Your Local Food Hub and Market
Imagine a regional and sustainable food system where everyone can eat fresh, locally grown food with the seasons. One where farmers of all backgrounds make a living and where the ecosystem is diverse, abundant, and healthy.
Field to Family is committed to making this vision a reality.
Field to Family is committed to making this vision a reality. We are an Iowa City-based nonprofit food hub and market powered by dedicated growers and community members who want to increase access to and education around healthy and local food. Cultivating connections and partnerships across Johnson County and Eastern Iowa, Field to Family partners with regional growers and producers so all people can eat local and eat well.
Programs and Services
Online Market
(for Households)
Every week from Earth Day through Winter Solstice, Field to Family offers convenient online ordering and contact-free pickup for seasonal produce, meat, dairy, plant starts, and other food and farm products. Ordering opens Mondays at 8AM and closes at noon on Tuesdays for pick up or delivery on Thursdays.
Wholesale Local Food
(for Institutions)
We partner with local farmers to ensure a variety of locally-grown foods are more widely available and expand access to fresh food in our community. Field to Family manages the purchase, aggregation, storage, marketing, and delivery of high-quality, fairly priced food to wholesale customers and institutions.
Farm to School and Food System Education
Even the youngest eaters play a role in transforming our community food system. Field to Family procures local food for school lunches and brings the ‘farm to the school’ to educate youth on where their food comes from and helps them develop healthy eating habits. We also provide food system educational programming.
Meet Our Farmers
Black Earth Gardens
Farmer Mari Wassink’s experience in farming has fueled her passion for justice and equity in the food system. Tomatoes are her favorite crop because of the attention to detail it takes to care for them.
Wasson Produce
Starting in the mid-80s, Karen Wasson began selling fruits and vegetables at farmers markets. Now growing produce has become a decades-spanning career for her.
The Berry Basket Farm
Farmer Mark Gingerich and his wife Katrina own and operate a U-pick strawberry patch in rural Iowa City—a generational plot of land that once grew corn and beans.
Seasonal Products List
Expand the sections below to see the products we have available when they are in season.
- Asparagus
- Fresh Greens: Spinach, Collards, Swiss Chard (Green, Red, Rainbow), Mustard, Radicchio, Kale (Green, Curly, Lacinato, Purple, Red, White Russian)
- Beets: Golden and Red
- Carrots: Baby, Rainbow, Spring, Yellow
- Broccoli and Broccolini
- Kohlrabi
- Cabbage: Green, Red, Napa, Kohlrabi
- Eggplant: white, globe purple, Asian
- Head Lettuce: Red and Green Leaf, Romaine, Napa, Green Bibb, Butter
- Herbs: Basil (Lemon, Sweet Genovese, Thai, Others), Chives, Cilantro, Dill, Fennel, Lemon Balm, Lovage, Marjoram, Mint
- Oregano, Parsley, Peppermint, Rosemary, Sage, Nettles, Thyme
- Microgreens: Arugula, Salad Mix, Kale, Sunflower, Snow Pea
- Onions: Red, White, Scallions, Shallots
- Okra
- Peppers: Bell Peppers (Orange, Yellow, Red, Purple), Multiple Varieties Hot, Multiple Varieties Sweet
- Peas: Shell, Snow
- Potatoes: Russet, Yukon, Yukon Gold, Kennebec, Red, Yellow, Multiple Varieties
- Sweet Potatoes
- Radish: Pink, Purple or White, Daikon
- Radish: Red Globe, French Breakfast, Other Varieties
- Rhubarb
- Pumpkin: Mini, Medium, Large, Orange, White, Pie
- Squash: Acorn, Buttercup, Butternut, Delicata, Spaghetti, Blue Hubbard, Carnival Winter, Green Cushaw, Honeynut, Mediterranean, Orange Kabocha, Patty Pan, Pueblo Hubbard, Tetsukabuto
- Tomatoes: Heirlooms, Beefsteak, Yellow and Red Slicers, Roma, San Marzano, Green Tomatoes, Tomatillos, Roma, Cherries, Grape, Multiple Varieties
- Turnips: Purple Globe, Hakurei
Support Field to Family
Our ability to expand access to local food and provide education on sustainable food systems is driven by support from our community. Help us support local food and local farmers.
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