Unfortunately, Blackberry Hill Farms is out of Hot Zucchini Relish. Blackberry Hill grows most of the vegetables right there on the farm so it will be available this summer when the zucchini are ready.
OUT OF STOCK– Hot Zucchini Relish
Category: Mennonite Community
Facebook Jam Giveaway
Koehn Family Produce Facebook Jam Giveaway #6!
It’s time for a facebook jam giveaway!! To enter, go to our Facebook page, like our page and share our post!….This time, to celebrate what an amazing uear 2018 has been, we will be giving away 3 jars of Blackberry Hill Farms Honey!! Winner will be picked at random on 12/31/2018
Blackberry Hill Off Season
What to do off-season?
It’s Fall now and a lot of the places you go to get your fix of Blackberry Hill are closing. So, I’m going to review places that I know sell it all year-long.
Kansas City area Price Chopper and Hen House stores. Both of these large retailers offer limited selections of Blackberry Hill Farms products. Look in the produce isles or ask an employee for assistance. If your desired variety is not available please notify a store manager. Requests do not guarantee that they will get it but it does show product demand. They’ll never get it if no one ever asks.
Local flea markets: There are 5 local flea markets that are stocked with a large selection of Blackberry Hill. As of this month (October, 2018) Koehn Family Produce is the supplier for these locations. If you visit one and can’t find what you want, let us know. We will be more than happy to add your request to the stock. These locations are: Apple Tree Mall in Branson, MO. Trade Fair in Harrisonville, MO. Fancy Flamingo Flea Market in Joplin, MO. Country Classic Antiques in Bolivar, MO. Past Time Antiques in Pittsburg, KS.
Harps Foods offers varied selections of Blackberry Hill in several of their Arkansas locations. Please visit Harps Foods store locator to find the location nearest you. You may want to call and find out if what you want is available before you drive there.
The Food Fair in Rich Hill, MO definitely has the biggest selection you will find in any store. This store is stocked by Blackberry Hill Farms and boasts a display of 50 cases of product. There you can find just about every product there is to offer. They have a huge display at the front of the store.
As for now, these are the places that I can say for a fact will have Blackberry Hill Products available all year long. As new areas are brought to my attention I will be sure to post them. Distributors do not always share their customer base so it is very possible that it can be found in some areas I don’t know about. If you know something I don’t, please share!!
Tomato Cocktail
Tomato Cocktail! New from Blackberry Hill!
A new product a year in the making! This tomato cocktail is amazing no matter how you have it. Add it to your favorite tomato dish for that extra fresh tomato flavor or drink it straight from the jar! You gotta try it to believe it!
Find it with the pickles and relishes!!
Troyer’s Strawberry U-Pick Patch Opening Soon!
Strawberry U-Pick at the Troyer farm
If you have ever visited the Nevada Mo farmer’s market you noticed Virginia. The line at her table far exceeds any other and with good reason. Her produce (that she actually grows herself) is beautiful, fresh, and 
very tasty! When is comes to having a green thumb, you either got it or you don’t. Without a doubt she’s got it!
Last season Ennis and Virginia had their first strawberry U=Pick patch. Without disappointment the strawberries were scrumptious! Sadly, many missed out because they didn’t know. So…..
In just 2 weeks Ennis and Virginia Troyer’s Strawberry U-Pick Patch will be open for business! For the best local strawberry U-Pick visit the farm on East Indian Line Road in the Richards area. 
Farmington Missouri Mennonite Community Market
Home Gardens Community Market in Farmington
South of Farmington Missouri, the Home Gardens Community Market will soon be opening their doors for the second season. These guys are exceptionally good at farming and it shows! Here you will find the best fresh produce ever! Everything is fresh and seasonal so the selection changes throughout the summer! Plus, a wide selection of products from Blackberry Hill Farms Jams, Jellies, and Pickled Products![wpgmza id=”1″]
This photo was taken last spring before the building was complete. I’m sure it looks much different today. If anyone happens to have a more recent photo we would love to see it!
Mennonite Farm Markets-Rich Hill, Missouri
Mennonite Farm Markets Near Rich Hill, MO
The Mennonite Farm Markets near Rich Hill, Missouri will be opening in just a few short weeks! Look for the billboard signs along I49 in the Butler, Rich Hill, and Horton areas. 
Along with fresh local produce you can also find items such as home-made salves, furniture, and even some novelty items like one of a kind coloring books. You can also find many different Blackberry Hill Farms products!
Mennonite Business-My Own View
The Mennonite Arrival!
The Rich Hill Old Order Mennonite community was founded in the late 1990s. They gathered from other communities mostly to the east to start a new life with new opportunities in Missouri. With them they brought high work ethics and superior cultivation skills. They helped provide economic stability for the area. As a community, they purchased large tracts of land and went to work. Unless you have seen it with your own eyes, their efficiency is difficult to imagine. It wasn’t long before you could see horse-drawn plows in the hand cleared fields. Family owned businesses started opening their doors as well.
Mennonite-More Than Just A Farmer!
Yes, businesses! Many of them. Without big signage they can be hard to find. The rare exception is the billboards on I49. They showcase the 3 family owned farm markets that all lie just off the highway along I49 near Rich Hill. They sell all the different vegetables and melons grown within the community. They also sell handmade ointments, lip balms, and other similar items. Some offer handmade wood furniture and the most beautiful quilts ever seen! Shopkeepers are always friendly and enjoy talking to and learning about other people. All the other businesses sit beside the family farms within the community. Look for small signs at the end of the driveways as you pass. Sometimes it takes a keen eye so don’t blink!
“The Cozy Nook Bookstore” is a little building that sits up by the house on the other side of the driveway. If you wish to see what they have to offer simply pull up and honk. A very friendly young woman named Frieda Brubaker will greet you with a huge smile and open the door to the store. It’s a quaint little place with very neat displays. All items sold reflect their own values and beliefs. Not everything has a religious theme. Some of the items are commercially produced. Some of the items are custom-made by Frieda and her family. It’s a great place to find a cute little family friendly gift that you don’t elsewhere.
“Osage Valley Harness Shop” meets all your equestrian needs and beyond! Owned by the Schrock family, many community members as well as others patronize this business. As with the book store, it sits by the house on the other side of the drive. It’s a larger building with many different items in stock. They have everything you could possibly need for your horses. They also have things like work gloves and bird seed plus feed for all your livestock—a Mennonite farm store. Usually, the store doors are open and Andy is inside tending to all the business of the day. He is a very kind man, always eager to help you get what you need.
One of the least obvious places is a little gem owned by Mrs. Mary Mazelin. In usual fashion, it sits by the house across the drive. There is no signage. You must know it’s there in order to find it. Inside you will see what I think of as a mini Wal-Mart. She stocks the day-to-day items that they are unable to make or grow themselves. Bulk supplies are offered to accommodate larger families. You can get everything from shampoo to stock pots! A store like this within the community is important when your transportation is a horse and buggy.
Right next to the mini mart is Paul Mazelin’s “Western Trails”. They deal in harness supplies and shoes for people. There is a small variety of shoes to choose from in store and they have catalogs you can order from as well. This is another business that hold no outdoor signage.
This is just a short list of the Mennonite owned businesses that contribute to local economic growth. I know several more and I’m sure there are more that I don’t know. Similar yet unique, every one is worth the trip!
Want to learn more about Mennonites elsewhere? Check out this awesome article from National Geographic!
