All Grass FarmsRaw milk, meat & eggs4.6 (511 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.Prairie Creek PasturesRaw milk, meat & eggs · Tremont4.9 (91 reviews)Prairie Creek Pastures is a family farm at Tremont, Illinois raising food the regenerative way, because clean food matters to them. The dairy and beef herds are 100% grass fed, the hens are regeneratively pastured on soy free feed, and the pigs and chickens live out on pasture as well.
Everything sells through the farm's online store for collection at the farm on your scheduled pickup day. Alongside raw A2A2 milk, beef, pork and chicken there are organs and bones, raw honey, pure Vermont maple syrup, stone milled organic grains and natural soaps and balms.Windsweep FarmRaw milk, meat & eggs · Dixon4.8 (31 reviews)Windsweep Farm sits in the gently rolling plains of northwestern Illinois near Dixon, owned and operated by the Sheaffer family for 70 years, with the fourth generation now carrying on the animal husbandry. They milk Brown Swiss and Guernsey cows, all born on the farm, and sell raw milk and cream picked up at the farm with 24 hours notice or through their Quad City milk co op. Contact Renee by Facebook, text, phone or email to arrange a pickup.
Animals are raised naturally and humanely with no hormones, and antibiotics only when needed for recovery from injury or illness. All livestock are pasture raised and non confined, on homegrown feed grown across the farm's hay, soybean, corn and pasture ground. Beef cattle graze grass and grass hay their whole lives, and the farm raises both 100% grass finished beef and grain finished beef, alongside Berkshire pork, free range lamb and cage free eggs.
Rocky Road DairyRaw milk & meat · Mulberry Grove5 (21 reviews)Rocky Road Dairy is the Snow family's dairy farm at Mulberry Grove, Illinois, milking a herd of registered Brown Swiss cows that are 100% grass fed all day, every day. Brown Swiss suit the grazing life and give milk high in butterfat and protein, which makes for a richer flavour.
The milk is sold raw and non homogenised, produced without antibiotics or hormones, on land free of synthetic fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides. You can buy from the farm from Monday to Saturday, 12pm to 5pm, order through the online shop, or check the website for other stockists.
Sonrise FarmsMeat & eggs · 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.
Wild Harts FarmRaw milk & meat · Grant Park5 (6 reviews)Wild Harts Farm is the Zelhart family's place in Grant Park, Illinois, where milking cows and sustainable farming are part of the daily rhythm and the family's five children grow up learning the work. Alongside the dairy herd the farm keeps chickens, ducks, goats, pigs, quail, rabbits and turkeys, raised without pesticides or growth hormones.
Raw milk is the heart of the business, offered through herdshare memberships run from the Wild Harts Dairy website. Get in touch through the site to join the herdshare or to ask what else is available from the farm.
Flat Branch FarmRaw milk, meat & eggs · Taylorville5 (5 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.
Haystack GardensRaw milk, meat & eggs · GlasfordHaystack Gardens is a family farm in Glasford, Illinois, run by Jeremy and Anna Estabrook and their children. They farm to regenerate the land, building soil health and moving animals across fresh pasture so that plants and livestock work together rather than against each other.
The farm sells raw A2/A2 milk through a subscription, and has been a certified raw dairy through the IDPH since fall 2023. There is grass fed beef, lamb and goat meat in limited retail cuts, along with pastured eggs. Everything is collected at the farm in Glasford, and it is worth getting in touch first to join the milk list or check what is available.
Nettle Creek Farm and PantryRaw milk, meat & eggs · SenecaNettle Creek Farm and Pantry is Larry and Kyle Fisk's family farm in Seneca, Illinois, serving farm customers since 2011. Kyle has been researching food and nutrition since 1994, when Weston A Price's Nutrition and Physical Degeneration settled her question about milk from healthy cows, and the farm is built around that idea of nutrient dense, minimally processed food. Customers order through the online store and collect at the farm by appointment.
The farm sells grass fed beef, pastured poultry, pork and eggs, with milk from the farm's own cow available at the farm. The pantry side adds sourdough breads, 100 percent pure Greek olive oil from Manetas of Achaia, Wisconsin maple syrup and local raw honey, so some shelves carry trusted producers' goods alongside the farm's own. They invite customers to come out and see for themselves where and how the food is produced.
First Light FarmsRaw milk, meat & eggs · WaucondaFirst Light Farms is a small family farm at Wauconda in Lake County, Illinois, run by a family who came to farming from science and engineering. They keep Jersey, Brown Swiss and Guernsey cows for milk, Icelandic, Katahdin and Polypay sheep, heritage chickens, Pekin and Khaki ducks, Pearl Gray guinea fowl, and an Anatolian Shepherd called Bria who guards them all. In their own words the animals are rotationally grazed on pasture and supplemented with alfalfa through the winter, and the farm never uses soy, pesticides, hormones, routine antibiotics or unnatural supplements. They eat everything they produce at their own table, which is how they say they hold each product to the same standard.
Illinois law does not allow raw milk to be sold without a licence, so the milk goes out through a legal herdshare instead. Members buy a share of the herd once a season, pay a monthly boarding fee that covers their cow's care, feed and milking, and collect about a gallon a week on a prearranged day. Everything else is ordered through the website and collected at the farm, because they offer local pickup only rather than shipping. The shop carries beef and lamb cuts, slow grown chicken and turkey, unwashed free range eggs with duck, quail and guinea fowl eggs through the summer, organic honey and a tallow cream made in house. There are no standard hours, each pickup is arranged with you and most orders can be collected any day of the week. Farm visits are welcome by appointment.
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