Farms Near Valparaiso, IN

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.

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.

Valparaiso

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Remschneider Honey Farm sells honey under a name rooted in Indiana's German farming communities. No independent website confirms a location or product line — reach out directly to find out what's currently available.

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.

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.

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.

Chesterton

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.

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.

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.

Westville

Chesterton

Portage

It started… Spur Farm began (quite literally) as a spur of the moment decision—a long time dream actualized for Veronica and Mona. It was clear that when we met, we were at a crossroads. Veronica has been in the restaurant business for 25 years and in the blink of an eye her restaurant burned to the ground. In the devastation, she turned to her beekeeping and gardening. Mona’s natural affinity to nurture led her to raise chickens and garden. After spending years learning all she can, she was rea

Wanatah

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.

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.

Birky Family Farms Country is listed in Indiana's farm directory with no additional public details currently available online. Contact the farm directly to confirm current offerings.

Hobart

County Line Orchard grows Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Braeburn, EverCrisp, Melrose, Golden Delicious, and several other apple varieties on its Hobart property, with u-pick rows open through fall. Beyond picking, the farm runs barnyard activities, a full seasonal menu, and hosts more than 50,000 student visitors a year on school tours — a scale most u-pick operations in the region don't match.

This Northwest Indiana u-pick blueberry patch has changed hands and now operates as The Berry Patch at Mitzner Farms, though longtime visitors still know it by its old name. The new owners kept the u-pick and pre-picked blueberry setup that built the place's following in the first place.

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Johnson's has grown fruits and vegetables in Northwest Indiana since the 1940s, with u-pick strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and vegetables running June through October. The adjoining Johnson's Fun Farm adds more than 30 family activities, and the calendar fills out with strawberry, blueberry, pumpkin, and sunflower festivals through the season.

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.

Hobart

About Us 1932: Remus Farms was founded by William F. Remus, his wife Orla, and their three children: William H., Wilma, and Verna. The original 40 acres was farmed by horses and good ol' fashioned manpower. In addition to the usual farm crops of corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, and hay, the Remus family raised several acres of fruits and vegetables. Additionally, they raised cows, chickens, ducks, geese, hogs, and rabbits. Being the Depression Era, fresh farm commodities were much sought after. The

Merrillville

De Jong Farm is a working family farm in Merrillville where the kids handle real chores — animal care, planting, weeding, harvesting, irrigation, egg washing and candling — and sell what comes off the ground at an on-farm stand. It's produce and eggs first, agritourism second, with pick-your-own available depending on the season.

Merrillville

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.

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.

Hobart

Merrillville Farms has run a farm market out of Hobart since 1999, serving Lake and Porter counties with apples, blueberries, cabbage, eggplant, grapes, peaches, sweet corn, pumpkins, and raw honey depending on the season. Winter visitors can still get eggs, livestock grain, and straw bedding by appointment. Pick-your-own is available and there's no admission charge.

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

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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.

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.

Run as an extension of the Miller Beach Arts and Creative District, this Gary market sets up on Sundays from May through late September along Lake Street. It's a nonprofit, self-sustaining operation funded by vendor fees rather than city budget, selling organic produce, flowers, and prepared foods from local sellers in the Miller neighborhood on Lake Michigan's shore.

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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.

Laporte

Wheatfield

Luedtke runs a straightforward u-pick blueberry operation in Wheatfield, open daily 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the summer harvest. Corinne Luedtke oversees the farm, which also sells baked muffins alongside the fresh berries. Call ahead before driving out, since picking hours shift with the weather and how heavy the bushes are running that week.

Merrillville

DeJong Farm is a family farm stand in Merrillville where the kids handle real work — animal care, planting, weeding, harvesting, irrigation, egg washing and candling, alongside running the stand itself. The farm sells produce, eggs, and other farm goods directly, with updates posted regularly on Facebook.

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.

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.

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Email list sign-up: submit Home About our Strawberry Farm Recipes Strawberry picking in Northwest Indiana, near Southwest Michigan & Chicago Rosey's Berry Farm Pick your own fresh strawberries, or buy strawberries ready-picked in Northwest Indiana! U-Pick strawberries are plentiful in season (typically late May through the month of June). 2019 Strawberry Season We are now closed for the 2019 Strawberry season. Experience the difference of fresh-picked strawberries, home-grown on Rosey's family f

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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.

Crown Point

Hidden Creek is a small, kid-scaled pumpkin farm near Crown Point with hayrides, a corn maze sized for little legs, and its own honeybee apiary supplying farm-fresh honey. Birthday parties and school tours round out the fall season alongside the pumpkin patch itself, and pumpkins sell both at the on-site shop and a roadside farmstand. Facebook reviewers rate it a full 5 out of 5.

Wheatfield

The Van Kley family has grown blueberries on State Road 10 since 1943, now farming more than 40 acres across eight varieties. Summer hours run Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., with fresh berries during the season and frozen ones once picking ends. They sell their own honey at the stand too.

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.

Crown Point

Mowry's Fruit Farm is listed as an agritourism stop in Crown Point, in Lake County. No verified details on crops, hours, or contact information surfaced online beyond the town and zip code.

Gary

North Judson

Demotte

Four generations of the Eenigburg family have grown blueberries on this DeMotte farm since 1948, working 13 varieties in ground that's never seen GMO seed. U-pick runs Monday through Saturday for roughly a month starting around July 1, and the farm bottles what doesn't get picked fresh into jam, syrup, and barbecue sauce. It sits just off Route 10, minutes from I-65.

DeMotte

Evers' Farm in DeMotte has run as a u-pick fruit and vegetable operation, with apples among its orchard crops. Recent directory listings mark the farm as closed, so it's worth calling ahead to confirm hours before planning a visit.

Crown Point

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