Black Earth Gardens

09/04/2026

Late summer sunflowers

08/11/2026

Find our farm's hot peppers at New Pioneer Co-op this summer & fall! 🌶🔥 Jalapeños, Poblanos, Shish*tos, and more!

Learn more: https://newpi.coop/producer/black-earth-gardens/

Feed Iowa First

Black Earth Gardens specializes in growing vegetables, herbs, and fruits that are culturally important to Black communities in Eastern Iowa.

07/29/2026

Made a tiny friend today…

07/24/2026

Introducing our 4th annual mobile farmers market schedule! 🎉 These markets increase access to healthy fruits & veggies by bringing the produce to your doorstep. We accept SNAP, Sun Bucks, Double Up Food Bucks, WIC farmers market vouchers, Senior farmers market vouchers, credit/debit & cash. Open to the public. See you there!

06/20/2026

Happy Juneteenth! ✊🏽🖤

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning…. Power concedes nothing without a demand.”
—Frederick Douglass

06/18/2026

Planting season is in full swing! We’re planting tomatoes, cucumbers, cantaloupe, and basil this week.

06/03/2026

First harvest of the year… lettuce as big as your head! 🤩🥬

04/28/2026

Find our vegetable and herb plants THIS WEEKEND at the Indian Creek Nature Center Plant & Art Sale! SNAP and WIC participants enjoy 20% off at our booth.

https://indiancreeknaturecenter.org/annual-event/spring-plant-art-sale/