Brings skills from many generations of family farming, grocery store delivery, warehouses, and restaurants. Farmer John Riehm brings you beautiful and bountiful food and fun.
Growing up in a family restaurant and with her health coach experience, farmer’s wife–Diane connects you to the countless farm experiences.
Having 9 years of experience in growing vegetables year-round, Phil returned to the family farm in 2014, adding value to your farm experience.
Riehm Produce Farm has a five-generation family legacy. John’s father, George, and his father, Leonard, grew the first vegetables on the farm in the mid-1950s. By the early 1960s, cucumbers were harvested for processing with hired migrant labor.
In 1965, George expanded the family farm operation to include a half-acre patch of strawberries, but he sadly passed away before the spring harvest. George’s wife Anna and their children harvested the berries and continued to grow strawberries until 1968.
A deep heritage was preserved by renting the farm to relatives until Anna’s children grew and could take over. The second son, John, took over the farm in 1978, where he began growing tomatoes and experimented with other vegetable crops. The farms also grows soybeans, corn, and hay for the livestock raised by the family.
The roadside stand got its start in 1985 when a neighbor encouraged the Riehms’ young sons—Phil, Jeremy, and Cliff—to put up a table in the front yard offering tomatoes for sale to earn Boy Scout badges. Although she didn’t think they would sell, John’s wife Diane encouraged her children’s efforts. But the tomatoes sold—they sold so well that the boys added peppers to the table, and those sold too.
The produce table in the front yard grew, and the Riehms built a lean-to onto a building in 1991 to house produce for sale. A 15′ by 15′ tent was eventually erected in front of the lean-to to add more space. During this time, Riehm began offering events like the Corn Maze, Hay Ride, and other Barnyard Fun Adventures .
Since then, the roadside stand has grown to include a wide variety of produce, fresh eggs, and cuts of frozen beef and pork from the farm. Items provided through partnerships with other local vendors also fill our shelves. Our peppermint-striped 30′ x 30′ building was constructed in 2013 and is open to the public from mid-July through October.
Our Community Supported Agriculture program began in 2004, offering Farm Boxes to the public. Phil has grown and developed our CSA program when he returned for the growing season in 2015—we are now growing vegetables year-round, both in the farm fields and in our 10 unheated greenhouses.
Members can customize their Farm Boxes online for neighborhood pickups in the Greater Toledo area, Findlay and Tiffin with fresh veggies, farm-raised meats, fresh eggs, tree-ripened fruit, dairy products, and other items to choose from while supporting local.
Riehm Produce Farm, LLC7244 N. State Route 53Tiffin, OH 44883419.992.4392support@Fun Acres.net
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