FARM MARKETS IN INDIANA
Farm markets are permanent markets, stands or stores located near the growing sites of some of the fresh food items offered during seasonal hours to the public. These sites may include orchards, farms and nurseries. They offer fresh produce, meats and products and are owned and operated by local farm families.
CENTRAL INDIANA
McClure's Orchard and the Apple Dumpling
5054 North US 31
Peru, IN 46970
765-985-9000
The Apple Dumpling lunch room and gift shop is part of McClure's Orchard, across from the big Apple Barn, and features homemade apple products and baked goods on the menu as well as an excellent chicken salad, soups, sandwiches and of course, apple dumplings. Visit the Apple Barn, surrounded by the orchards, for some chunky applesauce, cider or a basket of crisp apples to prolong the country experience. Open Tues. - Sat. 9 am - 4 pm, Sun. 11 am - 3 pm. www.mcclureorchard.com
Adrian Orchard
500 West Epler Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46217
317-784-0550
This quaint market, built in 1925, offers personal service and knowledgeable advise from the third generation on the farm. Close to 465 and US 31, Adrian Orchard features peaches, apples, pears, sweet corn, unpasteurized cider, melons, peppers, tomatoes, honey, jams and jellies. Fall favorites include unpasteurized cider, pumpkins and caramel apples, especially at the Harvest Fest on the first weekend in October. Open July through January, Mon.-Sat. 10 am - 6 pm, Sun. Noon - 5 pm. www.adrianorchards.com
Beasley's Orchard
2304 East Main Street
Danville, IN 46122
This market and bakery are housed in a Civil War-era barn built with post-beam construction. In addition to produce, jellies, preserves, sauces and kitchen gadgets fill the barn. Cider, caramel apples and apple dumplings are seasonal specialties.
A fall festival held the first two weekends in October feature entertainment, hayrides, a pumpkin patch, corn maze, apple pie contest and plenty of great food. Open July - Dec. Mon.-Sat. 9 am - 5 pm, Sun. noon - 5 pm through Oct. www.beasleys-orchard.com
Carley Elk Farm
29113 Haworth Rd.
Atlanta, IN 46031
765-552-0574
See this growing herd of Rocky Mountain Elk, tour the farm, enjoy a nature walk and help feed the elk. Antlers, meat and mounts available. Open Saturdays 10 am - 4 pm. www.elk4u.com
Tuttle Orchards
5717 North 300 West
Greenfield, IN 46140
317-326-2278
Tuttle's is a 4th generation family farm with its own patented apple variety: Stark Supreme Stayman Winesap. It is a favorite destination for apples, pumpkins, flowers, and local food. The orchard offers 22 varieties of apples, 15 varieties of vegetables, strawberries, sweet corn and a large selection of annuals, perennials and poinsettias. Signature foods include apple butter, caramel apples, cider slushies and fresh cider.
Saturdays from Sept. 5 through Oct. 24th are fall festival days, with brats, roasted corn and other fall favorites available when you work up an appetite from pumpkin and apple picking, hayrides, corn mazes and cider sampling. During the holidays persimmon pulp,
Frozen pies and hot cider are featured. Open year round, Mon. - Sat. 9 am - 6 pm, or 7 pm May- Oct. Closed Sundays. www.tuttleorchards.com
Waterman's Farm Market
7010 E. Raymond St.
Indianapolis, 46239
317-356-6995
On the Southeast side of Indy, Waterman's offers fresh produce in season. Bring the whole family for a farm load of fun on this century-old farm. U-pick or ready-picked produce, three corn mazes and hayrides available. The season starts with strawberries and ends with a month-long harvest festival from Oct. 1-31 featuring kettle corn, Bbq, brats and burgers in addition to the pony rides, music and weekend activities. Watch Tyranny, the pumpkin-eating dinosaur in action. Open daily, June through September- 8 am - 7 pm, October - 9 am - 8 pm. www.WatermansFarmMarket.com
Whiteland Orchards
5395 N. Graham Rd.
Whiteland, IN 46184
317-535-8495
The apple orchard at Whiteland was planted in 1933, and apples and fresh apple cider have been specialties ever since. In addition to homegrown vegetables and flowers, the Orchard offers honey, sorghum, apple butter and persimmon pulp, along with caramel apples and Amish peanut brittle. Open April-Dec. Mon.-Sat. 9 am - 6 pm, Jan.-March Fri.-Sat. 9 am - 6 pm.
Your Neighbor's Garden
5224 Grandview Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46228
317-251-4130
This 27 year-old farm stand features berries, peaches, apples, sweet corn, tomatoes, zucchini and green beans. Open April through October, Mon. - Sat. 9 am - 6 pm.
www.farisfarms@comcast.com
EAST INDIANA
Apple of His Eye Orchard
3185 S. 300 E., Anderson, IN 46017
765-378-6265
Just around the corner from Hoosier Park, you are out in the countryside, where Jude and Richard Sochackie grow more than 16 varieties of apples in their orchard. Stop by the little donut hut for some of Jude's apple butter donuts, made from a family recipe, and for freshly picked apples throughout the season. The Sochackis offer apple butter, applesauce, pie filling and cider for sale as well as locally grown produce, honey and cold Ale 8 ginger ale. The orchard is an offshoot of Richard's ministry, and literature, student tours and small group Bible studies are available as well.
