The City and Field Co.

01/05/2024

THREE DAYS AWAY! Are you ready to walk the streets to shop our local farms and handcrafted creations? Well, you're in luck. You only have to wait a little bit longer!

Come enjoy the sunshine with us this Saturday, grab some eats from Itacate Food truck, hear Rhythmwood Drive's Music performance, and watch Kara Montgomery's Fire Dancing Show!

We'll be downtown Columbia City, around the courthouse from 8:00am-12:30pm this Saturday and every Saturday until the end of September. Come shop local with us!

16/04/2024

Annual Plant Sale - 2 Days Only
Flowers, Herbs, Veggies & Fruit
Dried Flower Wreaths & Decor

May 4th & May 11th
8am-12:30pm

Come see me on Market Street, south of the courthouse, in downtown Columbia City at the Whitley County Farmers Market.

23/07/2022

Mother Nature wins today. We’ll let her work and we’ll take the break. No market today due to storms! Reach out if you’d like eggs, flowers or zucchini.

See you next week!

02/05/2022

Season starts May 7th! We’ll be at the Whitley County Farmers market Saturday’s from 8-12:30 in Downtown Columbia City. Find plant starts, eggs and dried flowers the first week!
Our first email of the season goes out tomorrow. Sign up for our email list on our website or message us with your name and email.

13/04/2022

Hey! Market season will be here soon. We will be at the Whitley County Farmers Market starting May 7th. Come see us on Saturdays from 8:00- 12:30. Stay tuned for plant start list and all the fun flowers, herbs, produce and eggs we will have available throughout the season.
We do have eggs available now! Message us for more details. $4/dzn delivered to your door step in Columbia City or Fort Wayne.

07/08/2021

We are back to the market today! Come see us right next to the car show today in Downtown Columbia City. We have flowers, fresh herbs, tomatoes, squash, potatoes, garlic, leeks, celery, bell peppers, and jalapeños.

15/07/2021

CSA week 2! We have worked hard to offer a variety of food that can offer great meals of seasonally homegrown food. While everything we planned hasn’t worked out, it is pretty exciting to see it all come together.

It’s our first week with eggs to share and that’s something worth noting!

Also so proud of this picture by
I’m normally the one taking pictures and this is right up my alley. ~J

25/06/2021

We will not be at the market this Saturday, but lots of great vendors will still be there. The market is moving for the day to Parkview Whitley Hospital since the Old Settler's Festival is happening downtown Columbia City. We will be back July 3rd. Meanwhile, you can find our produce, herbs, and flowers online at www.thecityandfield.com See you soon!

We hope to see everyone at Parkview Whitley Hospital this Saturday, June 26th! 🌱

Thank you Parkview for providing us a temporary space during the Old Settler's Festival! 🎉

19/06/2021

Romaine lettuce , flower bouquets, cilantro, yellow onions, and garlic scapes are filling our tables at the market this week!

Salads, tacos, cilantro lime rice, basil and garlic scape pesto, and lots more are filling our kitchen table at home. Learning to grow and eat seasonal can be such a joy.

Try a new recipe with local food in season and let me know how it goes!

05/06/2021

We are all set up at the Whitley County Farmers Market until 12:30. We have plant starts, garlic scapes and peonies today. Find us on the corner of Van Buren St and Chauncey St.

Come say hello!

02/06/2021

We know you need more plants! There is still time to plant your garden so take a road trip to the Whitley County Farmers market this Saturday to catch us at our 1st market of 2021. We will have over 30 varieties of veggies, herbs, and flower plant starts. We may even have a few peony bouquets and garlic scapes as well. Come see us!

26/05/2021

Tomatoes, flowers, & lemongrass plant starts are now added to our online shop along with the herbs, cucumbers, celery and peppers! Check out our latest newsletter and subscribe.
https://mailchi.mp/8f0fdc2d848e/new-season-new-farm-8250192

We offer small batches of plants starts and our 2nd round is ready. We use organic methods and grow each plant from seed. Start your own garden and grow along with us!

14/05/2021

Online shop is open! 1st drop of plants starts are available online. Order Now: Oregano, Thyme, Marjoram, Parsley, Cilantro, Rosemary, Cayenne Pepper, Jalapeno Pepper, Red Bell Pepper, Shish*to Pepper, Sugar Rush Peach Pepper, Cucumbers (slicing & pickling), and Celery.

https://www.thecityandfield.com/shop/

Plant Starts Coming Soon: Tomatoes ( Big Beef, Wisconsin, Moskvich), Tomatillos, Hot Peppers, Snapdragons (Rembrandt & Snapdragon Mix), Chamomile (German), Borage, Basil (Genovese, Cinnamon, Dark Opal, Mrs. Burn Lemon, Lime, Sweet Thai), Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Butternut Squash, + More

29/04/2021

Hey! It’s almost time to start offering our plant starts for sale. I’m finishing up this year’s first email to send out. Let me know if you want your email added.

