Soil Shepherd Farm

Update for the weekend of 8/26 & 27:
We will NOT be at the Kendallville Farmers Market on Saturday 8/26.
However, we will have our self-serve farm stand stocked to the gills with eggs, whole chickens, and vegetables including zucchini, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, sweet peppers, jalepenos, seedless watermelons, and more. Our farm stand is located at 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, in between Stroh and South Milford. We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the farm stand.
Thank you all for your support! Stop by and grab something for dinner!

Update: SOLD OUT. I will have more! Thank you!
‼️ Extra canning tomatoes! ‼️
We currently have approximately 50 lbs of canning/sauce tomatoes. They are a mix of Amish Paste and Speckled Roman, both are heirlooms. Grown without any chemical or synthetic inputs. They will be a mix of A and B grade. Shown here is 30 lbs to give you an idea. $3/ lb or $2.50/lb for 20+ lbs. Take the lot of 50 # for $100. Send a message to claim! I should have more next week as well. Located near Stroh and South Milford.

🚨 Self-serve Farm Stand- Open 7 days a week!🚨
Our farmstand is open 7 days a week during daylight hours. Stop by anytime and help yourselves to fresh pasture-raised eggs, pasture-raised chicken, and seasonal vegetables. Located at 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville Indiana, in Lagrange County in between Stroh and South Milford, near Big Long Lake. We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the stand. Eat like a farmer!

Good morning! We are here at the Kendallville Farmers Market on 8/19 from 8:30-12:30, located at 401 E Diamond St. Come get something delicious and eat like a farmer!

Update for the weekend of 8/19 & 8/20-
We will have the farmstand loaded with fresh summer goodies, eggs, and chickens all weekend! Swing by and help yourselves anytime during daylight hours, we are open 7 days a week! We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the stand. We are located at 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, in between Stroh and South Milford.
We will be at the Kendallville Farmers Market on Saturday 8/19 from 8:30-12:30 at 401 E Diamond St. We’ll have eggs tomatoes, green beans, herbs, zucchini and yellow squash, carrots, red potatoes, jalapeños, green bell peppers, scallions, eggplant, and more. We accept cash, card, venmo, and paypal at the farmers market. We’ll see you all this weekend!!!

It’s a BEAUTIFUL day at the market! We are here at the Kendallville Farmers Market at 401 E Diamond Street until 12:30 (Saturday 8/12). We have TOMATOES!!! Potatoes, bell peppers, jalepenos, cabbage, green beans, eggplant, zucchini, carrots, and eggs. So many yummy things coming out of the field!! Lots of other vendors here too!

We are getting into the time of year when you eat big slices of tomatoes with every meal! We’ll have tomatoes at the Kendallville Farmers Market this Saturday, 8/12/23, from 8:30-12:30 (401 E Diamond St) We will have LOTS of other summer goodies and eggs too!
Our farmstand is stocked 7 days a week with food from our field! I am trying to keep it as full as possible! You guys have been such a HUGE support to our farm, thank you for stopping by! Self-serve farmstand 7 days a week during daylight hours- 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, in between Stroh and South Milford. We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal, and always have eggs, chicken, and veggies!

Here at the Kendallville Farmers Market today, 8/5, from 8:30-12:30!!! Lots of fresh veggies from the field and eggs!! Come see meeee! 401 E Diamond St at the CLC!

Update for the weekend of Aug 5&6-
We will have the farmstand packed with lots of goodies including eggs, whole chickens, potatoes, cucumbers, carrots, and more. 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, near Stroh and South Milford. We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the stand! Help yourselves 7 days a week during daylight hours!
We will be at the Kendallville Farmers Market Saturday morning 8:30-12:30, 401 E Diamond St. We will have eggs and LOTS of veggies! Come and get a taste of the summer bounty! We accept cash, card, venmo, and paypal at the market.
See you all soon!

July 29: We will be at the Kendallville Farmers Market (401 E Diamond St) from 8:30-12:30. We will have fresh eggs, green beans, red skinned potatoes, carrots, beets, lettuce, zucchini, cucumbers, scallions, and more. We take cash, card, venmo, and paypal at the farmers market. Stop by and see us, there will be lots of other awesome vendors to browse!
Reminder- we have our self-serve farmstand stocked every day! Stop by anytime during daylight hours for eggs, veggies, and whole chickens. The farmstand is located at 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, about 12 miles north of Kendallville, in between Stroh and South Milford. We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the farm stand.
Everyone have a great weekend and we’ll see you soon!

