Farms Near Muscatine, IA

Muscatine

Pearl City Farmers Market is Muscatine's second Saturday market, set up on West Second Street rather than the riverfront or mall lot where the town's other markets gather. Like the rest of Muscatine's markets, it runs the spring-through-fall growing season with local growers and food artisans selling direct off the truck. Three separate farmers markets in one Mississippi River town says something about how seriously Muscatine takes local produce.

downtown Muscatine Tuesdays- Muscatine Mall Parking Lot Muscatine

The Muscatine Area Farmers Market runs two locations each week from May through October: Saturday mornings, 7:30 to 11:30, at 3rd and Cedar downtown, and Tuesdays at the Muscatine Mall parking lot. Vendors bring fresh produce and handcrafted goods, and the Saturday market adds live music plus the occasional cooking or exercise demo. Senior and WIC nutrition vouchers are accepted through the state's Farmers Market Nutrition Program.

Muscatine

A second, smaller market in Muscatine sets up in the Calvary Church parking lot on US-61, open seasonally from May through October. Vendors here sell the usual fruits, vegetables, honey, and baked goods, plus a couple of less common finds for an Iowa farmers market: raw wool and locally made wine. It's a different crowd and a different lot than the downtown Saturday market across town.

Muscatine

Seeded Earth grows specialty cut flowers on a few acres just outside Muscatine and sells them through a floral CSA rather than a vegetable box. Subscribers pick up bouquets Tuesdays from 3 to 6 p.m. or Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The farm also does floral design for weddings and runs workshops for anyone who wants to learn arranging. It's a flower farm first, not a produce operation.

Muscatine

Red Barn Pumpkin Farm is located on New Era Road outside Muscatine, near the Mississippi River. Current hours and contact information aren't published in any listing found — confirm before visiting.

Muscatine

Where the Flowers Are Farm grows cut flowers at 1692 Tucker Ave in Muscatine, offering a CSA subscription along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa.

Muscatine

Muscatine

Anderson Farm sits outside Muscatine along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa. No independent listing describes current products, hours, or season — a call ahead is the best way to confirm before visiting.

Buffalo Prairie

Reason's Prairie Pride Meats has run a full-service meat locker in Buffalo Prairie for more than 70 years, custom-processing beef, pork, buffalo, lamb, seafood, and game. The property also runs Prairie Creek Market & Deli, with made-to-order sandwiches, soups, and salads, plus fruits and vegetables sold alongside the meat counter. Open six days a week.

A family-run greenhouse in Illinois City, in the Quad Cities area, growing its own flowers, vegetables, and premium hanging baskets on-site since Maria and Chris McCalley started it from a single backyard greenhouse in 1995.

Durant

Durant's market sets up at Pythias Park next to the fire station on 5th Street, a small-town gathering spot for area growers in this Cedar and Scott County line community between Davenport and Iowa City.

Oak Hill Acres grows organic vegetables and cut flowers, per its listing name, though no city, address, or website for this Iowa farm turned up in research. Specific crops, season, and sales format are unverified.

West Liberty

West Liberty Downtown Farmers' Market sets up at 100 Spencer Street in this Muscatine County town, one of Iowa's few majority-Hispanic communities. Growers sell seasonal produce direct to local shoppers.

Columbus Junction Community Farmers Market sets up at the fairgrounds off Highway 92 in this Louisa County town, built where the Iowa River meets the Cedar River in southeast Iowa. The junction gave the town its name and its rail history; today it's better known for its Tyson pork plant, and the market serves the surrounding farm families and plant workforce alike.

Buffalo

Buffalo Pumpkin Patch doubles as an event center on Front Street, running pumpkin sales alongside a petting zoo, pony rides, and carnival-style rides through the fall. The event-center side means the grounds get booked for private gatherings too, not just walk-in pumpkin picking. Cash and check only per its business listing.

West Branch

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Corner of Main and Downey Streets West Branch

West Branch Farmers Market sets up at Main and Downey streets in this small Cedar County town, birthplace of President Herbert Hoover. Local growers sell seasonal produce direct to area shoppers.

Aledo Main Street Farmer's Market & Bake Sale runs downtown in Aledo, the Mercer County seat in northwestern Illinois, pairing produce vendors with a bake sale. Mail contact is listed as PO Box 209, Aledo, IL 61231. No vendor list or season dates are published online for this listing.

S. College Avenue Aledo

Aledo's Main Street Farmers Market takes over Central Park on the 200 block of South College Avenue every Thursday, 4 to 6 p.m., from mid-June through late September. Homegrown produce and fresh-baked goods anchor the tables, and Aledo Main Street — the downtown group behind it — often adds live entertainment to the evening.

Walcott

Mediapolis

Five Generations of Corn Fed Angus Production The Jack Larson family of rural Mediapolis, Iowa, knows the goodness of farm-raised beef and pork. How? We’ve enjoyed it all of our lives! As a five-generation farm, we care deeply about our rural roots and raising our livestock ethically. We are focused on healthy living, and do not use GMOs, hormones or preventative antibiotics. We raise Angus cattle and purebred Hampshire hogs that we choose to feed our family and proudly share with our customers.

