Farms Near Ames, IA

Ames

DeMoss Pumpkin Farm grows pumpkins in Ames, in central Iowa's Story County, tied to the fall pumpkin-patch season common across the state's corn country.

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La Mar Farms sells farm-fresh eggs year-round from its Ames location, then shifts into seasonal Christmas trees, pumpkins, and firewood as the calendar turns. It's a smaller operation built around whatever's in season rather than one big fall event, so egg customers can stop by outside of pumpkin and tree season too.

Farmers' Market Main Street is listed in Iowa with no city or address attached, and no matching website or organizer contact turned up in research. Season dates and vendor details are currently unverified.

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Mustard Seed Community Farm near Ames, Iowa is a Catholic Worker farm growing vegetables with community hands — twice-weekly harvest mornings open to all, workshares, internships, garlic-harvest potlucks, and prairie plant sales. The farm shares its harvest through a CSA and community meals, with a processing kitchen and hospitality space rooted in its mission of land stewardship and radical hospitality.

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The North Grand Farmers' Market sets up twice a week in the parking lot north of JCPenney at North Grand Mall in Ames — Wednesdays 3 to 6pm and Saturdays 8am to 12:30pm. Alongside the standard produce, flowers, herbs, eggs, and honey, vendors sell Iowa wine, crafts, and pet items, a wider mix than most small-town markets. North Grand Mall also runs a separate indoor market during the colder months.

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Huxley

Huxley's market sets up on West Railway Street in this fast-growing Story County town between Ames and Ankeny, giving area growers a stop in one of central Iowa's fastest-expanding suburbs.

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Madrid

The Cellar Winery makes wine from cold-climate grapes at its Madrid location, pouring in a tasting room open Friday 2 to 9pm, Saturday 2 to 7pm, and Sunday 1 to 7pm — closed Monday through Thursday. The winery hosts live music and weddings alongside regular tastings. Call 515-367-7777 for the current event calendar.

Nevada

Main Street Nevada runs this market out of City Hall on 6th Street every other Sunday, noon to 3pm, from May through September. It's organized less like a produce stand and more like a small-business showcase, giving local growers and food makers a direct line to customers without a storefront. Main Street Nevada's executive director, Emily Schaack, handles vendor applications through the organization's own site.

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Dean and Judy Henry realized a dream by establishing the Berry Patch Farm in the early 1970s. Today you’ll see Judy at the markets, Dean on the tractors, and their son Mike at the stand and picking the freshest harvest. Throughout the Berry Patch you’ll see the personal touches of each individual involved. We grow strawberries, raspberries, vegetables, apples, and more. You can get Berry Patch goodies from the farm, at markets, and through CSAs (community supported agriculture). The Berry Patch

Furry Woods Honey Farm has a website live under its name, but the site's content did not load during research beyond confirming honey as the core product. Location, hours, and specific offerings are currently unverified.

Cambridge

Center Grove Orchard grows more than 34 apple varieties across 20 acres outside Cambridge, open for pick-your-own from May into June and again August through December. Beyond apples, the farm runs a store with a restaurant and online ordering, plus pumpkins, a corn maze, hayrides, and farm animals for kids. It's built for repeat visits across two separate seasons rather than one fall trip.

The Holton Homestead's domain name is currently listed for sale rather than hosting an active farm website, and no other listing, address, or contact for this Iowa operation turned up in research. What the homestead grows or sells is unverified.

Boone

Aaron and Jordan's Pumpkin Patch sits near the junction of Route 30 and T Avenue outside Boone. Beyond the name and location, hours and contact details aren't posted online.

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The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad has run excursion trains through the Des Moines River Valley since 1983, along 11 miles of track crossing a 156-foot bridge over Bass Point Creek. Its fall Pumpkin Express is a themed ride rather than a farm visit — no patch, no hayride, just a scenic trip timed to the season. The nonprofit also runs a museum, dedicated in 2012, and the operation draws more than 30,000 riders a year.

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Ankeny

Van Dyke Sweet Corn sells sweet corn from its stand in Ankeny, one of the fastest-growing suburbs north of Des Moines. No independent listing confirms current hours or season dates — check locally before visiting.

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Boone

Timberlea Farm sits on SW Ringgold Street in Boone, a Boone County town along the Des Moines River known for its scenic railroad and river valley. It's a working farm running agritourism activities on the property.

Elkhart

Every farm has a story. This is where we share some of our farm's story. The Who Meet Tony. Tony is the 4th generation, and the driver behind getting the farm to produce nourishing food for the surrounding community. The Where In the Milky Way galaxy, on planet Earth, on the continent of North America, in the country of the United States of America, in the state of Iowa, about halfway between Des Moines and Ames, two miles east of the small town of Elkhart, IA, looking over the valley of the Sku

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Granger

Iowa Orchard grows more than 20 apple varieties, including Honeycrisp and Jonathan, on its Granger u-pick grounds, with a separate farm market in Urbandale selling homemade pies, preserves, and raw honey. The farm runs apple picking from September into mid-October, summer u-pick berries by appointment, and a pumpkin patch through Halloween.

