Hawkins Family Farm is a fourth-generation farm in Wabash County, Indiana. We invite you to enjoy the bounty of the farm with us!
In 1957, John Leo and Velma Hawkins purchased a ninety-nine acre farm just outside of North Manchester, IN. Today, Jeff and Kathy Hawkins continue the farming tradition started by Jeff's grandparents, operating primarily on a Community Supported Agriculture /9CSA) basis. Shares of the natural farm harvest are offered to folks in northeast Indiana, as well as meat, eggs, and other items for individual purchase.
Operating as usual
🥕🥕Winter Storage🥕🥕
Last Tuesday saw our farm team harvest over 1,000 pounds of root vegetables. These breathable bags with keep everything fresh for long-term storage throughout the winter.
Can you believe there are only a few more weeks left of our main CSA season??
Order your Thanksgiving Day Turkey!
•Raised on
•Sides made in house
•Order at The Emporium (260-672-1715)
CSA shares are looking pretty delicious these days! What’s your favorite fall produce item to receive in your box?
Have you placed your order for your Thanksgiving turkey yet?? We offer everything from Turkey Breast to a Jumbo Fresh Turkey. All orders must be picked up on the farm, and you can find all the information on our website. Click the link in the comments for the details or to place your order!
Well folks, that's a wrap on Pizza Fridays for the season! Big thanks to everyone who came out to the farm this year, and a HUGE THANK YOU to all our guest chefs that came out to make pizzas!
We think it's important to know where your food comes from, and having our community come spend time on the farm means a lot to us.
📣📣LAST PIZZA NIGHT OF 2022📣📣
We are looking forward to another great Friday on the Farm this week! Josh's buddies Bo and Zach, both of Bravas, will be joining us as guest chefs, and will each be making a Harvest Special. Orders can be placed now through the link in the comments. Get them in now for easy pickup Friday.
Bo's Special: sausage pizza with escalavida (Spanish sweet pepper condiment) and fennel
Zach's Special: roasted white turnips, bok choy, charred scallions, fresh cilantro, and chili crisp
📸 Bambi Guthrie Photography
We spend Saturday mornings at the computer setting up the next week’s farm share options before opening up the customization window for our CSA members. Then there’s time for a few farm chores and maybe a small project or two before it’s time to start thinking about dinner. Quick prep is essential—that’s why sheet-pan dinners are a great technique for anyone with a farm share and a busy schedule. Tonight’s had bratwurst, peppers, cherry tomatoes, onions, and garlic (all available in next week’s farm shares!). Look up the “How to Make a Sheet-Pan Dinner” guide from for a helpful resource.
Our friends at Northeast Indiana Local Food Network are hosting their annual fundraiser on Monday and we couldn't be more excited!
Nine local chefs and three bartenders will compete in a friendly competition AND there is a silent auction to go along with it. We have a 2023 Market Share box up for grabs in the auction, and there is still time to get your ticket for Monday's event. Visit their website or social media page for all the details and to see who is competing.
🍎🍏DESSERT PIZZA🍏🍎
Hey there Hawkins Farm community! Katie Jo here to tell you all about this week's dessert pizza. It starts with a cream cheese sauce, next it gets pickled apples from David Doud's Countyline Orchard, then it will be topped with an Oat Flour streusel, and finished with a Salted Caramel Sauce from GK Pastry Truck.
Don't sleep on this sweet pizza!! Preordering is a breeze. Click the link in the comments to place your order now, and I'll see you on the farm tomorrow for Pizza Friday.
Sounds like a party!
💃🍻L8 NIGHT 🚨 THIS Saturday from 8p-1a // DJ 🤘 Drinks 🍹 and rumor has it, some chicken wings 🐔 See you there!
📣📣2 more Pizza Fridays!📣📣
This Friday our pizza crew is pulling out all the stops and offering THREE DIFFERENT specials! Click the link in the comments to place your order now for easy pickup Friday.
Savory Harvest Special - Sausage with fennel and apples from
Sweet Harvest Special - Salted Caramel Apple featuring Cortland Apples, Oat Streusel, and a Cream Cheese Sauce
Veggie - Wood-fire roasted eggplant and fennel with blistered cherry tomatoes and garlic oil
📣📣MEET OUR TEAM📣📣
This is Michael and he has been working with us for almost 8 years. Michael's favorite things to grow are Aduki Beans because they are beautiful, delicious, protein-rich, nitrogen-fixing, and easy. His favorite thing about working on the farm is the beautiful people he gets to work with. Michael said one thing he has learned during his time out on the farm is how beautiful Indiana is.