Next I’m working on adding the plant starts to the online store so stay tuned.

Also this Thyme was the first herb to sprout this year and it’s looking mighty fine. Can’t wait to share all the veggies, herbs, and flowers with you. See you soon farming season 2021!

12/03/2021

Thank you Northeast Indiana Local Food Network for sharing our story!

Meet Your Farmer: The City and Field Co.

Zac and Jina Lauer are first generation market farmers, growing vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Their farm, The City and Field Co. is located in Columbia City. They are using their experience of growing in small spaces and expanding with those methods on their new homestead. This year, they will add egg laying chickens and bees to begin diversifying their mix of food offered to add to their holistic design.

Recently, we had a chance to catch up with Zac and Jina Lauer to learn more about their new homestead. Check out the full interview on our blog.

https://www.neifood.org/blog/meet-your-farmer-the-city-and-field-co

28/04/2020

Thank you for the feature homesteadersofindiana!

Hello! We are Zac and Jina Lauer from The City and Field in Fort Wayne, IN. We are a family of 4 that grows vegetables, herbs and flowers on an urban lot. We love the outdoors and embrace that gardening provides health and well being for all of us. The food security and the building up of our ecosystem are great benefits that make it that much better.

We grow as much as we can on our 550 square feet of garden beds and aim to grow a little more than we did the season before. Currently we use 11 - 30"x 20’ raised beds that are surrounded by perennial plants. Last season we grew 50+ varieties of vegetables, flowers, and herbs. We even ventured out and sold at our first farmers market.

We envision larger plots and larger yields for our future and are searching for a more permanent homestead. In the meantime, we are experimenting with companion crops, vertical growing spaces, and indoor growing spaces too. When we find a larger space to fully expand into a full permaculture homestead, we will use our small space planting methods to maximize yields.

We are always learning and adapting to what comes our way. Follow along to connect and grow with us!
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Thank you so much for the introduction today. You two are doing some amazing things in Fort Wayne!

07/03/2020

Brainstorming & planning the garden for the year ahead paired with an awesome brunch and coffee from .

02/11/2019

Start of winter broccoli. 😀

27/10/2019

Fall plant starts 🍁🌱

29/09/2019

It feels much better to cut grasses, herbs and flowers from around the garden to bring inside to decorate for fall then to buy something that will inevitably end up in a landfill. This one can be composted instead. 🙌🏼😀. I grabbed lemon grass, ornamental grass, goldenrod and Thai basil and bunched together with twine. Plus I added a bunch of just Thai basil. Simple and easy and my financial mind is thanking me. So much inspiration out there on reducing waste. Go explore.
~J

20/09/2019

So thankful for the customers and the other vendors during our 1st market season! We’ve learned so much and are looking forward to next year!
Check out our website to subscribe to our email newsletter and get harvest news and events. www.thecityandfield.com

04/09/2019

We'll Be Back at the Market on September 13th.

We won't be able to make it to the market this Friday, but we'll see you the following week!

29/08/2019

Carolina Reaper and Ghost Peppers looking crazy hot! Who wants hot peppers?

22/08/2019

Incredibly thankful and excited about the response to our garden tour posted a few days ago by Growing food in a small space can be challenging but it’s totally possible. Every week is different, so follow along. This dahlia pictured was grown from seed and they just keep getting better. Looking forward to digging up the tubers and seeing what produces next year. Did you know the petals are edible? Anyone ever tried them?

20/08/2019

Thanks to Marissa for touring our garden and sharing what we do!

Meet one of our vendors The City and Field Co. thriving right in the midst of Fort Wayne!

“The City and Field Co. is an urban farm in downtown Fort Wayne. Zac and Jina Lauer created the city garden to offer vegetables, herbs, flowers and plant starts to the community to encourage urban food production. Surrounded by layers of perennials, approximately 550 square feet is used to grow annual vegetable and herbs. Although the garden is not certified, only organic methods are used to grow these plants, from seed to harvest.

They hope to educate and help others realize the potential of their own living space. From a pot on the windowsill to a full urban farm, they encourage everyone at any skill level to grow something edible.”

Stop by on Friday’s to meet Zac and Jina and pick up some of their delicious fresh foods, grown right here in the Fort!

16/08/2019

Timeline Photos

15/08/2019

The City and Field Co.

15/08/2019

The City and Field Co.'s cover photo