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Elkhart

Prudent Produce delivers organic produce, meat, dairy, and pantry staples straight to doorsteps across central Iowa, sourcing locally whenever the season allows. The family farm in Elkhart runs the area's only organic produce home-delivery service, built around a CSA model rather than a pickup site. Everything ships free of synthetic chemicals. Customers order through the farm's website and get boxes delivered on a set weekly schedule.

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Uptown Ankeny Farmers Market gathers at SW 3rd Street and SW Maple Street in this fast-growing Polk County suburb north of Des Moines. Local growers sell seasonal produce direct to area shoppers.

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Bondurant

Geisler Farms sits on NE 94th Avenue outside Bondurant, a fast-growing Polk County suburb northeast of Des Moines. It's a working farm running agritourism activities on the property.

Rinehart's Family Farm is listed in Iowa with no city, address, or matching website found in research. Crops, livestock, or products sold by this family operation are currently unverified.

Ankeny

Bob's Aronia Field grows aronia berries, also known as chokeberries, in Ankeny in the Des Moines metro area. Aronia is a small, tart, deep-purple fruit increasingly grown in the Midwest for juices, jams, and fresh eating.

Woodward

Johnston Farmers Market sets up at 6221 Merle Hay Road in Johnston, a Des Moines suburb in Polk County best known as headquarters to Corteva Agriscience's Pioneer seed business. Suburban markets in the Des Moines metro tend to run larger than small-town ones, with a wider mix of produce, meat, and prepared-food vendors on a given Saturday.

Colo

Colo

Little Stone House Farm sits on 200th Street outside Colo, a small Story County town in central Iowa. It's a small farm operation running agritourism activities on the property.

Maxwell

Stewart Family Farm in Maxwell runs an on-farm market with u-pick, we-pick, and CSA pickup options rather than a typical roadside stand. Dan and Kirsten Stewart started the operation in 2018, growing it from a market garden into a full CSA and pick-your-own setup. Call ahead at 515-967-6963 to check what's ready for picking that week.

Bondurant

Bondurant Farmers' Market sets up at Main Street SE and Grain Street NE in one of the fastest-growing suburbs on the northeast edge of the Des Moines metro. Polk County's sprawl has turned Bondurant from a small farm town into a bedroom community within a generation, and the market gives the newer subdivisions a direct line to the row-crop country still surrounding them.

Just Iowa Honey runs five home-based apiaries in Des Moines, bottling small-batch, unpasteurized honey in varietals like black locust, linden, and wildflower alongside comb honey and beeswax goods. The operation builds custom honey favors for weddings and events and curates a Heritage Collection gift line; visits to the Crestmoor Drive location are by appointment.

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Urbandale

Parks Neighborhood Farmers Market runs out of a Euclid Avenue address on Des Moines' north side. Little independent information is available online beyond directory listings, which suggests this is a small, neighborhood-scale market rather than one of the city's larger organized markets like the Downtown Farmers' Market. Confirm hours locally before visiting.

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This market sets up outside Highland Park Lutheran Church on East Euclid Avenue, serving Des Moines' Highland Park neighborhood on the city's north side as a closer alternative to the larger Downtown Farmers Market.

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Dogpatch Urban Gardens is Des Moines' destination for local food, where FarmHer Jenny bottles small-batch, farm-inspired salad dressings made with clean non-GMO ingredients and heart-healthy avocado oil — gluten-free, dairy-free, no added sugar. Born from an urban farm, the brand now sits on Hy-Vee shelves across the metro, alongside weekly homesteading tips, recipes, and stories from the Quiner family homestead.

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A Brief History The Beaverdale Farmers Market launched in 2012 at Beaverdale Park on Adams Avenue, hosting around 30 vendors weekly. From 2013 thru 2015, the market was located at 3422 Beaver Avenue, next to Boesen the Florist. From 2017 to 2019 the market was held on Urbandale Avenue on the west side of Beaver Avenue. We are currently at 4801 Franklin Avenue in the Franklin Junior High parking lot on the north and west side of the building. Double Up Food Bucks The Beaverdale Farmers Market par

This market operates on Des Moines' east side at 3200 Delaware Avenue, giving neighborhood shoppers a closer option than the larger Downtown Farmers Market across the river.

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Center Street Farmers' Market sets up at 1401 Center St. in Des Moines' River Bend neighborhood, just north of downtown. No current vendor list, season dates, or organizer contact were found online to confirm what's sold or when the market runs.

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Chair: Rachel Binning, Corteva Agriscience (2025) Vice Chair: Jim Hoyt, GROWMARK, Inc., retired (2024) Secretary: open Treasurer: Christine Augustine, Canterbury Enterprises (2025) Jane Hatfield Anchustegui, retired middle school teacher (2023) Amara Huffine, Madison County Chamber of Commerce (2025) Marion James, James Law Office (2024) Barb Kalbach, Madison Co. Hospital, retired (2024) David Wallace Murray, American Clean Power Association (2024) Michelle Wilson, Southern Iowa Resource Conserv

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We are accidental farmers. We started out attempting to get an abandoned pocket park cleaned up and updated. That started a multi-year journey working with the Parks and Rec department and City Council to allow the neighborhood itself to decide what would be done with a lot that is directly next to my home. In the end, my husband and I were allowed to convert this old and vacant once-upon-a-time park into a market garden space. This was in 2016, and from there we have only grown in scale and sco