Karen Stark has a challenge for all suburbanites: eat only locally produced meats, grains, fruits and vegetables this Thanksgiving.
It certainly sounds like a daunting task until Stark, a Geneva mom and coordinator of the town’s winter farmers market, explains that within a 100-mile radius of the ‘burbs you can find farmers raising free-range turkeys and beef, growing sweet potatoes and pumpkins and milling flour for biscuits and pie crusts. Cast the net a little wider and you can enjoy wild rice from Minnesota and cranberries from Wisconsin bogs and chestnuts from Michigan. (read more) …”Give thanks for food”.
Who: OnPath Financial, LLC
When: Thursday, November 19, 6:00pm – 9:30pm
Where: Heritage Prairie Farm, 2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn Illinois 60119 (map)
OnPath Finanical, LLC welcomes you to a night of “Responsible Living” Thursdsay, November 19th at 6:00 p.m. at Heritage Prairie Farm. Enjoy live music, a locally-grown dinner, and tour of the farm. Sit with friends at a community table or the warm campfire while the sun sets over the fields as you discover ways to promote a responsible society from the way you eat to the way you invest.
Cost: $15 per person and can be paid the night of the dinner.
RSVP: Please RSVP by November 9th to Bob Leoni at 630-584-8100 or bleoni [at] onpathfinancial [dot] com.
When: September 24; October 22
Where: Heritage Prairie Farm
2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn, IL 60119
Time: 6:00 PM reception and farm tour, followed by dinner
BYOB: Bring your favorite beverage to enjoy or choose from a selection of local beers and wines available for purchase by the glass.
Price: $65 per ticket or $58.50 per ticket for members.
Reservations
September 24, Mexican Fiesta on the Farm : $65 
per ticket or $58.50 per ticket for members
Heritage Prairie Farm presents a Midsummer Night’s Dream Farm Dinner. Mind the Gap Productions will be performing selected scenes from the Shakespearean play. There will be wandering minstrels, fairies, flutists and an appearance from Christaphine the Donkey! Experience a midsummer night at on the farm while enjoying a local, seasonal and delicious farm dinner!
When: August 20; September 24; October 22
Where: Heritage Prairie Farm
2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn, IL 60119
Time: 6:00 PM reception and farm tour, followed by dinner
BYOB: Bring your favorite beverage to enjoy or choose from a selection of local beers and wines available for purchase by the glass.
Price: $65 per ticket or $58.50 per ticket for members.
Visit Heritage Prairie Farm for more info: www.hpmfarm.com/farmdinner.html
Sunday August 23
1pm-5pm with buffet served from 2pm-4pm
Come join us for a pig roast on the farm. Live music, local wines, beers, and sodas and a full buffet of fresh, delicious foods from our Farm Kitchen. Don’t miss the croquet and horse-shoe toss competition!!
Bring your dog to the PIG GIG for a fitness and agility workshop! Co-sponsored by Nature’s Quest Dog Food and Heritage Prairie, this program is taught by instructor Tammi Stone and supports A.D.O.P.T. Requested donation is $2 per dog. Tasty food and beverages available for purchase for people and canines alike. (Heritage Prairie is canine friendly for all well mannered dogs on leashes during business hours.) Please RSVP to info [at] hpmfarm [dot] com or give us a call at 630.443.8253 if you plan to bring your pet with you to the BIG PIG GIG!
Visit the Heritage Prairie Farm website for more info at www.hpmfarm.com
Menu
Succulent roasted pig carefully roasted in a La Caja China Box
served with a variety of farm kitchen-made bbq sauces
BBQ Chicken, Brats, Hotdogs and Veggie Burgers
Texas BBQ Baked Beans
Corn on the Cob
Garden slaw
Deviled farm eggs
Garlic roasted potato salad
Grilled vegetables
Green salads
Assorted bread and muffins
Summer Farm Cobbler
Watermelon Slices
S’mores by the bonfire
Beverages
Ice Tea, Wind Up Coffee, Bron’s Bees Honey Lemonade
Cash bar with local beer and wine by the glass $5
Price: $25 per adult
Kids up to 13 pay their age
August 20, Mid-Summer’s Night Dream
Follow your food as it travels from field to kitchen to table. This season, we offer monthly farm suppers straight from the Heritage Prairie Farm Kitchen. Each supper features a unique menu, reflecting what is local, seasonal, and delicious. Arrive early to tour the farm and greenhouses, listen to live music and enjoy appetizers and local beer and wine. Sit with friends at a convivial dinner table while the sun sets over the fields.
When: August 20; September 24; October 22
Where: Heritage Prairie Farm
2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn, IL 60119
Time: 6:00 PM reception and farm tour, followed by dinner
BYOB: Bring your favorite beverage to enjoy or choose from a selection of local beers and wines available for purchase by the glass.
Price: $65 per ticket or $58.50 per ticket for members.
For those who want to eat out and still eat locally grown foods and for those who just love great food, Geneva offers a few options. Moveable Feast is having block party dinners throughout the summer, and Heritage Prairie Farm has monthly farm dinners.
Feast on Franklin Dinners – Celebrating Moveable Feast’s 10-year anniversary!
JULY 16
Farm vegetables with herb dip
Grilled eggplant and garlic dip with flatbread
Hickory-grilled Miller Amish chickens served with cucumber tzatziki
Farmstead potato salad
Grilled romaine with sweet tomatoes & grilled onions in a garlic scape vinaigrette
Shaved squash with fresh ricotta and zucchini blossoms
Cocoa shortcakes with berries and farm fresh whipped cream
Peach lemonade
$65 per person (excluding tax & gratuity)
Wine and beer will be available by the bottle or glass. To assure availability, reserve
your bottle or bottles when you make your reservation.
WINE PAIRING SUGGESTIONS:
White: Huber Gruner Veltliner $12
Dry Rose: Cantalupo Rosato di Nebbiolo $13
Red: Greyson Pinot Noir $14 or Fleur Pinot Noir $20
Follow your food as it travels from field to kitchen to table. This season, we offer monthly farm suppers straight from the Heritage Prairie Farm Kitchen. Each supper features a unique menu, reflecting what is local, seasonal, and delicious. Arrive early to tour the farm and greenhouses, listen to live music and enjoy appetizers and local beer and wine. Sit with friends at a convivial dinner table while the sun sets over the fields.
When: June 25; July 23; August 27; September 24; October 22
Where: Heritage Prairie Farm, 2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn, IL 60119
Time: 6:00 PM reception and farm tour, followed by dinner
BYOB: Bring your favorite beverage to enjoy or choose from a selection of local beers and wines available for purchase by the glass.
Price: $65 per ticket or $58.50 per ticket for members.
For more information, or to register visit Heritage Prairie Market.
Spring is officially here! Thanks to those who toasted in spring with us at the Equinox farm dinner. If you missed that dinner, here’s your next chance. What better way to celebrate Earth Day than sharing a convivial meal highlighting the local tastes of spring! Savor the flavors of asparagus and rhubarb, tasty gifts from our gardens that remind us of this season to come. Join us for an Earth Day Farm Dinner on April 25th at 5:30pm for cocktails outdoors followed by BYOB dinner at 6:30pm.
