Indy Winter Farmers Market Vendor: Full Hand Farm

Every week during the Indy Winter Farmers Market season, we'll be profiling one of our local vendors! You can find the full list of IWFM vendors and past profiles here.

Full Hand Farm, 4th season at IWFM

Continue reading a Q & A with Genesis and Eli of Full Hand Farm. This family farm team was recently featured on the cover of the January 15 issue of Farm Indiana.

What do you love most about IWFM? We love the warm and energetic atmosphere at the IWFM, created by the organizers, volunteers, and patrons who we see week after week. The hustle and bustle of an indoor market downtown is invigorating for us country bumpkins. It also offers us a chance to have year round income from the farm, making farming a very realistic full time occupation for our family.

What is your most popular item? Kale and brussels sprouts are really popular while we have them. Once we get into the depth of winter, it's carrots.

What is something most people don't know about you?Genesis worked in the restaurant industry for 15 years, including at Recess Restaurant for 3 years while we were getting the farm up and running. Eli worked at The Smoking Goose during the farm's very first year in operation, and he can fit two quarters in one nostril!

What's your favorite local restaurant? So many--we especially love Recess and Bluebeard though. Recess for its ability to push the palate of the city with its pre fixe menu (and for employing Genesis for so long!) and Bluebeard for it's incredible cocktail program and wildly creative menu.

Indy Winter Farmers Market Vendor: Full Hand Farm

Every week during the Indy Winter Farmers Market season, we'll be profiling one of our local vendors! You can find the full list of IWFM vendors and past profiles here.

Full Hand Farm, 3rd season at IWFM 

Located on 25 acres of new ground in 2014, in Perkinsville, we produce sustainably raised, diversified mixed vegetables and herbs year round.  

Most popular item?

Our winter carrots and winter spinach. Both crops are incredibly sweet this time of year because they each convert their inherent starches into sugars every time they go through a freeze, and that means this year we have some especially sweet carrots and spinach!  

Why should people shop at the IWFM?

I always encourage people to shop at the market for two reasons: It's the best food in the city, and it's the best Saturday morning atmosphere in the city! 

What do you buy at the IWFM?

We do lots of our shopping at the market, including honey from Wildflower Ridge, bread from Amelia's, cheese from Ludwig and root crops we don't grow ourselves from Stout's Melody acres.

 

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