The Cornucopia

The Cornucopia Your source for tasty, fresh, certified naturally grown produce, pastured poultry, eggs and pork!

The Cornucopia is a small family farm in rural Northwest Iowa pursuing organic methods in raising and marketing Certified Naturally Grown vegetables. Our goal is to be Godly stewards as we work with the land, water, plants, and animals. Also found at The Cornucopia are better-than-free-range broilers and purebred Berkshire pigs. To learn more: https://docs.google.com/open?id=1krdXQx4gwRiyiIIfiPZiwrjvS6uGl1FySfLVQ6Y93VORcJRlFJBrK1YlUbkG

Next week, all this bare soil will be covered in a flush of green, but not weeds! We plant broccoli, cauliflower, and ca...
05/29/2026

Next week, all this bare soil will be covered in a flush of green, but not weeds!

We plant broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage in biodegradable mulch. Then just before it rains, we fill the bare soil with cover crop seed!

1. No bare soil = no weeds
2. No weeds = no time spent weeding = happier crew
3. A thick stand of cover crops = no insect pests
4. No insect pests = no damage to vegetables = happier customers

We are at our Wednesday locations ready to provide beautiful, flavorful celery and other spring greens. The pepper and t...
05/27/2026

We are at our Wednesday locations ready to provide beautiful, flavorful celery and other spring greens. The pepper and tomato plants are perfect for transplanting! In Sioux Center we are in the mall parking lot across from TiresTiresTires.

The harvest continues! Getting ready for a beautiful Saturday!
05/22/2026

The harvest continues! Getting ready for a beautiful Saturday!

Swiss Chard is always a welcome pop of color first thing in the spring with its soft, tender leaves, crisp stems, and br...
05/21/2026

Swiss Chard is always a welcome pop of color first thing in the spring with its soft, tender leaves, crisp stems, and bright colors. Baby Chard tastes fantastic in a salad while larger leaves are better suited for throwing in soup, stir fry, rice pilaf, or sautéed with other vegetables.

We love it in a quiche with bacon and zucchini (our featured recipe in this week’s CSA newsletter) or mixed in Sheet-Pan Bibimbap from the New York Times (it’s a great “clean out the fridge” recipe).

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my childre...
05/20/2026

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

- “The Peace of Wild Things” (Wendell Berry)

What a gorgeous week it’s been, and it’s another beautiful day for the Falls Park Farmer's Market and the Sioux City Far...
05/16/2026

What a gorgeous week it’s been, and it’s another beautiful day for the Falls Park Farmer's Market and the Sioux City Farmers Market.

We’ve got so much joy this past week harvesting vegetables we don’t normally have until mid June thanks to our new greenhouse. Come early to find the first beets, celery, and a few other surprises at market today!

We rarely post on Sundays but I found myself out here “singing”, it’s my wife that sings but I know the lyrics. Doing th...
05/10/2026

We rarely post on Sundays but I found myself out here “singing”, it’s my wife that sings but I know the lyrics.
Doing these chores is meditating time for me. Here’s what’s going through my head:
1 This is my Father's world,
And to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world:
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas--
His hand the wonders wrought.
2 This is my Father's world:
The birds their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white,
Declare their Maker's praise.
This is my Father's world:
He shines in all that's fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
He speaks to me everywhere.

We put the first batch of chickens out this morning next to the cows! The cows have grazed the winter rye down to a mana...
05/04/2026

We put the first batch of chickens out this morning next to the cows! The cows have grazed the winter rye down to a manageable height for the chickens. The chickens will be moved each day, usually twice to fresh grass.

What brings you joy? Look! Did you see what made me smile this afternoon? We set Sunday as a day with as little “work” a...
05/04/2026

What brings you joy? Look! Did you see what made me smile this afternoon?
We set Sunday as a day with as little “work” as possible so watering is a relaxing afternoon activity and this toad/frog is so much in the right place!

Sioux Center, today and every Wednesday 8 am to noon! Sioux City: Starting Saturday, this Saturday and every Wednesday a...
04/29/2026

Sioux Center, today and every Wednesday 8 am to noon!
Sioux City: Starting Saturday, this Saturday and every Wednesday and Saturday 8 am to 2 pm .
Sioux Falls: This Saturday and every Saturday thereafter!
It’s a beautiful day to see plants and fresh vegetables!

Address

3681 Ibex Avenue
Sioux Center, IA
51250

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+17124908218

Website

http://www.localharvest.org/the-cornucopia-M14267, http://www.fallsparkfarmersmarket.com/2

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