Lone Tree

Lone Tree

Sand Road Farm operates under a new name on Sand Road SE in Lone Tree, on ground long known as Bock's Berry Farm & Country Gifts for u-pick apples, blueberries, and strawberries plus a gift shop and fresh eggs. Some directories list the u-pick operation as no longer active, so confirm current status before planning a visit.

Donahue

Cinnamon Ridge Farms milks a Jersey herd through robotic milking systems on their Donahue dairy and turns part of that milk into artisan cheese made on-site. The farm has ranked first in the nation for milk production and sells cheese, beef, and raw milk through its farm store. Group tours run $17 per person, with youth and camp options by appointment.

Riverside

Sass Family Farm sits on 160th Street outside Riverside, the small Washington County town that jokingly claims to be the future birthplace of Captain Kirk. It's a family-run farm operating agritourism activities on the property.

Iowa City

The site of the Orchard was purchased by German immigrants, Leonhard and Catherine Degen Brack. The Bracks had met and married in Brooklyn, New York. Their path West took them West to Ontonagon County, Michigan. There, Leonhard worked in the mines. Their first born son, Peter, arrived in 1854. Shortly afterwards, Leonhard left his wife and infant son and traveled by boat to Dubuque, Iowa where he worked in the Mines of Spain. Highway 1, the military highway, surely brought him to Johnson County

Iowa City

Hi, my name is Jon Yagla and I have been growing organic fruits and vegetables on small-scale rural and urban farms for over ten years. The name “Jagla” is Polish for millet, which is one of the oldest human foods and believed to be the first domesticated grain. It seems fitting that we embrace this name as we strive to reconnect with subsistence agriculture as a way of life. IMG_0400 With help from my dad Steve and friends, we are growing food for home use and the neighborhood CSA. Our goal is

Iowa City

The site of the Orchard was purchased by German immigrants, Leonhard and Catherine Degen Brack. The Bracks had met and married in Brooklyn, New York. Their path West took them West to Ontonagon County, Michigan. There, Leonhard worked in the mines. Their first born son, Peter, arrived in 1854. Shortly afterwards, Leonhard left his wife and infant son and traveled by boat to Dubuque, Iowa where he worked in the Mines of Spain. Highway 1, the military highway, surely brought him to Johnson County

Mercer Park Farmers Market sets up at 2701 Bradford Drive on Iowa City's east side, a second, neighborhood-level market alongside the larger downtown Iowa City Farmers Market. Mercer Park is primarily known for its softball complex and pool, and the market runs on the same park grounds through the growing season.

Davenport

Sycamore Mall Farmers Market fills the parking lot at 1660 Sycamore Street in Iowa City. Growers from the surrounding Johnson County countryside sell seasonal produce direct to shoppers on the city's south side.

Davenport

Quad Cities Food Hub runs a year-round CSA grocery and multi-vendor farmers market out of its River Drive location in Davenport, carrying organic produce alongside other local goods from area growers. It functions as a standing indoor market rather than a seasonal outdoor stand, open through the winter months. Call (563) 265-2455 for current vendor hours.

Rock Island

Donahue

Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff sits on 130th Avenue outside Donahue in Scott County, on the Iowa side of the Quad Cities region. As the name suggests, it's a flower and garden goods stop rather than a produce farm.

Iowa City

This bicycle tour once routed riders through Iowa City-area farms for tastings of local produce and fermented foods, pairing a 30-mile paved "Cherry Tomato" loop with a 60-mile paved-and-gravel "Beet-it-Up" route. The event has since been rebranded as the RadTour Bike Ride and still raises money for the Farm to School program and youth cycling groups. Search for RadTour to find current dates and routes.

Davenport

Iowa City Farmers Market runs at 460 E. Washington Street in downtown Iowa City, steps from the Pentacrest and the University of Iowa campus. A university town this size tends to draw a wide mix of produce growers, bakers, and prepared-food vendors to its market. Days and vendor lineups shift with the season, so check locally for the current schedule.

Iowa City

Field to Family works to create a more local, healthy and sustainable community-based food system in the Iowa City/ Cedar Rapids region. Field to Family is a nonprofit local food hub offering farm to school education, serving multiple school districts, the University of Iowa, food access agencies, local businesses and other institutions in east central Iowa as well as individual residents and households by increasing access to- and demand for- healthy and local foods. The organization works in partnership with 30+ food service professionals, 60+ local farmers and value - added agricultural enterprises to procure, store, promote and deliver locally-grown foods and food products while ensuring food safety, freshness and quality.

The Indoor Farmers' Market at the Isle is held inside the Isle Casino Hotel complex on Lady Luck Parkway in Bettendorf, part of the Quad Cities riverfront. Taking the market indoors is a common move for Iowa vendors once the outdoor season ends, giving small growers and home bakers a stop through the colder months. Bettendorf sits directly across the Mississippi from Illinois.