The farmers will have plenty of products available to purchase and take home for your family meals.

For more information, email sunrisemart17@gmail.com or call (260) 999-6994.

About Sunrise Mart
Sunrise Mart is dedicated to providing fresh, quality groceries with a focus on local and global products. Our mission is to create a welcoming shopping experience, prioritizing sustainability and supporting local farmers. We carefully select products based on freshness, affordability, and quality to meet the needs of our diverse community.

We offer a wide range of items, including fresh produce, dairy, bakery sweets, beverages, pantry staples, frozen foods, international groceries, and seasonal products. Our goal is to be your go-to store for both everyday essentials and unique finds.

About May Family Urban Homestead
At May Family Urban Homestead, our microgreens are cultivated indoors in a controlled, sterile environment using organic practices. On our farm, we apply the same organic principles with a permaculture mindset, prioritizing sustainability and soil health. We compost and repurpose the coconut coir from our microgreen operation to enrich our farm’s soil. Additionally, we create our own fertilizers and pesticides using plant-based and natural ingredients. Our commitment to producing healthy, nutrient-rich food ensures that our customers receive the highest quality produce. Currently, we grow tomatoes, cucumbers, and a variety of leafy greens.

About Little River Mushroom Co.
Little River Mushroom Co. is Fort Wayne’s exclusive mushroom farm! You can find our freshly picked varieties gracing the plates of local restaurants, adding unique flavors to market vendors' offerings, and as a year round vendor at the YLNI Farmers Market.

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 is 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

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: Tuesday, July 29 – 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Cost: Free farm tour & tasting. No registration required.

About this Event
Come on over to Rose Avenue Farm for a short walk along the edge of the field to see a patchwork of half-acre vegetable farm plots tended by farmers growing a wide variety of Asian favorites. Taste some delicious Burmese food made from vegetables grown on the farm. Learn about the partnership of organizations working together to make this project successful and how it came together. A well-attended event that raises awareness of culture, community and locally grown foods.

For more information, email heartland.community@yahoo.com or call (425)213-7516.

Travel Tip: GPS or Google Maps might tell you to turn down West Street. Don't do it! The farm lane is on the other side of the farm field from West Street along the tree line. Watch for the Local Food Week event sign.

About Rose Avenue Education Farm
Rose Avenue Education Farm is a ten-acre education and business incubator farm. where Rose Avenue Farmers grow a wide variety of culturally specific vegetables and also vegetables that you would expect to see at an American farmer's market. Our policy is that the farmers must use practices that are approved for organic farms.

Dates & times:

• Friday, July 25 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Saturday, July 26 –5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Sunday, July 27 – 4:30pm - 8:00pm

• Monday, July 28 – CLOSED

• Tuesday, July 29 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Wednesday, July 30 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Thursday, July 31 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Friday, August 1 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Saturday, August 2 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Sunday, August 3 – 4:30pm - 8:00pm
  

Cost: $80.00 per person. Reservations are recommended, as seating is limited. Call (260)449-9099 or reserve your table at http://www.chancebarfw.com/reservations.html

About this Event
Don’t miss this exciting 3-course tasting event featuring delicious locally sourced ingredients from Schmuckers Produce, Kuehnert Dairy, Wood Farms, Berry Hill Farms and Myzel Risin’

For more information call (260)449-9099, or email cbowers10@gmail.com

About Chance Bar
Chance Bar is a midwestern bistro nestled in the beautiful '07 neighborhood of Ft Wayne, Indiana. Specializing in casual modern cuisine. With a small diverse menu where we make pasta, fresh oysters, sausages, delicious juicy burgers, and we support local farmers.

Local Food Week Sponsor

Date & time: Tuesday, July 29 – 6:00pm - 7:30pm.
This event will take place outdoors, near The Farm Store.

Cost: Free workshop and tasting. Pre-registration required.

Pre-registration: Please RSVP your name and how many plan to attend to Stephanie Hine by text message at 260-316-4189. Space is limited to the first 25 people.

About this Event
Come and meet a local farmer and food producer while learning about all things tallow. Gain an understanding about the benefits, uses, and ways to render tallow for your own personal use. All while getting to taste the way tallow can level up your homemade french fries!

For more information, email hello@hinefarms.com or call (260) 316-4189.

About Hine Farms
HIne Farms is a small 5th generation family farm that brings you quality proteins from our pastures to your plate. We offer pasture raised eggs, grass fed and finished beef, grass and grain fed beef (only in 2024), forest raised pork, and pasture raised whole chickens along with a variety of seasonal produce. Our livestock are hormone and antibiotic free. We also raise a variety of small grains for feed and grazing mixes, alfalfa/hay, corn, soybeans, and wheat with no till and 100% cover cropped land. We are slowly transitioning farm land into perennial pastures to reduce our need for chemical inputs and implementing more regenerative practices.

At our roadside store (The Farm Store) where we sell our pastured proteins, maple syrup and bourbon barrel aged maple syrup, Gran's Jams and Pie Fillings, Buch's Wildflower Honey, and a variety of seasonal produce we raise on our farm, along with goods and crafts from local vendors from July-September.

Local Food Week Sponsor