Welcome to the resource to help you get connected with healthy, fresh food; the farmers who grow it; and the markets, grocers, and restaurants committed to using locally grown products.

On this site you will find locally grown products produced and sold in the Hometown Harvest Buy Fresh Buy Local region. The geographic area includes the six  southeast Iowa counties of Mahaska, Keokuk, Wapello, Jefferson, Davis and Van Buren.

Why buy local?

It's easy and fun!

Use this website to find a farmer, farmers market, restaurant, or grocery store near you. Learn how your food was grown and who and where it came from. Teach your children that milk doesn't come from the store!

You support local farms.

There has never been a more critical time to support your farming neighbors. With each local food purchase, you ensure that more of your money goes directly to the farmer, and that money then circulates throughout the community.

You choose food from farmers you know and trust.

Knowing where your food comes from and how it is grown or raised, enables you to choose food from farmers who avoid or reduce their use of chemicals, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, or genetically modified seed in their operations.