When Michael isn't working on the farm he practices and teaches meditative arts including qigong, and can be found hiking and hugging trees. He works for decolonization and land restoration using traditional ecological knowledge.
Thanks for being a part of the team Michael!
Folks, we are down to only THREE more Pizza Fridays! Make plans to join us this week to enjoy all we have to offer out here on the farm. Preorders can be placed through the link in the comments for easy pickup.
🦃🦃It’s time to place your Turkey order!🦃🦃
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If you’re looking for a fresh pasture-raised turkey, we’re the farm for you! We sell turkeys a little differently than the rest of our products. Turkey orders may be placed through our website only and they must be picked up on the farm. That's right, no delivery for these birds--you’ll have to come to the farm! We offer two different dates for pickup: Thursday, November 17 and Sunday, November 20. Get your order in today!
Only four more 🍕 nights left this season! Tonight we welcome Thao from Banh Mi Pho Shop. Her Harvest-of-the-Week Special is a Korean BBQ pizza with pork belly, gochujang sauce, cabbage, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and sesame oil. It’s a beautiful evening on the farm. Come on out!
Another beautiful morning spent packing over 180 boxes of local groceries. The fennel bulbs were the star of the show today, and Erin insisted we share a photo of them with you!
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DON’T FORGET! Pizza Night is back this week with Thao from Banh Mi Pho Shop 🍕🍕🍕 Place your order through the link in the comments for an easy pickup!
📣📣We’re excited to be hosting Thao from Banh Mi Pho Shop this Friday for Pizza Night!📣📣
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She’ll be using Pork Belly to make a Korean BBQ pizza with gochujang chili paste sauce, cabbage, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and sesame oil.
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This is a special you don’t want to miss! Preorders can be made through the link in the comments for easy pickup Friday night.
🌽🍕🌽We’re back!🌽🍕🌽
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We found out that our neighbors at Hufford Farms were growing sweet corn, so we figured we better put it on a pizza!
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We’re also offering all of our CSA members a 10% discount off pizzas the whole month of September as a way to say “Thanks for supporting us!”
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Check your email for a discount code you can use when placing your pizza order and make plans to join us for pizza night on the farm!
There is a lot of care that goes into each and every box of groceries we pack for our CSA members and farm stand customers. It's quite a sight to see 180 boxes fill up in just a couple of hours with local produce, grains, meats, cheeses and more.
Are you interested in learning more about how you can eat locally at home? Check out out website for more information, and to get signed up!
Check out this article by Midwest Living about Pizza Nights!
We're back this Friday serving up Wood Fired Pizzas 5:00-7:00. Click the link in the comments to place your order today!
This week's Harvest Special is a Fiesta Chicken Pizza made with roasted chicken, cherry tomatoes, peppers, onions, sweet corn and cilantro.
Pizza lovers, rejoice! Get your fill of cheesy deliciousness and revel in the simple pleasures of nature with an evening on a pizza farm.
Don't forget, there is NO PIZZA tonight on the farm. We will be back at it September 2nd. Enjoy your weekend!
🍅🍅CONTEST TIME🍅🍅
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We’re giving away $20 in pizza credits to the first person who can guess how many pints of classic cherry tomatoes we packed today for CSA shares. HINT we packed more of these than any other item this week.
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Here’s how to play:
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1. Follow on IG.
2. Comment your guess and tag a buddy you’d bring to pizza night.
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It’s that easy! We’ll DM the winner with details for redeeming their $20 in pizza credits. Now get to guessing!
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This contest is not affiliated with Instagram or Meta. We will never ask you for personal information through social media.
Friendly reminder that we will NOT be hosting Pizza Night this week. Make plans to join us Sept 2nd for pizza on the farm.
Our pizza crew is hard at work getting things ready for tonight. We’ll see you soon - link in bio for easy ordering!
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Remember- NO Pizza Night on August 26th!!
It’s going to be another beautiful night for pizza on the farm! This week’s Special is a beer braised bratwurst pizza with pickled onions, cherry tomatoes, and a drizzle of mustard. A big thank you to our pals for the German Pilsner for the brats. 🍻🍻🍻
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Preorder your pizza for easy pick up through the link in the comments, and come enjoy an evening on the farm. 🧑🏼🌾🍕
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Friendly reminder that NEXT Friday, August 26th, we’re taking the night off!
Make plans now to join us for Pizza Friday this week! We’ve made it super easy for you to preorder your pizzas for your preferred pickup time. Check out the link in the comments to place your order now!
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This week’s Harvest Special: beer-braised bratwurst with pickled red sweet onion and mustard seed, cherry tomato, and a mustard drizzle. Pizzas are 10" and cut into 8 slices.
