Portage Township Schools is proud to be participating in Farm to Student – celebrating local food & local farmers with help from Region Roots Local Farm & Food Hub!
Region Roots serves to connect small scale & underserved farmers with wholesale market opportunities & resources.
Mini peppers are grown on medium-sized farms throughout Indiana.
Mini peppers are known for their small size, bright colors & sweet flavor
Botanically, mini peppers are a fruit!
Mini peppers can be yellow, red or orange. Unlike bell peppers, mini peppers have little to
Mini peppers are sweeter than a regular bell peppers.
Mini peppers grow best in warm climates with a lot of sunlight. Most mini peppers take 60 - 80 days to be ready to mature after being planted.
Mini peppers are a part of the nightshade family.
Mini peppers are a perfect snack!
Mini peppers grow on bushes that grow to be around 2’ tall.
Perkins’ Good Earth Farm is a familyowned & operated vegetable farm.
Perkins’ Good Earth Farm was started by husband & wife, Dan & Julie Perkins.
Perkins’ Good Earth Farm was established in 2009 .
Perkins’ Good Earth Farm grows a wide variety of vegetables.
“We provide the veggies you NEED & LOVE!”
Perkins’ Good Earth Farm is located in Demotte, IN
Dan has 22+ years of organic growing experience.
Perkins’ Good Earth Farm offers Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) boxes - boxes of produce harvested straight from their farm to YOU!
Indiana is the 3rd largest tomato producing state in the U.S.
MANY Americans grow tomatoes in their own garden. Popular Types
1. Cherry
2. Grape
3. Roma
Indiana farmers grow both fresh market & processing tomatoes.
Tomatoes take 60 - 100 days to grow from seed to fruit.
season crop that LOVE the sun.
Rainfield Farm is a small certified naturally grown vegetable
Rainfield Farm offers Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) boxes.
Rainfield Farm practices
Rainfield Farm practices scale farming on 13 acres produce to your table while promoting sustainable and responsible farming practices.”
Compost nutrients
Rainfield Farm is located in New Carlisle, IN.
Indiana harvests around 1.2 MILLION bushels of apples per year.
Apples are most commonly grown fruit in Indiana.
21% of all harvested apples are juiced.
36
apples makes 1 gallon of cider.
The U.S. is home to approximately 322,000 acres of apple orchards. Most apples are harvested & sold fresh.
2,500+
Most apples are HAND-PICKED. varieties of apples are grown in the U.S.
Apples are one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits.
An apple blossom is the flower that comes from an apple tree.
Apple trees take at least 4 years to start producing fruit.
Garwood Orchards is a 6-generation family-owned & operated farm.
Garwood Orchards was started in 1831 by John Garwood.
Garwood Orchards grows 21+ varieties of apples.
Garwood Orchards offers visitors to pick their own produce!
Garwood Orchards farm market is open every day!
Garwood Orchards currently farms on over 350 acres of land - 200 of those acres are used for growing apples!
Garwood Orchards focus is on farming, family & community.
Garwood Orchards is located in LaPorte, IN.
Indiana harvests over 6,000 acres of pumpkins per year. Indiana is the 2nd producing state in the U.S.
Pumpkins are a type of because they grow on vines & have seeds.
Pumpkin pie is the most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
Pumpkins range in color from red, yellow, green & orange!
45+ varieties of pumpkins.
“LARGE MELON”
Zandstra’s Farm is a & operated greenhouse farm
Zandstra’s Farm is currently owned by Arnold & Nick Zandstra.
Quality is Zandstra’s Farm’s #1 priority.
Zandstra’s Farm was started in 1903 by Bartele Zandstra
Zandstra’s Farms educational field trips
Zandstra’s Farm is one of the LARGEST greenhouses in Northwest Indiana with over 2 acres.
Zandstra’s Farms is located in
Zandstra’s Farm grows a variety of houseplants, & vegetables.
Indiana is home to 777 dairy farms & 174,000 dairy cows.
Indiana produces around 4.5 BILLION pounds of milk per year.
Nearly 98% of U.S. dairy farms are family owned & operated. ALL 50
Breeds of Dairy Cows:
1. Ayrshire 2. Brown Swiss 3. Guernsey 4. Holstein 5. Jersey 6. Milking Shorthorn
Holstein cows all have a unique pattern of spots!
1 cow produces around 6 gallons of milk per day.
Cows can SEE almost 360 degrees and SMELL up to 6 miles away!
The U.S. produces ~21 BILLION gallons of milk each year.
Milk is the source of ALL dairy products!
Prairie Farms is a farmer-owned cooperative that was started in 1938.
Sustainability is very important to
Prairie Farms is made up of 600+ family-owned dairy farms.
Their 600+ dairy farms are located in 16 states.
Prairie Farms headquarters is located in Illinois.
3744 Staunton Rd.
Each of the 600+ familyowned dairy farms is home to around
“We hold ourselves to the highest standards of animal care.”
