The Farmers Market has naturally produced and/or/ organic local Farmers within 200 mile radius of Geneva IL in the Fox River Valley. These farmers are dedicated to bringing the freshest from their fields directly to your plate!
CC ANGUS BEEF
Don and Marilyn Dralle
18468 County Road O
Mineral Point, Wisconsin 53565
Iowa County
608-776-4309
ddralle [at] mbtc [dot] net
We pride ourselves in offering you a grass-fed/grass-finished Angus beef product direct and at its very best. Our animals are fed good forage in rotating grazing, stockpiling, and presenting bales. They are raised humanely without the use of hormones, growth implants, or antibiotics.
CURDS AND WHEY CHEESE SHOP
www.curdsandwheycheesecompany.com
Rob Murphy
11 N 5th Street
Geneva Illinios 60134
Kane County
630-988-0705
Tuesday – Saturday 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
rob [at] curdsandwheycheesecompany [dot] com
We work directly with cheese makers to bring outstanding regional, artisan and select international cheeses and butter to the Fox Valley region. We value these qualities in our cheeses, butter, producers and milk sources: natural, organic, cave aged, human treatment of animal, among many other qualities that work together to produce quality and environmentally friendly dairy products.
EREHWON FARM
Tim Fuller & Beth Propst
39w962 State Route 38
Elburn, Illinois 60119
Kane County
630-485-9964 (Beth)
tim [at] erehwonfarm [dot] com
Erehwon Farm is a community supported agriculture, or CSA, providing flowers, herbs, fruit, vegetables, perennials and more. We believe growing without chemicals is better for the consumer and doesn’t harm the environment. We love to deal directly with the people who consume what we produce, working with them to improve our products and our processes.
GRANDMA’S FARM FRESH EGGS
Bonnie Ogle & Paul St John
42W352 Prairie St
PO Box 484
Sugar Grove, IL 60554
Kane County
630-466-4616
grandmasfarmfresheggs [at] yahoo [dot] com
We promise to treat our animals with respect, provide them with access to pasture or pasture products, as appropriate to weather, not use hormones or medicated feeds and support local suppliers and producers whenever possible. Our family primarily raises chickens, turkeys, quail for eggs all are allowed on pasture or fed hay and grains fed when not on pasture. Turkeys are available in the Fall.
FARM DIRECT BLACK ANGUS
Mark & Linda Schramer
8n840 Lakin Road
Maple Park, Illinois 60151
DeKalb County and Kane County
815-895-4691
sales [at] farmdirectblackangus [dot] com
Farm Direct Black Angus, is a farm featuring Black Angus beef and free range chicken. Humanely raised, hormone and antibiotics free, hand-trimmed cuts.
HASSELMANN FAMILY FARM
223706 Harmony Rd.
Marengo Illinois 60152
McHenry County
847.525.3590
hasselmannfarm [at] gmail [dot] com
Family run farm located in beautiful northwestern, Illinois near the town of Lanark, two hours northwest of Chicago. As fourth generation farmers, they raise Berkshire hogs, Milking Shorthorn cattle, Suffolk sheep, Moscovy ducks, chickens, goats, and Broad Breasted White turkeys.
All their livestock and produce is raised outdoors on pasture in harmony with the natural environment. Their pigs can be pigs and play in the mud and their chickens can be chickens and scratch in the soil.
HERITAGE PRAIRIE FARM
2n308 Brundige Road
Elburn Illinois 60119
Kane County
Store Hours:
Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday Closed
630-443-8253
info [at] hpmfarm [dot] com
The mission of Heritage Prairie Farm is to employ future-minded, sustainable business practices, while being responsible stewards of the land. We follow sustainable agricultural practices to enrich our soil, feed our community and educate our children.
HILLSIDE ORCHARDS
8198 Fleisher Lane
Berrien Springs, Michigan 49103
Berrien County
269-471-7558
info [at] hillsideorchards [dot] us
We use insect pheromones and insect growth regulators and organic materials first, but when we find other materials necessary we only use ones that are safe for people, safe for the environment and are short-lived and have low leach-ability to protect wildlife.
Hillside Orchards is a family owned and operated fruit orchard. We grow several varieties of apples, peaches, nectarines, apricots, sweet cherries, chestnuts; other products we sell include raspberries, blueberries blackberries and more.
INGLENOOK PANTRY
11 North Fifth Street
Geneva, IL 60134
Kane County
630-377-0373
cmweaver [at] core [dot] com
We buy and process locally produced ingredients for our products to provide delicious and community-friendly foods.
O’LEARY FARM
Ronald O’Leary
1932 Busse Road
Marengo, Illinois 60152
McHenry County
815-378-3832
olearyclan [at] yahoo [dot] com
We wish to be a force for positive social and environmental change by offering a variety of naturally grown heirloom vegetables and herbs to the people of Northern Illinois. Tomatoes are our specialty, and during the season we offer over twenty varieties of heirloom tomatoes. Harvested at the peak of ripeness, our vegetables are brought to market within 24 hours.