Josh is so excited to be working with these tasty mushrooms from for tonight’s Harvest of the Week Pizza Special!
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Place your order now to make pickup a breeze. LINK IN BIO
📣📣Pizza Fridays on the Farm!📣📣
It's going to be a perfect evening to enjoy pizza on the farm! This week's special features mushrooms from Windrose Urban Farm, shish*to peppers, and a shiso leaf pesto.
You can preorder your pizza now through the link in the comments!
CSA shares are looking really good! Eating locally is made easy with our Farm Stand or CSA memberships. Check out the link in our bio for more information about how you can get signed up!
Headed to the Indiana State Fair today to receive the Indiana River-Friendly Farmer award for Wabash county.
River-Friendly Farmer Award HISTORY of the River-Friendly Farmer Award Since 1999, key conservation and agricultural organizations have sponsored the River Friendly Farmer (RFF) Program. The statewide initiative recognizes farmers, who through good production management practices helps keep Indiana....
Cloudy carrot harvest 🥕
delivery day! On Thursdays, we pack up our members’ farm shares and deliver them to our pickup sites. It’s quite a sight to see so much delicious local food—from our farm and our partner farmers and food artisans—laid out on the tables. We’d love to pack a box for you next week! Check out the link in the comments for more information about our customizable farm shares.
Y'all excited for pizza night?! Preorders make pickup a breeze, and we're excited to be hosting Windrose Urban Farm this week. We'll be using their mushrooms on the Harvest of the Week special Click the link in the comments to place your order now!
🚨🚨NEW GUEST CHEF🚨🚨
We are excited to announce that Ellen from Windrose Urban Farm will be joining us this Friday to make pizzas! Ellen is bringing us Oyster and Shiitake mushrooms that will be on the Harvest of the Week special, and this is one you don't want to miss.
Be sure to check out Windrose Urban Farm online to find out all the good they do for our community, and get those preorders in for Pizza Friday on the Farm!
Most of our garden scraps go to the pigs, but the cattle appreciate a good snack, too.
📣📣MEET OUR TEAM📣📣
This is Tracy! She started helping us out last year washing the CSA bins and cleaning out the food shed every Saturday, and this year she has joined our crew full time.
Tracy's super excited to be a part of our team, and looks forward to using the knowledge she has gained from working out here to start her own garden. Her favorite thing to grow is peppers. Not only are they great for snacking, but harvesting them is an easy task as well.
If Tracy were to offer any advice to at home gardeners it would be to allow yourself the opportunity to listen and ask questions if you don't know something. She also mentioned how important it is to ask for help if the load is heavy.
Tracy's favorite thing about working at Hawkins is the people she gets to work with. She really enjoys telling people about the farm when they come to visit. If she were a vegetable she would be garlic because not only is garlic helpful in so many ways it's also very interesting and that is Tracy to a T!
We are grateful for Tracy and the work she does to keep the farm running.
Who's getting excited for Local Food Week??👩🌾🧑🌾👨🌾
Join us for Pizza Night on the farm this Friday, the 29th, and get a tour of the farm while you're here!
We're excited to be hosting guest chef Sam, owner and operator of True Kimchi. She's going to be making the Harvest of the Week special using some of our produce and some of her kimchi!
Special thanks to Northeast Indiana Local Food Network for putting together Local Food Week, and for all the work they do spreading the word about local farmers like us!
Cherry tomatoes!
We are getting excited for Local Food Week!! Make plans to join us Friday, July 29th, for a farm tour and Pizza Night featuring Sam of True Kimchi. Sam will be our guest chef and the farm tour kicks off at 6:30pm.
Be sure to check out Northeast Indiana Local Food Network for all the details about what Local Food Week entails. There are farm tours, food truck rallies, classes, and more. All centered around our local food community!
Did you know that we send out a weekly farm happenings newsletter to all our CSA members and Farm Stand subscribers? Our most recent farm happening was all about this bed of bunching greens. As you can tell, it's doing really well!
Want to be a part of our CSA community or have access to shop our farm stand every week? Click the link in the comments to get signed up today!