We love big summer meals like this!! Everything you see here came from of our farm stand! Except the bacon, which came from Gunthorp Farms right up the road (best bacon EVER!!)
Grilled chicken, grilled zucchini, cucumber salad, green beans with bacon. I ate this whole plate and went back for seconds on the cucumbers, they are so crisp and flavorful!
Check out our farm stand anytime! 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville (near Stroh/ South Milford/ Big Long Lake) We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal. Eat like a farmer!

We are really proud of the way we raise chickens! They are raised in mobile pens from day 1, spend their lives in the sunshine eating bugs and grass, and they get a lot of love and care from us! We also feed Certified Organic grain. The end result is a flavorful, healthy, nourishing bird, ready for your kitchen! Our whole birds range in size from 2.5 lbs to 5.5 lbs. The price is $5.50 per pound. Our CSA members get $2 off the total.

We have several sizes stocked in our farm stand, located at 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, near Stroh and South Milford. We take cash, check, venmo, and paypal. Swing by anytime and help yourselves to chickens, eggs, and veggies!

We are here at the Kendallville Farmers Market at 401 E Diamond St from 8:30-12:30 today, 7/22. We have green beans, beets, carrots, lettuce, sugar snap peas, potatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, jalepenos, and fresh eggs. We take cash, cards, venmo, and paypal at the market.
We also have the farmstand full of veggies, eggs, and whole chickens. Self-serve farmstand located at 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, in between Stroh and South Milford. We take cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the farmstand, just pull in and help yourselves anytime!! Come and get some goodies for a big fresh healthy farm meal!

Hi everyone!! Update for the weekend of July 22&23-
We will be at the Kendallville Farmers Market Saturday 7/22 from 8:30-12:30. We will have fresh eggs, green beans, potatoes, sugar snap peas, lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, beets, and maybe another goody. We accept cash, card, venmo, and paypal at the market.
At the farmstand all weekend (9880 E 500 S, in between Stroh and S Milford, near Big Long Lake) we will have fresh eggs, fresh veggies, and frozen chickens in the freezer. We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the farmstand. Stop by and help yourselves anytime!
Have a great weekend!!!! We are excited to see you!

Good morning!! I restocked the farmstand so it is packed and ready to rock and roll for the next couple days. Green beans, sugar snap peas, zucchini, cucumbers, scallions, lettuce, kohlrabi, broccoli, eggs, and chickens. We take cash, check, venmo, and paypal and it’s all self-serve. Every day is a good day for a fresh meal from a local farm!
9880 E 500 S, near Stroh/ S Milford/ Big along Lake. Thank you all!!

We are set up here at the Kendallville Farmers Market at the CLC! The market runs from 8:30-12:30, but if it’s pouring rain and slow, I will pack up around 10:30. Grab an umbrella and check out all the vendors, there’s a food truck called Fork & Fiddle here too! I have green beans, sugar snap peas, broccoli, zucchini, carrots, scallions, lettuce, kohlrabi, cucumbers, and fresh eggs!

This weekend, July 15 & 16-
Saturday morning I’ll be at the Kendallville Farmers Market (401 E Diamond St). It runs 8:30-12:30, if it’s pouring rain and slow I will probably bail out at 10:30, so come see me in the morning! I will have GREEN BEANS!!!!! Sugar snap peas, cucumbers, zucchini, lettuce, broccoli, kohlrabi, scallions, eggs, and more. We accept cash, card, venmo, and paypal at the market.
The farmstand (9880 E 500 S) will be stocked to the gills with eggs, green beans, sugar snap peas, cucumbers, zucchini, lettuce, broccoli, kohlrabi, scallions, whole frozen chickens, and more. We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the farm stand.
We hope to see you this weekend!! Come and get some food straight from the field. We work so hard to grow all of this food, and it’s so delicious!

This hard working guy is one half of Soil Shepherd Farm, and a huge reason for our success! Here he is with our brand new CSA pickup stand, where our CSA members can pull in and pick up their boxes easily, and the veggies will be shaded from the sun. We are so excited for this new addition to our infrastructure. Thank you Dustin!

Update for Saturday 7/8- We are currently rained out for the farmers market, but we have the farmstand PACKED with fresh goodies! Eggs, lettuce, salad mix, kohlrabi, sugar snap peas, and zucchini! There are chickens in the freezer too. Please stop by and pick something out anytime this weekend!
9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, in between Stroh and South Milford, about 12 miles north of Kendallville. Self-serve, cash, check, venmo, and paypal accepted. Thank you all so much!

Update Saturday morning: We are currently rained out at the farmers market! Please visit our farmstand this weekend for eggs, chickens, lettuce, salad mix, kohlrabi, zucchini, and sugar snap peas!