ORCHARD PATISSERIE
370 Orchard Street
Elgin, IL 60123
608-322-4774
info [at] orchardpatisserie [dot] com
We take care to source our ingredients from local producers and sellers.Our products are made using all natural ingredients in a traditional style. This results in great taste and freshness. We use a minimum of packaging to reduce waste.
PERENNIAL PLEASURES
Larry Geddes
0N790 Bartelt Road
Geneva, Illinois 60134
Kane County
In our efforts to create a balance between the environment and farming, we encourage wildlife by creating and keeping a habitat for it. We grow organically and have a pond so that animals and native plants can survive alongside our perennials.
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE FARM
Libby Voss
Geneva, Illinois 60134
630-578-3313
lvoss [at] contientalenvelope [dot] com
http://www.pushingtheenvelopefarm.org/
Kane County
At Pushing the Envelope Farm we strive to practice the healthiest growing standards known in order to help protect the surrounding environment and all those that visit the farm: two legged, four legged, no legged, and winged. In addition to growing crops, we also grow farmers. All willing are welcome to come and volunteer on the farm to learn more about how to start and maintain their own garden.
For the 2010 growing season we will be growing over 120 varieties of 41 difference vegetables, as well as almost 40 varieties of herbs and flowers, all on one cultivated acre. Many of these will be sold at the local farmer’s market, but the main reason for growing the produce is to feed those in need of healthy, local, ‘organic’ vegetables. When you purchase goods from Pushing the Envelope Farm you are help us provide more produce to the food bank and those in need.
PURE PRAIRIE FARM
Bill Scheffler
Izabella Kowalski
Elburn, IL 60184
Kane County
630-510-2483
pureprairiefarm [at] gmail [dot] com
We grow a nice selection of vegetables and melons but our focus is on the fruits. Insects and diseases are controlled with plant nutrition. Weeds are pulled or mowed. We use advanced fertility to produce nutrient dense, high brix, fruits and vegetables that have exceptional flavor and keeping storage quality.
R FAMILY FARM
6501 North Boone School Road
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
Boone County
815.519.4341
cjrobinson0217 [at] msn [dot] com
The R Family Farm raises Broad Breasted White turkeys and Bourbon Red turkeys. They get day old poults and raise them in brooders for 6 weeks, and then the turkeys all go out to the pasture in hoop houses to keep them safe from foxes. The hoop houses are moved every day to fresh grass.
All of their turkeys are fed a mixture of corn, roasted soybeans, kelp, flax, probiotics and other good things. They use NO hormones, No steroids, and NO antibiotics in our turkey feed for our turkeys. The turkeys are processed at an Amish federally inspected facility.
STOJAN’S VEGETABLES
Phil and Karen Stojan
2N874 Howard Road
Maple Park, Illinois 60151
DeKalb County
815-827-3265
karenstojan [at] aol [dot] com
We use integrated pest management – no pesticides are applied unless an economic threshold is needed. In keeping with our commitment to sustainable farming practices weed control is done by hand or mechanical cultivation, mulch is used to conserve moisture and avoid possible soil erosion, and bees are used for pollination.
TWIN GARDEN FARMS
Gary Pack
23017 W IL Rt 173
Harvard, IL 60033
McHenry County
815-943-7448
gary [at] twingardenfarms [dot] com
Our Mirai sweet corn is a hybrid that has changed the meaning of sweet corn. Deemed the sweetest, most tender, and flavorful corn available by customers worldwide, Mirai sweet corn was developed right here in Harvard, Illinois, USA. Our farming practices are those that will produce the freshest, safest produce possible. Twin Gardens participates in the USDA soil conservation program is USDA GAP (good agricultural practices) Certified and strictly follows manufacturers USDA approved guidelines for any products applied to our crops.
WEBB FAMILY FARMS – A CUT ABOVE
Gail Webb & Cathy Richardson
7247 Coon Trail RD
Capron, IL 61012
Boone County
815.737.8606
crichardson [at] T6B [dot] com
We are a small family farm who believes that our livestock should be raised the old fashioned way, with lots of sunshine, fresh air and TLC. We would like to offer our blue ribbon pork and sheep directly from our farm to your family’s table, because everyone should be able to taste the difference that quality makes.
WILTSE’S FARM PRODUCE
Joe and Kate Wiltse
50W379 Route 38
Maple Park, Illinois 61012
DeKalb County
wiltsefarm [at] aol [dot] com
Our family has owned and operated our farm for four generations. With that said, our mission is to grow and sell the highest quality of farm products and provide the services that follow these farm products to our customers, just as we would to our on family.
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