About Us

We believe healing the planet heals people.

Our 95-acre holistically managed farm uses regenerative farming best practices, grows USDA-certified organic produce, and supports people, plants and animals thriving together.

Liberty Prairie is located on land that was part of the traditional homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: the Odawa, Anishinabeg, and Potawatomi nations. Many other tribes—such as the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Meskwaki, and Menominee—also called this area home. Across the farm, we embrace the responsibility to act as conscientious stewards of this land not just for today but for generations to come.

Our farm is a Living Laboratory. This outdoor classroom is a healthy, diverse ecosystem that supports immersive, engaging, and educational experiences. The Living Laboratory is where students discover how people, plants and animals work together, and educational enrichment activities take place in our educational garden (ADA accessible), pollinator gardens, greenhouses, and barns.

Our Values

  • Vibrant land and soil support diverse wildlife and vegetation.

  • Effective and efficient water and mineral cycles build healthy soil.

  • Habitats include space for wildlife and ethically raised livestock.

  • Our community is fortified by food grown here.

Our History

Liberty Prairie (formerly Liberty Prairie Foundation) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Grayslake, Illinois. Located halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee, our work focuses on sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship at the urban edge. 

Founded in 1994, our legacy is characterized by collaboration and ingenuity. We are a component within the Liberty Prairie Reserve, a distinctive open space sanctuary under public and private ownership. This collection of land owners shares a common goal: to preserve and restore the area’s natural and historical landscape of woodlands, wetlands, prairies, agricultural fields, and farmsteads. We play a crucial role within this patchwork collection of land owners as the only local, organic farm in the Reserve.