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CSA’s Community Supported Agriculture
Kevin & Tracy Cooley, 765-296-8834
24 N 900 E , Lafayette, IN 47905
Offers 27 week full season Harvest Basket CSA Subscriptions. Produce grown without synthetic herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers. No GMO, GE seeds, or treated seeds. Specializes in heirloom and extended season produce. Online ordering available.
Matt Ewer & Elizabeth Blessing, 317-475-0944
Indianapolis, IN
Customers can use the Farm Fresh Delivery website to place custom orders. Offerings include vegetables, fruits, grass-fed beef, ravioli, eggs and breads. Serves the Indianapolis area.
Barbara Middleton & Nancy Strack
Lafayette, IN
Organic, local, naturally grown food. Egg shares available.
P.O. Box 257 Delphi, Indiana USA 46923
Organic and local. They offer, Brown Eggs, Turkey, Beef, Broilers, Vegetables, Stewing Hens, Lamb, Fruits, and Flowers.
658 N 625 E Crawfordsville, IN 47933
765.230.0735
Tranquil Ridge Farm offers fresh, local, and organically grown produce. Check out their CSA program, they offer weekly deliveries of the season’s best vegetables, eggs and chicken to locations in Crawfordsville, Lafayette and surrounding areas.
Farmers Markets (Runs May-Oct)
Historic Downtown Lafayette Farmers Market
Tuesday 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Located on 5th Street between Main and Columbia Street, in Historic Downtown Lafayette, Indiana
Sagamore Parkway West Farmers Market
Wednesday Afternoons 3:00 to 6:30 p.m
Located at Cumberland Park, West Lafayette
Purdue Campus Farmers Market
Thursday Afternoons 3:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Located at 403 Wood Street. Dauch Alumni Center lot, West Lafayette
Farms
*Find even more CSA’s and Farms at www.localharvest.org, and www.goinglocal-info.com
Co-op Grocery Store (in the works)
Community Gardens (April-Oct)
Purdue Extension/Master Gardener Gardens:
- Cumberland Park Area, West Lafayette
- Purdue Extension Office, Lafayette
For more information or to sign up for a plot call Tippecanoe County Extension Office at 765-474-0793
North 10th Street Co-Op Garden
(across from the Lynn-Treece Boys and Girls Club)
***Plots Still Available***
This is a first year garden with great potential, soil samples taken with great results! Some plots still available, only $20 for the whole growing season.
***Garden Open House on April 24th from noon-3pm!***
For more information about community gardens or garden seminars in your area please visit www.hort.purdue.edu/mg or call the Extension Office at 765-474-0793
Wild Edibles
Wild edibles are native plants that can be located in your own back yard or local parks! Wild edibles have a higher concentration of vitamins, minerals and trace nutrients than is found in their super-market and farmed counterparts. There is a wide variety of wild edibles in our area ranging from plants that make good salads, soups and spices to barriers and fruits that can be made into pies and jellies. There is great satisfaction that comes from finding and harvesting local plants. Knowing your local edibles will put you into a greater touch with the seasons and outdoor life and can be made into a very cherished time to share with family or friends and best of all it is free!
Suggested Reading:
- The Forager’s Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
by Samuel Thayer - Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild Places)
by “Wildman” Steve Brill - The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America: Nature’s Green Feast
by Francois Couplan - Stalking The Wild Asparagus [Deluxe Edition]
by Euell Gibbons
*Foraging takes time and patience and discipline. Always cross reference plants to ensure 100% identification accuracy. Make sure you have at least two books to assist you in identification!
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