Open June through November, Noon -7 pm. www.appleofhiseyeorchard
Drennan's Pumpkin Kingdom
310 West 1100 South
Montpelier, IN 47359
877-889-5201
Have fun visiting a real farm: walking through a corn maze, visiting some baby animals in the barnyard, and taking a hayride through the fields. Large farm stand offers pumpkins of all sizes, gourds, squash, Indian corn, stalks, straw bales and fresh-made apple cider. Tours Sept. 15 - Oct. 31st, Farm stand open June - Dec. 1st, Tues. - Sat. 10 am - 6 pm, Sun. 1 - 5 pm. www.pumpkinkingdom.com
Sechler Pickles
5686 State Route 1
St. Joe, IN 46785 260-337-5461
You can't dine here but you can sample some very good pickles, and take a tour of
of Sechler's Fine Pickles factory in Hoosier farmland near St. Joe. You will experience the same fine art of pickle processing that began in 1921 when Ralph Sechler founded his pickle company in the homestead that still stands next to the factory and cypress pickling tanks that make Sechler's pickles the pride of Indiana.
Over 40 varieties of pickles are featured in the rustic retail store and samples of most varieties are available. Tours are available April through October. Call for retail hours.
SOUTH INDIANA
Applacres, Inc.
9104 State Road 37
Bedford, IN 47421
812-279-9821
For 48 years Applacres has offered fruits and vegetables to the public. The market carries lots of Indiana-made products, including jams, jellies and candies in addition to their apples, peaches, vegetables, fresh cider and caramel apples. Open year round: Mon. - Sat. 9 am- 6 pm, Sun.1 pm - 6 pm.
The Apple Works
3756 W. Hougham Rd.
Trafalgar, IN 46181
317-878-9317
Twenty minutes from Nashville, you can spend the better part of a day at the Apple Works. Besides 7500 apple trees, local produce, a bakery, fudgery and ice cream parlor,
the Works boasts a woodland garden, playground, bamboo maze, farm animals and a train in the fall. Signature foods include applewood pulled pork, apple dumplings, Dutch apple bars, breads, preserves, sauces and cider. Open late April through December 24th: call for times. www.apple-works.com
McDivitt Farms
3994 N. Waterloo Road
Connersville, IN 47331
765-827-0711
The McDivitt family's roadside stand features the freshest tomatoes, melons, onions, zucchini, cucumbers, squash, potatoes, apples, pumpkins, gourds, flowers and their specialties: giant mums and gourmet sweet corn. Open May through October, Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 6 pm, Sat. 9 am- 5 pm, Sun 11 am - 5 pm. www.McDivittFarms.com
S & E Produce & Flowers
320 Griffith Road
Greenwood, IN 46143
317-881-2634
This family-owned greenhouse operation offers fresh flowers and produce from April through October, as well as candy, snacks, drinks and gardening supplies. They are known for their sweet corn, tomatoes and green beans. Open April - October; Mon.- Fri.
9 am- 6 pm, Sat. 8 am - 6 pm. Closed Sundays. www.sandegreenhouse.com
Apple Hill Orchard
6235 N. Ford Rd. (Highway 41 North)
Bruceville, IN 812-324-9010
Karen and Brad Black built this airy log Apple Lodge commanding a 360-degree view from the porch in 1999 to market the fruit and produce from Joe Black's hilltop orchard. Watch cider-making and fruit sorting while partaking of a cider slushy or just-out-of-the -oven donut, bread or pastry from the open kitchen. Fresh seasonal fruit served over ice cream, zucchini bread, pies and drinks can be enjoyed, cider is available by the glass and gallon, and jams and jellies can be taken home to savor. Apple Hill Orchard is open to the public July 5 - Dec. 23, 9 am - 6 pm Mon.- Thurs. and 9 am -6 pm Fri. & Sat.