Update for this weekend, July 8 & 9:
Saturday morning we will be at the Kendallville Farmers Market from 8:30-12:30, located at 401 E Diamond St. We will have lettuce, salad mix, kohlrabi (lots), sugar snap peas (limited), zucchini, and fresh eggs. We accept cash, cards, venmo, and paypal at the farmers market.
At the farmstand all weekend, we will have lettuce, salad mix, kohlrabi, eggs, and whole chickens. If we come home with sugar snap peas or zucchini, I will put them in the fridge around 1 o’clock on Saturday. The farmstand is located at 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, about 12 miles North of Kendallville, in between Stroh and South Milford. Cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the self-serve farmstand.

We are excited to see you all this weekend! Come out and show your support of small-scale young farmers. We are working hard to bring you fresh delicious food!

UPDATE 11:15 am, We got rained out at the market but there is still plenty in the farm stand! We are at the Kendallville Farmers Market today, 7/1, from 8:30-12:30. We have eggs, salad mix, lettuce, and kohlrabi. We take cash, card, venmo, and paypal here! Also… JANIES DONUTS is here!!!!! Iconic!
At the farm stand (9880 E 500 S) we have tons of eggs, lettuce, salad mix, kohlrabi, and chickens (in the freezer!) Swing by and help yourselves, we take cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the farm stand.
Swing through either location and show your support of small-scale young farmers! We’re working our butts off to bring you fresh, nutrient dense food!

This weekend, July 1 & 2! Saturday- Come see us at the Kendallville Farmers Market, 401 E Diamond St from 8:30-12:30. We will have fresh eggs, lettuce, salad mix, radishes, and maybe another goody or two. Janies Donuts will be there too!
In the farmstand, starting Saturday at 9 am and continuing all weekend, we will have fresh eggs, lettuce, salad mix, radishes, and whole frozen chickens! That’s right, our pastured chickens are back in stock for the summer. We are so excited to offer such high quality, pasture raised, organic fed whole chickens. We have several sizes and prices to choose from, check them out in the freezer in the farm stand. 9880 E 500 S, in between Stroh and South Milford. Cash check venmo and paypal accepted. Open 7 days a week during daylight hours.

Update for the weekend of June 24 & 25- How exciting! We are finally harvesting and starting to enjoy the fruits of our labor! We will NOT be at the Kendallville Farmers Market, but we will have some goodies in our farmstand here at the farm, starting Saturday morning at 9 am. We will have lettuce heads, salad mix, eggs, and maybe another goody.
Farmstand location: 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, in between Stroh and South Milford, about 12 miles north of Kendallville. We are open every day during daylight hours, but veggies are (kinda) limited, so come sometime Saturday morning after 9 am. We have PLENTY of eggs.
We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the farm stand. Thank you all!

Good morning and happy weekend! Just a reminder that we have PLENTY of eggs out in our self-serve farmstand, located at 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville Indiana. We are about 12 miles north of Kendallville, in between South Milford and Stroh.
Our hens are fed Certified Organic and fermented grain. They spend their days grazing in the pasture. Our prices are as follows: $7.00/dozen (large, XL, or jumbo eggs), 3 dozen for $20, and $12 for a flat of small/medium size eggs. Our farmstand accepts cash, check, venmo, and paypal. Please let us know if you have any questions! Open 7 days a week during daylight hours.

Current CSA members (vegetable, chicken, and storage share)- I have sent out two very important emails in the last few days. If you didn’t receive them, please let me know! You may need to check your spam folder!

Good morning! Update for June 10 & 11, and beyond. We have PLENTY of eggs! We are getting 7-8 dozen a day! Please stop by the farmstand here at the farm and get stocked up. It’s always a good time for deviled eggs or egg salad sandwiches.

We lowered our prices a bit. We are now at $7/ dozen, 3 dozen for $20, and $12 flats (2.5 dozen small/medium size eggs.)

As always, our flock of healthy, happy hens are fed Certified Organic grain and spend their days in the pasture eating bugs and grass. Our eggs are fresh and delicious!

Farmstand location: 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville Indiana, near Stroh/ South Milford/ Big Long Lake.

We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal at the stand!

Good morning! Today is June 3, and there are still a lot of plants left!! They will be out for self-serve all weekend so come and help yourselves! Lots of tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, jalepenos, ground cherries, watermelon, spaghetti acorn and butternut squash, yellow and green zucchini, basil, and other herbs. Flowers and cucumbers are gone. There are also plenty of eggs in the fridge! Come through and pick something out! 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, in between Stroh and South Milford. Cash, check, venmo, and paypal options!

