Farms Near Michigan City, IN

Michigan City

Michigan City

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La Porte

Blue Spruce Alpacas is a small family operation outside La Porte raising Huacaya alpacas for fiber and breeding stock. Visitors can buy raw fiber and finished alpaca goods right off the farm, and the herd includes a registered herdsire available for outside breeding. It's a niche stop for fiber-farm tourism in northern Indiana rather than the usual pumpkin-and-corn-maze circuit.

Michigan City

Radke's has grown apples in Michigan City since 1894, with more than 20 varieties available u-pick or ready-picked, plus donuts and tractor rides on weekends. The season opens Labor Day weekend and runs daily 8:30 to 5:30, with no admission or parking fees. It's an easy stop off I-94 at Exit 34A.

Michigan City

Stateline Blueberries has grown fruit on the Indiana-Michigan border since 1942, now spanning 30 to 35 acres and 11 to 12 blueberry varieties. Pick your own from late June into mid-August, or grab berries already picked at the stand along with the farm's raw honey, maple syrup, jam, and stranger specialty items like blueberry BBQ sauce and blueberry jerky. There's parking and a picnic area if you want to stay and eat what you just picked.

Michigan City

Michigan City

Pavolka Fruit Farm is a family-owned apple orchard in LaPorte County growing over 20 apple varieties, plus u-pick grapes, pears, plums, raspberries, and sour cherries. The farm presses its own apples for fresh cider on site. U-pick apple season runs mid-September through late October, daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with fruit priced by the pound. It's a straightforward roadside operation off Wozniak Road, not a big production — just apples done well.

Pavolka Fruit Farm in Michigan City grows more than 20 apple varieties, with u-pick running mid-September through October and cider pressed fresh on site during the same window. The orchard also grows pears, plums, grapes, raspberries, and sour cherries. Open daily 9 to 5 during the season.

Michigan City

Nowatzke Cattle Co. raises registered Angus cattle in Indiana. The operation's website is still under construction, so current inventory, sale details, and contact information aren't yet public — check back or reach out directly for the latest.

LaPorte

McClure Christmas Tree Farm has been cutting Fraser, Canaan, and Concolor firs outside LaPorte since 2007, now run by three generations of the same family. Visitors cut their own tree from more than 9,000 planted, ride a hayride, warm up at the bonfire pit, and shop wreaths and ornaments in a restored century-old dairy barn. The season opens the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Michigan City

Now run by The Collective as Farmed & Forged Northwest Indiana, this market sets up at 8th and Washington in Michigan City every Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon, May through October. Regional farmers, bakers, and artisans sell direct, and the market's Facebook page has drawn more than 4,200 followers, a steady local following in La Porte County.

Lange's Old Fashion Meat Market fits the mold of a traditional butcher counter, the kind built around house-made sausage and old-world cuts common in Indiana's German-settled counties. No independent site confirms this location's specifics — call ahead.

An indoor farmers market on East 2nd Street in Michigan City, open spring through fall with produce, baked goods, flowers, and artisan goods from area vendors. SNAP/EBT is accepted, so it's a real grocery option for the neighborhood, not just a weekend novelty.

Hoosier Bee Man is a beekeeping operation, likely selling extracted honey or handling swarm removal calls, based on the name. No independent website confirms specifics — contact directly for current honey and services.

Laporte

Michigan City

Stateline Blueberries has picked berries a few miles from the Lake Michigan shoreline for decades, across 30 to 35 acres kept walkable with grass mowed between the rows. U-pick runs late June through mid-August, and the sales shed sells ready-picked berries alongside local honey, jam, and blueberry-based condiments like a barbecue sauce. Call ahead for picking conditions before making the drive.

Chesterton

Westville

Westville

Coulter's has run a roadside stand in Westville selling sweet corn, tomatoes, melons, and garden plants through the growing season, then shifts into fall mode with a pumpkin patch, corn maze, and hayrides come September. It's a smaller, family-run operation rather than a big event destination; cider and a play area for kids round out the autumn visit. Jean Coulter has handled the farm's day-to-day for years.

State Street & Michigan Avenue La Porte

This La Porte market rebranded in 2023 as Farmed & Forged, a producers-only event run by The Collective at Lincolnway and Monroe in downtown La Porte. Vendors are limited to farmers, bakers, and artisans, plus a handful of wineries and nonprofits, rather than resellers. It replaced the long-running La Porte Farmers' Market under the same downtown footprint.

