Urban Farming

Since turning over a new leaf regarding her work and diet, everything has been coming up roses for Growing Places Indy’s executive director.

“Once the seeds were in the ground, it was pretty amazing to watch Mother Nature take over.”

Guards Rodney Stockney and Joe Young teamed up to move compost and prepare planting beds.

The owners of CrossFit NapTown practice the same holistic lifestyle their business preaches at this cheery urban homestead.

Trendy barware on sale, the best coat in the city’s coolest new boutique, a cardigan for game-goers, and more.

“Most of the chickens are females, so the space needed a little glamorous touch.”

Brainstorming the wildest, boldest, just-might-work ideas to make Indy a better place.

Meet the Flockers—Indy’s urban chicken farmers—plus look back on Indy 500 Snake Pit hijinks, the State Fair food romp, and a pair of brew-drenched events.

Trendy glass honey pots by Blomus and delicate, hand-painted egg crates would make Old MacDonald jealous, but the wares veer practical, too.

If you believe that Indiana farmers are weather-hardened old men who grow corn and soybeans, you might look at these tidy patches of naturally raised produce and see a garden—and, in the pretty thirtysomething who tends them, a gardener.

A pioneer of locavore dining is now raising the profile of the homesteading trend.