www.AppleHillIndiana.com
Coyote Creek Family Farm
153 Little Hominy Ridge
Florence, IN, 47020
812-594-3858
Shannon and Kevin Vinson's Switzerland County farm is a great place to take the kids to experience a petting zoo, pumpkin slingshot and mini-train ride. Shannon presides over the Country Café, serving buffalo burgers, chicken and dumplings and homemade desserts to visiting farm hands. But her favorite recipes are for the fudges, buckeyes and truffles she lovingly prepares and packages. Open Sat. & Sun. 8 am-6 pm in Sept. and Oct., the farm and café are open by reservation the rest of the year. www.coyotecreekfamilyfarm.com
Dillman Farm
4955 W. State Rd. 45
Bloomington, IN 47403
800-359-1362
Just outside of town in the rolling farmland of Southern Indiana sits a modern gray building that houses Dillman Farms, the home of our state's all-natural fruit butters, jellies and preserves. Dillman's uses select whole fruits and pure cane sugar with no preservatives and no corn syrup in their products for an old-fashioned quality. The retail shop at the front of the super-clean production kitchen sells the full line of Dillman fruit products plus barbeque sauces, honey, salsas and the fudge they make on the premises with their own butter and cream. The gift shop also sells lots of other Indiana-made products and baskets for all occasions. Spring tours by reservation. Open Mon. - Sat. 10 am - 4 pm, Sat. 10 am - 5 pm. http://www.dillmanfarm.com
HighPoint Orchard and Farm Market
3321 N. U.S. Highway 421 812-663-4534
Greensburg, IN 47240
The brick federal style homestead on the highest hill in Decatur County is a breathtaking backdrop for the blooming acres of fruit trees where that surround Karen and Randy Cyman's farm market and lunch room. Fresh baked goods include pies, breads, cupcakes and cookies; donuts are made each morning, and chicken salad, sandwiches, colorful salads with edible blossoms and soups are served for lunch. There are lots of local specialty foods and garden gifts to buy in the shop, along with extra baked goods to take home, and flowering hanging baskets as well. Cider and the many varieties of apples and Asian pears from Highpoint's orchard are available in season, culminating in an annual Apple Fest the second weekend in October. Open Tues. - Sat. 9 am - 6 pm. Lunch served 11 am - 2 pm.
WEST INDIANA
Fair Oaks Farms
856 N. 600 East
Fair Oaks, IN 47943 1-219-394-2025
Fair Oaks Farms takes visitors through the dairy process "from grass to glass"
and beyond to cheese and ice cream. The farm is the collaboration of nine dairy farmers whose 3,000 cows form the center of an educational agri-tourism experience which includes an Adventure Center, the interactive exhibits and a Cow Palace theater, a 45 minute bus tour and the Milking Parlor. The final stop is the Fair Oaks Café, where you can order a grilled cheese sandwich made from your choice of 3 varieties of the farm's own cheese for $4.95. Soups, sandwiches, salads and burritos are also served, along with Starbucks coffee. Freshly made ice creams, milkshakes and sundaes are served in the ice cream parlor. The adjacent store sells pints of the ice cream and the fine array of Fair Oaks cheeses. Randy Krahenbuhl, a certified Master Cheese maker, oversees the production of 22 cheese varieties, including havarti, sweet Swiss, Muenster and international award-winning Gouda and Emmenthaler. Café and store (the Cheese Plant) hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Adventure Center tours are $10/adults, $7/children & seniors, open Mon.-Sat.9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. www.fofarms.com
Martin Acres LLC
4840 Hawthorne Ridge Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47906
765-463-4215
M-F 5:30pm to 9:00pm, Saturday 8am to 1pm during late June to late August
U-Pick Blueberries. Contact: Marshall Martin marshallmartin@onemain.com
Prelock Blueberry Farm
9632 E. 350 S.
Lafayette, IN 47909
765-296-9133
U-Pick Blueberries
M-F 7am to Noon and 4pm to 8pm, Saturday 7am to Noon, closed Sundays. June to August. http://prelockblueberryfarm.com
Pretty Prairie Berry Farm
7108 Pretty Prairie Road
Battle Ground, IN 47920
765-567-2669
Strawberries. Open Mon.-Sat 7am to 7pm, Sun 11am to 6pm. Late May through mid June
Rainbow Hill Daylily Farm
2950 Harding Road
Lafayette, IN 47905
765-296-4697
Daylilies and bulbs. Open Tues.-Sat 10am to 6pm 1st Saturday in May through the fourth weekend of September. http://rainbowhilldaylilyfarm.com
Annie’s Orchard
9624 W. CR 75 S
West Lafayette, IN 47906
765-583-2425
Offering peaches, blueberries, plums, cherries and nectarines. Also sells pre-picked peaches, jam and pies in the orchard store. Mon.-Fri. 8 am to Noon, Thurs.-Fri. 4 pm to 8 pm, Sat. 8 am to 4pm, Sun. Noon to 4 pm.
Butera Family Orchard
1443 W. CR 800 S
Lafayette, IN 47909
765-538-3373
Offering peaches, strawberries, blackberries, cherries, pears and apples. Open MWF 10am to 5:30 pm, Thurs. 10 am to Noon, Sat. 10 am to 3 pm, closed Sundays. Also sells produce at the Lafayette Farmers’ Market held Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Dispennett’s Apple Orchard
994 East Boulevard
Pine Village, IN 47975
765-385-2040
Offers 13 varieties of apples August through early October, pears plums, Indian corn, pumpkins, gourds, jams, honey, apple pies, old-fashioned candies, apple butter, apple cider and cider spices. Gift Shop. www.cabapple.org
IFA will help you find what you want to satisfy even the most discerning taste buds. Resources are being developed to help you eat and buy locally grown foods and support locally owned culinary ventures.