LaPorte

La Porte

New Buffalo

New Buffalo's Thursday market runs 2 to 6 p.m. from May through early October on North Whittaker Street, a short walk from the beach and the town's restaurant row. Vendors sell produce, meats and seafood, artisan cheeses, baked goods, crafts, and jewelry. Mick Klug Farms, one of the region's known growers, keeps a farmstand a block away on the same street.

Blueberries of Indiana has grown organic blueberries in LaPorte since 1948 and holds USDA Certified Organic status. U-pick runs alongside ready-picked orders, and the farm stand adds local honey, juice, preserves, and baked goods. Weekend hours run Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., through the season.

New Buffalo

Mike's Blueberries is a cash-only, U-pick blueberry farm on Farina Road in New Buffalo, running from July through early August. Visitors describe the picking as a quiet, unhurried break despite the nearby highway, with several pounds of fruit typical for an afternoon in the rows.

La Porte

Iron Creek Farm sits on Old State Road 39 north of La Porte, in La Porte County's lake country in northern Indiana. No further details are listed publicly online; contact the farm directly for current offerings.

Alger Acres is a produce farm in the La Porte area, listed in regional produce trade directories. Beyond that, specifics on crops and hours aren't published online — this is a working farm more than a public-facing agritourism stop, so a phone call is the best way to check what's available before visiting.

Westville

Valmere Farms has stayed in the Matthys family since 1948, when Achiel and Suzanne Matthys started it as a dairy, mint, and vegetable farm. Three generations later, the operation has shifted toward grass-fed black angus beef, pasture-raised elk, maple syrup, and honey, all raised without antibiotics. They also keep a herd of Gelbvieh cattle alongside the angus.

Fischer Farm has grown sweet corn and pumpkins across three generations near La Porte, opening seasonally from August through October for hayrides, apple sales, and a corn maze. The rest of the year, the land grows field corn, wheat, and soybeans. Hours run 9 a.m. to dusk during the open season.

Valparaiso

Anderson's Orchard & Winery has poured wine in Valparaiso since 1927, working through Cabernet, Marquette, Red Zinfandel, Concord, Rose, and sparkling varieties alongside wine slushies. The remodeled tasting room opens Friday through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m., with flatbreads, sandwiches, and charcuterie on the menu and live music and weddings booked through the venue.

Westville

Coburg Flower Depot grows daylilies across three acres in Westville, with more than 500 varieties open for pick-your-own picking through the growing season. The stand also sells local honey alongside cut flowers. Updates on what's currently blooming go out on Facebook rather than a fixed weekly schedule, so a call ahead is worth it before driving out on County Road 600 East.

Merrie Acres sits on US 35 in La Porte, where a fall festival draws families for a tractor-pulled hayride and a pumpkin patch each October. The property once housed racing horses decades before it turned to seasonal farm activities. Some evening events call for bringing your own flashlight, so check current hours before visiting.

Valparaiso

Wyckoff Hybrids has bred corn and soybean seed out of Valparaiso since George Bayard Wyckoff bought 200 acres here in 1903. The company now supplies regional growers with hybrid corn and soybean varieties, backed by its own yield trial and plot data. Office hours run Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed weekends. This is a seed supplier, not a pick-your-own stop.

New Buffalo

Chesterton

Chesterton

Our shop in Chesterton — near the Indiana Dunes in Northwest Indiana. We're about 2 minutes from I-80 and 8 minutes from I-94. The drive is roughly an hour from Chicago and 30 minutes from New Buffalo. If you're making a drive to see us, check out other Chesterton stops you might want to visit.

Chesterton's European Market sets up on Broadway in downtown Chesterton, a Porter County town near the Indiana Dunes. Its name points to a market with European-style vendor stalls rather than a standard produce-only farmers market; current vendor lineup and hours were not independently confirmed online.

Union Mills

This small, family-run u-pick farm on US Highway 6 grows red raspberries and blueberries, with raspberries typically ready by late June and blueberries following around July 1. It runs daily 8 to 6 through the June-to-September season and keeps a following for how clean and well-kept the rows stay all summer.

Kingsbury

Blank's Nursery, Garden & Pet Center in Kingsbury covers two things most nurseries don't combine — plant starts, trees, and garden stock from local growers, plus a pet supply counter. It's a small local operation rather than a chain garden center, worth a call ahead for current stock.

