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Mission Berry Farms

7388 N. 750 W.
Frankton, IN 46044

Mission Berry Farms is a CSA and pick-your-own farm located outside of Frankton, Indiana. They produce a wide variety of crops including tomatoes, garlic, onions, pumpkins, peppers, herbs and many others. If you stop by the farm you can pick your own raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, cherries, pumpkins and persimmons (availabilities change with the seasons, check their website for details). All fruits and vegetables from Mission Berry Farms are grown naturally without the use of harmful pesticides or herbicides.

Farmer Dave works his 5 acres with the help of his children: Dave Jr., Claire, Elizabeth and Ann. Each one oversees a different crop on the farm.

You can find Mission Berry Farms produce through CSA shares and at Farmer’s Markets in Elwood, Noblesville and Anderson, Indiana.

Whis your growing philosophy?

The Seven Muses of Mission Berry Farms

  1. Provide educational experiences for my kids, teaching them about the land, work, gardening, and business. 
  2. Provide a means whereby my children and other kids in the community can earn money, part of which could hopefully go towards paying for future, full-time missions to serve the Lord. 
  3. Increase the personal peace and satisfaction that I feel as I work in nature with some of nature’s basic elements—dirt, seeds, water, and light. 
  4. Share in the joy of the harvest with others in the community.
  5. Plant and eat more raspberries (Farmer Dave really likes the raspberries!)
  6. Exercise some of my creative energies through beautifying a garden.
  7. Follow the promptings of my ancestral Muses, chief of which was my grandfather, who seems to still be passing on his love of the garden. 

What is your favorite part of being an organic farmer?
I enjoy being a part of the creation-growing cycle and seeing it all happen just because a seed was put in some dirt, given some water, and warmed with sunlight.

What is your least favorite part?
Weeds – They're just part of life though.

Why did you choose this path?
I believe that the food most people have access to in our modern day farming and distribution system is not providing good nutrition.  I believe that growing things naturally and organically is respectful of nature and of the food we put in our bodies. 

What makes your farm special?
It is such a special place with a lot of family history.  The farm is also a family venture with some of the money we earn going to pay for my kids and other kids' missionary service. 

Where do you see you business to be in the next year? 5 years 10 years?

We will be profitable, sustainable in our practices, and a source of education to my kids about the land and business.

For more information about Mission Berry Farm visit their website, call 765.620.2880 or email them.