Your contributions make a huge difference. Wanna see how they help? Use the dropdown menu below to find information on all farmers the foundation has funded recently. In each section you’ll find the names and locations of the farms, along with links to their websites where you can learn much more, like how and where to buy their products. We encourage you to seek out these farmers and support them throughout the year. It’s a win-win situation.
Abundant Pastures – Claremont, IL
Project: Purchasing and installing a new egg washing machine.
Adam’s Acres – Grayslake, IL
Project: Purchase a tractor for use at their suburban Chicago farm.
B.S.R.R. Youth Center & Academy Farm – Pembroke Township, IL
Project: Update the irrigation system, repair fencing, and purchase a cooling unit for produce storage.
Boerson Family Farm – Ripon, WI
Project: Build a walk-in cooler to increase on-farm storage efficiency.
Bekkum Family Farms / Nordic Creamery – Westby, WI
Project: Purchase a new vacuum packaging machine.
Blacksmith Acres – Dundee, IL
Project: Purchase a truck cap to increase deliveries to market, and transition to a no-till land with the use of organic cardboard mulch.
Bossie Cow Farm – Random Lake, WI
Project: Creating added space for pastured poultry with a mobile hoop coop.
Fox at the Fork – Monee, IL
Project: Purchase a PaperPot transplanter starter kit and electric fencing components to improve crop yields, increase efficiency, and diversify farm operations.
Kakadoodle – Frankfort, IL
Project: Purchase a portable, pasture chicken coop to increase egg production.
Lanes End Farm – Lowell, IN
Project: Build a 30’x76’ climate-controlled greenhouse.
Moss Funnel Farms – Bangor, MI
Project: Purchase a used 3/4 ton pick-up truck.
Rad Acre Farm – Lake Geneva, WI
Project: Build a heated 30′ x 40′ peaked high tunnel as a propagation house and year-round wash/pack station
Red Door Family Farm – Athens, WI
Project: Purchase a rinse conveyor washing system to accommodate larger orders and improve our sanitation practices.
Silverbeet Farm – Kalamazoo, MI
Project: Build a mobile, climate-controlled produce storage environment.
Terra Vitae Farms – Woodstock, IL
Project: Purchasing freezers to increase our meat storage capacity for our farm.
Turtle Creek Gardens – Delavan, WI
Project: Purchase a larger-capacity van, to increase produce supply to Chicago.
Wild Coyote Farm – Berrien Springs, MI
Project: Build a mobile hoop structure as a greenhouse, winter laying henhouse, and lambing hut (all in one).
Wildgrain Farms – Fairbury, IL
Project: Build a produce washing shed.