Local Food

Featuring organically grown vegetables from our farm and products from over 40 local farmers. We connect Lake County to products produced with sustainability in mind, grown or made within 300 miles of the store.

Hours: Wednesdays – Saturdays, 10am-6pm; Sundays – 1pm-6pm; (closed Mondays and Tuesdays)

Effective 9/1, the Farm Store does not accept cash.

We are accessible by train, bus, car, bike and foot. We accept debit and credit cards, Senior and WIC FMNP program checks, SNAP/EBT, checks, and Link Match vouchers. We also offer Link Match vouchers!

What’s Available This Week

Availability list is updated Fridays (last update 9/12). We restock regularly, so check back often!

USDA Certified Organic Seasonal Vegetables:

• Green beans
• Italian flat leaf parsley
• Leeks
• Poblano Peppers
• Celery (best for juicing!)
• Summer crisp head lettuce
• Walla walla sweet onions
• Tuscan/lacinato kale
• ‘New’ (delicate) Norland Red potatoes
• Zucchini
• Fennel
• Red Beets
• Rainbow Swiss chard
• Carrots
• Fresh garlic
• Frozen ginger
• Frozen cherry tomatoes
• Brown crimini mushrooms
• Portabella mushroom caps
• Microgreens
• Salad mix
• Green cabbage
• Heirloom tomatoes – on sale!
• Slicing/beefsteak tomatoes – on sale!
• Roma/paste tomatoes – on sale!
• Cherry tomatoes
• Tropea Italian red onions
• Cippolini white onions
• Arugula
• Italian sweet peppers
• Colorful bell peppers
• Sweet corn
• Cilantro

Locally-Grown Fruit:

• ‘Zestar’ apples
• Nectarines
• ‘Loring’ yellow peaches
• Italian Plums
• ‘Himrod’ green seedless grapes
• ‘Canadice’ red seedless grapes
• Red Watermelon (seeded)
• Frozen strawberries, blueberries and tart cherries

Dairy Items:

• Whole and chocolate milk
• Creams: sour cream, heavy cream
• Cheese Spreads: Regular and Spicy Five Cheese Garlic Spread
• Cream Top Yogurt: vanilla, plain yogurt

Cheeses, Meats, Butters and Eggs:

• Pasture-Raised Brown Eggs
• A2 White Cheddar, Muenster cheese, Cheddar cheese, Parmesan, Aged Cheddar, A2 Smoked Cheddar, NEW! Hot Cheddar, A2 Aged Baby Swiss, Sharp Cheddar
• Blended/Sheep/Goat Milk Cheeses: Mountain Jack, Cheddar, Sheep Milk Feta, Capriko, Goat Milk Feta, Grumpy Goat, goat milk mozzarella 
• Butters: Cinnamon Sugar Butter, Garlic butter, Mooville A2 butter, summer butter
• Pork Sticks (various flavors)

Packaged and Jarred Products:

• Hot Sauces: a wide variety of flavors
• Beet Ketchup, Peach Jalapeno Mustard, Beer mustard
• Ferments: Sauerkraut, Curtido, Kimchi, Daikon Kimchi, Immunichi
• Salsas and Dips:  Key Lime Mango, Chipotle, Heirloom Tomato, Nacho Sauce
• Jarred Condiments: Pickled Beets, Giardiniera, Chive Blossom Vinegar, Dill Pickles, Pickled Mushrooms, Spicy Olive Bruschetta
• Relishes: Pickled Relish, Sweet Corn Relish
• El Molcajete tomatillo sauce and mole sauce
• Sauces: Tomato Basil Sauce, Red Sauce, Genovese pesto sauce
• Jams and Apple Butter: wide variety of flavors
• Potters Crackers & Crisps: wide variety of flavors
• Cooking: culinary lavender buds
• Maple Syrup
• Raw Honey
• Oils: Olive oil, Hazelnut oil

Beverages and Syrups:

• Rishi Masala Chai, Rishi London Fog Tea
• Mocktail/Baking syrups
• Wisco soda pops – various flavors
• Komunity Kombucha – various flavors
• Water
• Dried Teas from Sacred Blossom Teas

Frozen Meats:

• Responsibly, locally-raised pork:
  • Breakfast sausages (links and patties)
  • Sausages (Bratwurst, Hot Italian, Italian, Kielbasa, Chorizo)
  • Hickory-smoked Bacon
  • Bacon ends and pieces
  • Ham Roasts (boneless)
  • Uncured Ham Slices
  • Hotdogs
  • Ground Pork
  • Pork roasts
  • Pork chops (boneless)
  • Pork steaks
  • Pork tenderloin
  • Soppressata
  • Spanish chorizo
  • Summer sausage
  • Fennel salami
  • Andouille

• Responsibly, locally-raised Chicken:
  • Split chicken breasts
  • Ground chicken
  • Whole chicken
  • Boneless skinless chicken breast

• Locally caught fish:
  • Laker Patties
  • Smoked Whitefish Pate
  • Whitefish fillet
  • Trout
  • Salmon
• Grass-fed beef:
  • Sirloin Steaks
  • NY Strip
  • Ground beef
• Regeneratively-raised bison

Frozen Meat Alternatives:

• Mushroom and sweet potato burger
• Mushroom medley burger
• Portabella tamales
• Southwest tamales

Frozen Soups:

• Cream of Asparagus
• Squash Bisque
• Tomato Basil
• Veggie Chili
• Minestrone
• Curry Cauliflower
• Potato Leek
• Mushroom Barley
• Garden Veggie
• Veggie Lentil

Organic, Locally-Grown and Milled Grains and Beans:

• Wheat Flours: All Purpose, Artisan, Silky Smooth Pastry Flour, Cracked Wheat, Semolina, Buckwheat, High Protein
• Oats: Rolled oats, oat flakes
• Corns: Yellow cornmeal, Yellow Popcorn
• Rye: dark rye flour
• Organic Lonesome Stone Pancake Mix 
• Dry Beans: dapple grey, cranberry, black, Jacob’s cattle, cayenne small red

Snacks, Sweets and Granolas:

• Granola – various flavors
• Chips – various flavors
• Taos Bakes – various flavors
• Goat milk caramels
• Ethereal chocolates:
  • Cocoa powder
  • Espresso bars
  • Apricot honey marigold
  • Toffee sea salt
  • Peanut butter-filled chocolate cups
• Midwest Munch

Non-food Products:

• ‘Support your farmer’ t-shirts and stickers
• Handmade wool dryer balls
• Reclaimed wood soap dishes
• Lavender candles
• Goat milk soap bars – regular and small
• Lavender soap
• Lavender bud sachets 
• Goat milk lip balm
• Goat milk hand salve
• Goat milk laundry detergent
• Local Artisan-Made Products:
  • Farm-Inspired Drawn Notecards
  • Handmade Paper Art Cards 
  • Classroom subject signs
  • Farm Store Gift Cards

Our Producer Partners

We prioritize local, family-scale farmers, producers and artists throughout the region to offer a wide variety of farm products:

• Mick Klug Farms – St. Joseph, MI
• Igl Farms – Antigo, WI
• Harmony Valley Farm – Viroqua, WI
• River Valley Ranch and Kitchens – Burlington, WI
• