Farms Near Niles, MI

This Niles market, once branded as part of the Bensidoun French Market network, sets up near the corner of Front and Main downtown. Vendors have sold seasonal produce, breads, flowers, books, clothing, and other specialty goods on summer Sundays, though some local listings now refer to the same event as the Niles Homegrown Market.

Niles

Niles Artisan Alley Market takes over East Main Street with a European-style open-air setup, running Sundays from late spring through summer. Vendors sell fresh produce, baked breads, handcrafted clothing, flowers, and other artisan foods in the alley space downtown. The city maintains an official page for current season dates, since exact hours have shifted year to year.

Niles

Niles

Rooted Acres is an emerging small-scale vegetable and herb farm near Niles in southwest Michigan, founded in 2021 on an acre of land cleared from overgrown forest. The farm hand-grows its produce with a mission of community giveback — donating over 4,000 pounds (two tons) of fresh produce to Michiana organizations in need since its founding.

Niles

Niles

Niles

Lehman's Orchard farms 55 acres of U-pick fruit on Portage Road in Niles, growing apples, pears, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, wine grapes, and tomatoes. Tart cherries ripen first, around July 4th, with blueberries following in late July. The farm turns its own fruit into wines, hard ciders, relishes, salsas, jams, and fudge, sold at a small on-site market open most days of the week.

Niles

Eckler's Produce and Greenhouse operates on Barron Lake Road in Niles, near Michigan's southwest border with Indiana. A combined produce stand and greenhouse suggests both field crops and bedding plants, though no hours or product list are posted online.

South Bend

Flatwater Farms LLC is listed in Indiana's farm directory. A certified-organic vegetable farm under a similar name operates in Buchanan, Michigan, but that is a different state and likely a different business, so no products or contact details are confirmed for this Indiana listing. Contact the farm directly to verify.

Niles

Buchanan

Buchanan, known locally as the Redbud City for its spring-blooming trees, is a small Berrien County community. Its farmers market at 122 Days Avenue has no current website or social page listing vendors or hours.

Buchanan

With careers in the floral industry, farming was a hobby for both of us, not a life plan. But feeding our family a healthier diet -- and eventually sharing it with our Chicagoland Community -- was. So, in December of 2012, with our two young sons Nicholas and Matthew in tow, we took a leap of faith, left our home on the Southside of Chicago, and moved into a charming little farmhouse with 20 chickens atop 14 acres of wooded hills in Buchanan, Michigan. In 2014, we bought our first 4 cows and a y

Berrien Center

Earth First Farms, MI - 4296816326_6e9c09ee57_o.jpg About Us Tom and Denise started out by transitioning a conventional orchard to organic, and we have been certified organic since 2006. Our home farm is 49 acres of organic apples, strawberries, peaches, pears and lots of other fruits and vegetables. We have expanded over the years farm and we now farm 50 acres of apples, 10 acres of blueberries and 25 acres of everything else, all organic in SW Michigan. We are a licensed cider producer and ope

Berrien Center

Berrien Center

Frank Farms has grown fruit in Berrien Center since 1909 and now ships individually quick-frozen black raspberries, peaches, and chocolate-covered dried cherries and blueberries nationwide, year-round. Peach varieties include Red Haven, Canadian Harmony, Glo Haven, and PF22. The farm no longer offers u-pick; orders go out by mail every Monday and Wednesday, holidays excepted.

Berrien Springs

Bixby Farms has worked the same ground in Berrien Springs for generations, growing strawberries, raspberries and peaches for u-pick alongside asparagus and rhubarb sold at the farm stand. They also jar their own salsas and jams and sell farm-fresh eggs. The family's pitch is simple — a straight line from grower to plate — and the market stays open through the spring-to-fall harvest run.

Granger

Granger Farmers' Market sets up on the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church campus at 51521 Elm Road, off State Road 23 between the fire station and the library. Vendors sell fresh produce, artisanal foods, and handcrafted goods through the growing season, with seasonal specialties rotating in as crops come ready. It's a north St. Joseph County market built around a church parking lot rather than a downtown square.

South Bend

South Bend

South Bend

Saturdays, 10am-2pm, June through mid-October, on Kenwood on South Bend's west side. Vendors here include backyard gardeners as well as farmers, selling vegetables, fruit, eggs, milk, and meat in an outdoor neighborhood setup.

Eau Claire

Prillwitz Fruit Farm has grown fruit on Main Street outside Eau Claire for four generations, about a mile from downtown. The U-pick orchard draws a strong local following — a 4.8-star rating and thousands of Facebook likes — for fresh, pick-your-own fruit through the season.

South Bend

The South Bend Farmers Market has served the community since 1911, when farmers within 40 miles sold from the Colfax Street bridge; incorporated in 1924, it has occupied its Northside Boulevard home since 1928. The year-round market keeps its original Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday schedule, packing an H-shaped building with home-grown produce, dairy, meats, eggs, maple syrup, flowers, handcrafts, and a bustling three-counter restaurant.

Edwardsburg

Buchanan

Edwardsburg

Nelson's Herbs and Farm Market runs a stand at 65391 Dailey Rd in Edwardsburg, near the Indiana line in Michigan's southwest corner, with herbs as the specialty alongside general farm market goods. No hours or website turned up in a search.

South Bend

Thistleberry Farm packs four separate corn mazes onto the property, along with a u-pick pumpkin patch, sunflower and lavender fields, and a corn cannon that's become the thing kids talk about on the ride home. Pony and cow rides run alongside hayrides most weekends in September, Saturdays 10 to 6 and Sundays 1 to 6. The farm has built a following in South Bend over its run; regulars treat the fall opening like a yearly tradition.

Open Tuesday and Thursday 8am-2pm and Saturday 7am-3pm on Northside Boulevard, with around 75 local farmers, artists, and artisans selling produce, dairy, meat, eggs, maple syrup, jams, flowers, and crafts. ATM, credit cards, SNAP, and WIC are all accepted, making it one of the more accessible year-round setups in the region.

Eau Claire

Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm in Eau Claire hosts the International Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship every July, a long-running contest that's made this Berrien County u-pick farm a summer landmark well beyond its cherry, peach, and apple orchards. No current hours or pricing were independently verified this round — call ahead before visiting.

South Bend

South Bend

Just That Honey keeps hives around South Bend without chemical treatments, letting bees forage the local area for raw honey, blackberry honey, clover honey, and wildflower honey. The operation also sells pollen and comb honey, and offers swarm control and removal for anyone dealing with an unwanted hive. It's a small beekeeping business, listed mainly through regional honey directories rather than its own storefront.

Blooms N Bees pairs flowers and pollinators in its name, pointing to a honey or cut-flower operation built around bee-friendly growing. No public site confirms products or how to buy — worth a direct call.

Dowagiac

Mishawaka

Blueberry Ranch in Mishawaka grows nine organic blueberry varieties and calls itself the largest organic blueberry farm in the Midwest. U-pick runs July through mid-August, with frozen berries and pies sold year-round. After 50 years running the farm, the longtime owner has listed this as a final season and is seeking a buyer to take it on.

Granger

This Granger farmstand now operates as Nourish Produce, though it's long been known locally as BackYard Produce at 10180 Adams Road. It's open daily at 10am, selling produce picked at peak flavor from the stand itself. Call 574-360-4439 for what's currently in season, or find them on Facebook under the Nourish Produce name.

Wild Coyote Organic Farm grows using organic methods, per the name, though no independent website or CSA listing confirms crops, acreage, or how to buy from them. Contact the farm directly for current details.

Berrien Springs

South Bend

Indiana

Patrick Kowalski grows and sells produce picked daily from his own garden at 56601 Sonora Avenue, off Indiana 2 near the South Bend Motor Speedway. It's a one-man operation, more roadside stand than storefront, and what's available shifts with what's ready that morning. Call 574-208-1080 before driving out to confirm what's in.

South Bend

Julian was a Christian mystic in 14th Century England. She lived as an anchoress--a vowed religious person rooted in one place, living next to one parish church--providing spiritual guidance and prayer for those under her care. We actually don’t even know her real name; she was referred to as Dame or Lady Julian of Norwich because she was the anchoress at Saint Julian Church in Norwich. She is best remembered for her powerful and insightful Meditations, the oldest extant book written by a woman

Dowagiac

Sprague's Family Fun Farm sits on Middle Crossing Road in Dowagiac, Michigan, in Cass County in the state's southwest corner. Activities and season aren't confirmed online yet.

South Bend

Dowagiac

A seasonal farm and artisan market in downtown Dowagiac, on East Division Street in Cass County. No current schedule or vendor roster is posted publicly — check with the Greater Dowagiac Chamber of Commerce for this season's market days.

Dowagiac

PYO Blueberries runs a pick-your-own blueberry patch in Dowagiac, on the southwest Michigan fruit belt that produces a large share of the state's blueberry crop. As the name states, bring your own containers — Michigan's blueberry harvest typically runs July into August.

Berrien Springs

Lavender Fields Farm grows lavender in Berrien Springs, part of Michigan's southwest fruit and wine belt near the Lake Michigan shoreline. Bloom season for Michigan-grown lavender generally runs through July. No current hours, pricing, or contact details were verifiable online, so call before visiting.

Dowagiac

Berrien Springs

Petes U-Pick operates on Lemon Creek Road in Berrien Springs, in Berrien County's fruit belt near Michigan's southwest wine trail — a region built on blueberries, peaches, and grapes. No posted season dates or hours are listed publicly yet.

Berrien Springs

Lazy Acres Vineyard has grown grapes on more than 200 acres in Berrien Springs since 1959, using organic practices across Merlot, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon vines. Grape picking is U-pick and cash-only, at $1 a pound, with visitors bringing their own containers and shears during harvest season.

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Berrien Springs

Forraht Farms is a three-generation family operation in Berrien Springs that opens each September and runs through October. The draw here is the grapes — nine u-pick varieties spread across the vineyard rows, plus pre-picked Bartlett pears and several apple varieties ready to bag and take home. It's a short season, so the fall window is the only time to visit.

Dal-Key's Honey Farm sells honey in Indiana. No independent website or social page confirms a location or product line — contact the farm directly for current availability.

Shafer Orchards has been in the same Berrien County family for three generations, though it now operates as The Shafer Farm LLC after the Shafers retired and leased the 72 acres to Doug and Suzy Forraht in 2017. U-pick runs five peach varieties in late July and August, then ten apple varieties and Concord grapes into September and October, alongside pumpkins, squash, and gourds.

Hillside Orchards has grown fruit in the Berrien Springs area of Michigan's fruit belt since 1836. The family orchard produces apples, peaches, nectarines, apricots, sweet cherries, and chestnuts, with sweet cherries ready in late June and apples holding through March. This is not a u-pick operation — the orchard sells through USDA-certified channels and supplies markets as far as Chicago.

Berrien Springs

Lemon Creek Fruit Farm has grown fruit on Lemon Creek Road in Berrien Springs for more than 160 years, and the family now runs an estate winery alongside the working farm. The seasonal market sells farm-fresh produce for pick-your-own and retail during fruit season, with tastings and a wine club through the winery side of the operation.

Eau Claire

The name Castanea sativa is the botanical name for the European chestnut, and the address near Eau Claire lands in Berrien County — the warmest stretch of Michigan's fruit belt, usually associated with peaches and grapes rather than nut trees. No public contact info confirms current hours.

South Bend

Sustainable South Bend Grown Produce. Weekly box of vegetables picked at their peak, all grown right here on our South Bend farm. Get in touch with the land and farmer that grows your food!

Sodus

Lange Farms sits on River Road in Sodus, in Michigan's Berrien County fruit belt. No crop list, hours, or contact details for this farm were found online.

Galien

Glendora

Twin Maple Orchard grows fruit on Cleveland Avenue in Glendora, just outside Galien in Michigan's southwest corner, offering u-pick harvesting and fresh produce sold at local farmers markets seven days a week from 10am to 6pm during the season. The farm also welcomes RV travelers through the Harvest Hosts network. Call ahead for which fruits are ready to pick.