Sanders Farm appears in Indiana's farm directory with no additional public details available online. It's a common name shared by several unrelated farms nationwide, which makes it hard to confirm details from web search alone. Contact the farm directly to verify current offerings.

The Edge of Liberty is listed in Indiana's farm directory. Its web domain resolves to a parked page with no active content, and no further public details could be confirmed. Contact directly for current information.

Wanatah

LaPorte

Straight Up Honey sells honey in Indiana; its website wasn't reachable at the time of research. No independent listing confirms a city, farmers market schedule, or product line — contact the seller directly.

Three Oaks

Three Oaks

Fridays from 3 to 7 p.m., this market takes over North Elm Street in downtown Three Oaks, spring through fall. Vendors sell fresh produce, meat, seafood, flowers, baked goods, and handmade crafts — an unusually wide mix for a town this size. Call 269-756-2059 or visit threeoaksfarmersmarket.com for the season's schedule and any weather cancellations.

Three Oaks

Wanatah

Guse Christmas Trees in Wanatah lets visitors choose and cut their own tree from the field, with staff on hand to shake, wrap, and load it into the car. The farm runs weekday afternoons and full weekend days starting the Friday after Thanksgiving, closing whenever the trees run out. Nearly 5,000 people follow the farm's Facebook page year to year.

New Carlisle

Todd's has run a two-acre pumpkin patch outside New Carlisle for more than 30 years, the kind of down-home operation where you walk the field and pick your own instead of choosing from a pre-sorted bin. Gourds and squash round out the selection alongside pumpkins in every carving size. The field opens 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. during pumpkin season, a few minutes from New Prairie High School.

Valparaiso

Valparaiso's Fall Harvest Festival takes over Central Park Plaza for one Saturday each October, timed to land on the final day of the Valparaiso Farmers Market. Kids paint pumpkins and get their faces painted while everyone else works through caramel apples and cider. It's a few hours, not a full day — the 2025 event ran 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wanatah

Native Roots Farm has provided northwest Indiana with fresh, high-quality organic vegetables since 2013, grown in Wanatah. Customers order online through the farm's Eat From Farms store — the baby butter lettuce is the #1 seller — and collect at pick-up and delivery locations around the region.

Valparaiso

Tuesdays and Saturdays, 9am-1pm, at the William E. Urschel Pavilion in Central Park Plaza on Lafayette Street. Expect farm-fresh produce and bakery items, plants in early summer shifting to vegetables through fall, with occasional relocations for events like Wine Fest announced on Facebook.

Blue Sky Berry Farm grows u-pick and ready-pick berries in Wanatah, in LaPorte County, Indiana, with a short season running roughly from the Fourth of July into early August. The farm operates as a call-ahead business — no online ordering, no voicemail orders — so customers call first and show up during the active picking window.

Valparaiso

Beautifully Designed, Inspired By Nature In 2002 Creme de la Crop was founded by Interior Designer Leann Sego on her family's seventy-acre farm. The operation started by growing organic produce known for its beauty and flavor. That passion for farming continues through the Community Supported Agriculture Program. We also provide a wide range of foods in our on-site farm store you can feel proud to serve your family. Pasture-Raised Meats, Local Treatment-Free Honey, Free Range Eggs, Wild-Caught S

Valparaiso

Living Earth Farms in Valparaiso, Indiana grows organically raised fresh produce on a simple principle: feed the soil, and let the soil feed your plants. The farm treats soil as a living organism — billions of microbes per tablespoon — using natural fertilizers, organic matter, and minimal tillage instead of artificial inputs.

Valparaiso

Valparaiso

Valparaiso

Batshit Crazy Farms manages The Edge of Liberty, a small organic farm just north of Valparaiso, Indiana, hosting Sunday farm stands of fresh-picked organic produce, community garden space, biweekly craft fairs, and regenerative agriculture tours. The farm also sells dried herbs, nursery plants, chemical-free beeswax products, and farm-fresh eggs — local pickup only, because they want to know their customers face to face.

Sawyer

Blueberry Patch operates in Sawyer, deep in Berrien County's fruit belt along Lake Michigan's southwest shore — the same sandy soil that makes this corner of the state one of the country's top blueberry-growing regions. Hours and picking details for this specific farm aren't posted online; call ahead.