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Have you ordered your farm-fresh, pasture-raised Thanksgiving turkey? Visit our online store to reserve your bird and choose your size and pickup date: https://hawkinsfamilyfarm.square.site/
Join us this evening for our FINAL pizza night of the season! Orders accpeted 5-7pm. Junk Ditch Brewing Company and Hop River Brewing Company beer available for purchase. Details on our website. See you tonight! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Proceeds go to the work of HOPE CSA, Inc. Thanks to our sponsors! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Friend of the Farm Susan & Tom Haynes ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Season Sponsors Visit Wabash County Gunthorp Farms Don & Becky Fry Erin & Steve Jungbauer in memory of David Grandstaff and in honor of Jane Grandstaff ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Month Sponsor Terrill & Company, Inc. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Partnering Sponsors Light Rail Cafe & Roaster Cerulean Restaurant Winona Lake R.J. Brown Trucking Winger’s Woodworking
May 2: Rye, Vetch, and Clover
Here's the replay of last night's webinar: How to Get Your Groceries Direcly from the Farm. If you think our farm share program is a good fit for you, sign up here: https://www.harvie.farm/signup/hawkins-family-farm
Our veggies are loving the warm weather and sun! Sign up for a summer of customizable farm boxes today. http://hawkinsfamilyfarm.com/
Does your workplace want to host a farm share pickup site for its employees? Let's talk! We're searching for creative ways to get healthy, local food to people in a safe, convenient manner and are looking for partners.
Our spring meat CSA starts next week! We often get the question, "What's in a meat share?" Because our shares are fully customizable, that's totally up to you! Watch the video to see some examples and then head over to our website to sign up: http://hawkinsfamilyfarm.com/csa.html
Looking for a FREE THANKSGIVING TURKEY? We’re giving away one of our fresh, pasture-raised birds! To enter: 1) Like this post 2) Tag 3 people you are thankful for 3) Like our page Hawkins Family Farm We’ll accept entries until Thursday, 11/21 at midnight. Winner will be chosen at random and announced Friday, 11/22. Turkey pickup is Sunday, 11/24 from 1-4pm on the farm. Already reserved a turkey? We’ll refund you! Want to reserve one? Visit https://squareup.com/store/hawkinsfamilyfarm/
Eat well this winter! We are offering meat shares in two sizes (regular and large), as well as egg, cheese, and grain add-ons. We may also make vegetables available as extras on occasion, depending on how the weather treats us. The winter season runs December through February. Deliveries won't be as frequent--pretty much every other week with a week off at New Year's--so you may want to consider the large share to set yourself up for two weeks of warm, comforting soups, stews, and roasts at a time (isn't winter food great?). Hope you'll join us! Sign up at https://www.harvie.farm/signup/hawkins-family-farm
Sold out! Thanks, everyone! #pizzanight #fridaysonthefarm
The brick oven is heating up for one last #pizzanight. Tonight we welcome @chef_gonzo_jd from @junkditchbrewing as guest chef! See you on the farm! ... Kitchen Partner: @lightrailwl ... Season Sponsors: ... @visitwabashcounty ... Silveus Insurance Group ... Don & Becky Fry ... Erin & Steve Jungbauer in memory of David Grandstaff and in honor of Jane Grandstaff ... Week Sponsor: Naragon & Purdy, Inc. CPAs
Let’s get it started! Tonight we welcome chefs from Bird & Cleaver for the first #fridaysonthefarm pizza night of the season. Plus beer from Junk Ditch Brewing Company. 5-7pm, rain or shine. Thanks to our sponsors! Kitchen Partner: Light Rail Cafe & Roaster Season Sponsors: Visit Wabash County Silveus Insurance Group Don & Becky Fry Erin & Steve Jungbauer in memory of David Grandstaff and in honor of Jane Grandstaff Month Sponsor: Terrill & Company, Inc.
First succession of sweet corn cultivated and looking mighty fine. Did you know our CSA members get first dibs? This is the last week to sign up. Join today! http://www.hawkinsfamilyfarm.com/CSA
Our lineup for Ft. Wayne's Farmers Market & Fort Wayne Public Market tomorrow. Don’t let a few sprinkles keep you from coming to the first outdoor market of the season. We’ve been working hard all week to produce this delicious food and we want you to enjoy it!
Goodbye garden beds. Hello flint corn patch.
Barley pancakes with Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster.
Rutabaga curry coleslaw with Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster.
An easy, comforting dish for the cold days to come with Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster.
We harvested all of the peppers on the farm ahead of the cold weather. Now what do we do with them? Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster shows us how to make an easy sweet pepper jam.
Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster gives us tips for working with Angel Hair spaghetti squash.
Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster gives us tips on working with sweetheart cabbage.
We're at Ft. Wayne's Farmers Market and so is GK Baked Goods ...with bagels made with our heritage Red Fife wheat!
Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster walks us through handmade pappardelle pasta with charred vegetables and carrot top pesto.
Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster shows us how to make a salad with roasted beets.
Making fried eggplant with Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster.
Tips for prepping acorn squash with Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster.
Summer cover, happened so fa-ast / Summer cover, adds bioma-aass #wellawellawellauh
Joel from Light Rail Cafe & Roaster shows us how to make a cucumber and purslane salad with peppers and tomatoes.
