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Outdoor Markets are Connected to Nature
A great blue heron comes in for a landing. By Kat Peters, Market Manager Originally published on our blog on April 25, 2022 Many of the vendors at the Coffee Creek Farmers Market get their ingredients from farmers, or they are farmers themselves. They forage, grow, raise and add value to natural products. AND, they […]

Carmel-Based Spicekick Meal Spice Kits Become Indiana Grown Certified
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Spicekick has officially become Indiana Grown Certified. Created by Michelle Dudash, RDN, Spicekick is your sidekick in the kitchen, making mealtime quick, nutritious, and streamlined. Dudash launched Spicekick two years ago under the name Dash Dinners, at the Carmel Farmers Market and Market Wagon with four core flavors. […]

Nut Markets for Indiana Food Businesses
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture recently awarded a research grant to the Indiana University Sustainable Food Systems Science team to identify the steps needed to establish value chains for Indiana-grown nuts, such as pecans, chestnuts, hazelnuts, and walnuts. In order to spotlight how we might support a burgeoning nut industry, we invite any Hoosier […]

Summer Carmel Farmers Market
Having been in business over two decades, Carmel Farmers Market is one of the largest farmers markets in Indiana. Even in the face of C19, our summer market, still had just over 70,000 visitors from May through September who patronized our nearly eighty vendors. CFM vendors sell only Indiana grown and/or produced edible or plant […]

Shop Local with these Indiana Retailers!
Part of Indiana Grown’s mission is to help consumers identify products from local farmers and producers. We have compiled a list of retailers throughout the state that carry several locally made products for you to purchase. Find a store near you to support farmers and small businesses in your community! A Taste of Indiana Acorn […]

Get to Know Gillis Farms
Indiana Grown loves to tell the story of our members and help connect what they do in the fields with what consumers find on grocery store shelves, restaurant menus, school lunch trays and more! We recently had a chance to learn more about Elaine Gillis and her 5th generation family farm. You may have never […]

Local Thanksgiving Specials
Gobble Gobble Goose: it’s turkey time at Goose the Market and Smoking Goose! Browse and Order the best of the harvest from local food artisans and farmers online at https://goose-the-market.myshopify.com/ and choose pick up or delivery, whether near or far. – free-range, pasture-raised, fresh-never-frozen turkeys: options for all sizes of gatherings + cook your own or […]

TOMATOES GALORE
Autry Farms is a small farm to fork operation on about 7 acres located in Bluffton. Upon getting out of the Navy, I decided that I wanted to do my part to help families eat healthy. We are not organic certified, but we use absolutely no herbicides or pesticides. We have been growing every year […]

Complete this Survey to Promote Your Online Sales Business
In an effort to connect consumers and buyers with locally grown, raised and produced foods and goods, Indiana Grown and the IU Center for Rural Engagement are launching a consumer-focused online sales map for Indiana. With the onset of COVID-19 social distancing measures, we want to ensure people can continue to purchase from your farm, […]