The best farms in Illinois
4.7 from 625 reviews across 8 farms
Organised lists 8 farms in Illinois, including 7 butchers, 6 farm shops and 6 raw milk farms. 8 deliver to your door.
4.7 from 625 reviews across 8 farms
Organised lists 8 farms in Illinois, including 7 butchers, 6 farm shops and 6 raw milk farms. 8 deliver to your door.
All Grass FarmsButcher4.6 (493 reviews)All Grass Farms raises grass fed beef, raw milk, pasture raised poultry, eggs and pork for families across the Midwest from its farm on Route 31 at Dundee in Illinois. The Guernsey dairy herd grazes a rotation of fresh paddocks, and the laying hens follow the cattle through the fields, feeding on insects and working the ground behind them.
The farm store is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm and weekends from 9am to 5pm, selling raw milk, eggs from hens on organic feed with no soy or corn, poultry, variety packs, and grass fed beef and pastured pork in bulk. There are egg bundles for curbside pickup, plus camps, tours and events on the farm.Sonrise FarmsFarm shop in Penfield4.7 (7 reviews)Sonrise Farms is a family farm in Penfield, in central Illinois, run by Dan and Diane Hesterberg, who moved from conventional grain growing to pasture based livestock farming. Their beef is grass finished and raised without grain, hormones or antibiotics, while their chickens live in portable shelters moved across the pasture and eat non GMO grains.
Alongside the meat they sell raw honey and baked goods made with stone milled flours from their farm bakery. Orders are collected at the farm during short pickup windows on Wednesday and Saturday.Honey Creek Farm, SpringfieldHoney farm in Springfield5 (6 reviews)Honey Creek Farm is a small farm in Springfield, Illinois producing raw honey and a range of handcrafted goods made with natural methods and plenty of attention to detail. The farm keeps bees and takes a traditional, small scale approach to everything it makes.
Visitors are welcome, and the farm sells directly to its local community, with delivery available. Opening times are limited to a few days a week, so it is worth ringing ahead before making the trip.
Flat Branch FarmRaw milk farm in Taylorville5 (4 reviews)Flat Branch Farm is a small family farm in rural Taylorville, in Central Illinois, raising food the family are happy to eat themselves. They produce Grade A raw milk from a small dairy herd, grass fed beef, timber raised pork, pastured chicken and free range eggs, along with old fashioned soap, and they are steadily bringing regenerative practices onto the land. Ethical treatment of the livestock matters here, with the animals living out their days grazing in the sunshine.
The farm is not open to the public. Milk comes through a raw milk herd share, and meat, eggs and soap are ordered through the online market, with farm pick up for customers who have placed orders. There is no shipping or home delivery at present.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