Happy Memorial Day! 🇺🇸 ❤️ We have a lot of plants left, so they are still out for self-serve! We accept cash, check, venmo, and paypal. 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, near Stroh/ South Milford. Lots of tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, flowers, herbs, lettuce, cucumbers, melons, winter squash, zucchini, and more. Also several flats of eggs for $13 in the fridge!

Good morning! We are all set up and ready to go for the plant sales! Elizabeth is at the Kendallville Farmers Market (401 E Diamond Street) from 8:30-12:30 today. Dustin is at the farm (9880 E 500 S Wolcottville) from 9-12. After 12, plants are self-serve at the farm. We have plenty of eggs at both locations too! See you all soon!!!

Last chance for plants!!!! THIS WEEKEND:
Saturday May 27- Kendallville Farmers Market (401 E Diamond St) 8:30-12:30
Saturday May 27 & Sunday May 28- Our farm (9880 E 500 S Wolcottville) Manned 9-12, then self-serve. From 9-12 we can take card payments, make change, and answer questions. Self-serve plants are available with cash, check, venmo, and paypal payment options. We will have a large selection of tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, flowers, herbs, cucumbers, zucchini, melons, and more. All of our plants are grown and tended right here on the farm, by us, with organic soil (always) and organic seed (whenever possible). It’s finally heating up and time to plant! Come see us this weekend!

Sunday May 21! Plants are all set up and ready for you! Dustin is there from 9-12 to answer questions, make change, and take card payments. After 12, plants are self-serve. There are plenty of eggs too! Lovely selection of healthy garden starts: tomatoes, sweet peppers, flowers, lettuce, herbs, cabbage, broccoli, and more! Prices range from $2-15 depending on what you get. Average is $3-5. 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, near Stroh/ South Milford / Big L Lake!

We are set up at the Kendallville Farmers market from 8:30-12:30 AND at the farm all day (manned from 9-12 and then self-serve!) We can take card payments in person! Or cash, check, venmo, and paypal!

‼️ Plant Sale! ‼️ Saturday May 20 and Sunday May 21!
I will take a (small) truck load of plants to the Kendallville Farmers Market (401 E Diamond St) from 8:30-12:30. We take cards at the market!
Here at the farm (9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, near Stroh/ South Milford/ Big Long Lake): Dustin will be out there from 9-12 both days to answer questions and take card payments. After 12, the plants (and eggs!) will be self-serve. Cash, check, venmo, and paypal available for self-serve plants.
The bulk of what’s ready this weekend: Lettuce, herbs, tomatoes, flowers, and a small amount of peppers. Maybe a few other goodies! The cucumbers/melons, etc might not be until next weekend.

Hi all!!! We will be at the Kendallville Farmers market tomorrow, May 13, 8:30-12:30 (401 E Diamond St). We will have some garden starts (mostly flowers, herbs and lettuce, and maybe another goody or two) plus a cooler full of eggs! We will have our 3 for $20 deal on eggs. See you all there for the first market of the season!

We are flooded with eggs! Our hens are so happy the longer days and warmer weather are here (frankly so are we!!!!!) We have the farmstand packed with fresh eggs, come and help yourselves! We are currently running the following prices: $8/ dozen, 3 for $20, and $13/ flat (2.5 dozen small/medium eggs). Pull in and help yourselves anytime! 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville (near Stroh/ South Milford/ Big Long Lake)
Cash, check, venmo, and paypal accepted! Thank you all so much for your support!

Happy Easter everyone! We hope you’re all getting some fresh air and sunshine, I do believe Spring has sprung!
We have a text update line where we send out what’s available in the farmstand and what we are bringing to the Kendallville Farmers Market. We’d love if you join in to get all our fresh updates. Don’t worry, we do not spam you! We send 1-2 texts per week. You can even reply with questions. It’s a really easy way for us all to communicate with each other.
Either text to 81010, or follow this link to join in: https://www.remind.com/join/ssfmarket

Happy Good Friday! Eggs are such an Easter staple, our farmstand is packed with fresh eggs for self-serve pickup. Cash, check, venmo, and paypal accepted at the farm stand. Located at 9880 E 500 S Wolcottville, near Big Long Lake/ Stroh/ South Milford. Thank you all for your support!!

Who else loves tomatoes fresh from the garden? Get all the tomatoes you could ever dream of (we grow over 20 different kinds!) with our summer CSA vegetable boxes! Enrollment ends this Saturday, 4/8/23. Check out our website for all the details, including a FAQ page that will answer all your questions! www.soilshepherdfarm.com Payment plans welcome!

⚠️Deadline! 4/8/23⚠️ We are keeping our CSA signups going until 4/8/23! This is for the Vegetable CSA and Chicken CSA. See our website for all the details. Payment plans are welcome! www.soilshepherdfarm.com