Meet our Midwest Growers
Nothing beats summer in the Midwest, especially when you shop Heinen’s local and Midwest-grown produce! As the weather gets warmer, our Produce Department quickly fills up with farmer’s market fresh fruits and vegetables grown on farms right here in our home region! In fact, by peak season, fresh local and Midwest-grown produce is delivered every day to all of our stores accounting for over 60% of the produce we carry.
From family-owned farms with decades of experience to growing co-ops and produce auctions, we’ve formed strong relationships with trusted growers in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Indiana to bring the freshness of a farmer’s market to your local grocery store!
Get to know the trusted local and Midwest growers you support when you shop Heinen’s summer and fall produce and and savor their fresh picks all season!
Autumn Harvest Farm
Wooster, Ohio
Owned-and-operated by the Ladrach family for three generations, Autumn Harvest Farm specializes in growing fresh vegetables on 230 acres of certified organic Ohio farmland.
Bauman Orchards
Rittman, Ohio
Operating since 1929 (the same year Heinen’s opened its first location), Bauman Orchards carefully cultivates 25 varieties of apples and 15 varieties of peaches across 100,000 apple trees and 15,000 peach trees on a farm of more than 260 acres.
Buckeye Fresh
Medina, OH
A beloved lettuce grower of Heinen’s customers for more than a decade, Buckeye Fresh uses sophisticated hydroponic growing technologies and an LED lighting system to grow fresh, long-lasting lettuce and basil in their sustainable indoor vertical farm.
Burnham Orchards
Berlin Heights, Ohio
Owned by the Burnham family for six generations, this fruit farm produces more than 28 varieties of perfectly “pickable” apples spanning across more than 200 acres of orchard.
Buurma Farms
Willard, Ohio
Family-owned and -operated by the Buurma family since 1896, Buurma Farms is one of the oldest and largest farms in Ohio growing more than 30 vegetable crops including leafy greens, herbs, onions, and radishes across 2,700 acres of farmland in Ohio and Michigan.
County Line Produce Auction
West Salem, Ohio
One of the largest produce auctions in the Midwest, the County Line Produce Auction features an endless assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables handpicked and delivered three days a week by more than 175 Amish family farmers.
Great Lakes Growers
Middlefield, Ohio
Founded on a passion for offering clean, sustainable products to the community, Great Lakes Growers produces an impressive assortment of high-quality lettuces and herbs, including living lettuce, basil, and pre-cut and packaged lettuce grown in their state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse.
Green Field Farms
Wooster, Ohio
Created in 2003 to revitalize family farms, Green Field Farms is a cooperative of Amish farmers and businessmen committed to growing the freshest, widest, and most nutritious assortment of produce including cabbage, corn, kale, peppers, squash, tomatoes, melons, and more!
Grobe Fruit Farm
Elyria, Ohio
Striving to keep pace with modern agriculture while honoring the path blazed by five previous generations of farmers, Grobe Fruit Farm has been family-owned and -operated since 1905 and specializes in producing a lengthy lineup of fresh fruits and vegetables including apples, peaches, herbs, tomatoes, and sweet corn.
Fresh Forward
Newcomerstown, Ohio
Representing multi-generational family farms across the Great Lakes region, Fresh Forward is a cooperative using progressive farming practices to grow consistently exceptional tree-ripened peaches and apples.
Gotham Greens
Chicago, Illinois
Gotham Greens launched their very first greenhouse in Brooklyn, NY in 2009. They have since expanded to cities across the country. Their greenhouses are located near urban areas to bring farms closer to people. They have built some of the largest urban greenhouses in the country, including the largest rooftop greenhouse in the world in Chicago, not too far from our Illinois Heinen’s locations. Gotham Greens has a full line of products including a wide variety of packaged lettuces, lettuce mixes, basil, salad dressings, sauces, and dips.
Hays Orchard
Columbiana, Ohio
Fresh-pressed is best, especially when it comes from Hays! Established in 1949 as an apple cider producer, Hays has turned their commitment to creating juice with high quality taste and wholesome health benefits into a full line of all-natural fresh-pressed concord grape juices made from only one ingredient: fruit!
Keim’s Produce
Homerville, Ohio
Located in the heart of Ohio’s Amish country, Keim’s Produce is a grower of all trades providing Heinen’s with fresh-picked beans, peppers, potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower, squash, onions, tomatoes, melons, and even pumpkins in the fall.
Linehan’s Vineyard
Geneva, Ohio
Founded in 1975 by the Linehan family along the Grand River in Harpersfield Township, this vineyard grows the sweetest grapes in the Midwest including Concord grapes and Mars seedless grapes.
Michael Farms
Urbana, Ohio
Operating thousands of acres of mineral-rich Ohio soil, Michael Farms has been family-owned and -operated for over 65 years and combines commitments to high-quality products and sustainable agricultural practices to grow the best tasting green beans, sweet corn, cabbage, and potatoes for Heinen’s for more than 15 years.
Nature’s Acres Produce
Millersburg, Ohio
From organic outdoor slicing tomatoes to organic onions and hard squashes, organic goods are abundant on this Ohio Amish farm.
Nature Fresh Farms
Delta, Ohio
Known for their exceptional assortment of vine-ripened tomatoes and strawberries, Nature Fresh Farms uses state-of the-art greenhouses to grow crops with the care they deserve, no matter the season!
Patterson Fruit Farm
Chesterland, Ohio
Farming has been the only way of life for the last six generations of the Patterson family, which has enabled them to become one of Ohio’s most notable producers of apples and apple cider. In fact, Patterson’s was the first local apple cider to be carried at Heinen’s.
Peace Valley Orchards
Rogers, Ohio
Owned and operated by the Simmons family since 1948, Peace Valley Orchards is known for growing some of the best tasting apples, peaches, and pears in the country.
Pochedly Farms
Hiram, Ohio
With over a century of experience producing delicious bi-color sweet corn, the Pochedly family harvests at the crack of dawn and delivers their fresh picks to our stores by the afternoon.
Polter’s Farm
Fremont, Ohio
Founded in 1975, the Polter family took what was once a small, one-acre berry farm and turned it into flourishing farmland featuring 20 acres of fresh, juicy strawberries and 180 acres of vibrant fall pumpkins.
Quarry Hill Orchards
Berlin Heights, Ohio
Owned and operated by the Gammie family since 1931, this 400-acre, third generation fruit farm is passionate about growing apples and peaches with quality, wholesome taste.
Sunrise Farms
Winchester, Ohio
Known as one of the best farm markets in the Cincinnati area, Sunrise Farms offers fresh, Amish-grown cucumbers, squash, peppers, tomatoes, and melon delivered daily by horse and wagon.
Vigeo Gardens
Akron, OH
With roots in the restaurant industry, the founders of Vigeo Gardens were determined to provide high quality greens and microgreens to local restaurants. Over time, they have developed a highly efficient indoor vertical farming system that produces about 200,000 lbs. of produce a year across about 18,000 square feet of growing space.
Wiers Farm
Willard, Ohio
Founded in 1896 on five acres of muck farmland, this fifth generation family farm is recognized as an industry leader for their quality, service, reliability, and food safety.
Witten Farm Market & Greenhouse
Lowell, Ohio
This third generation family farm prides itself on cultivating fresh, homegrown sweet corn with a taste and crunch that will keep you coming back for more.
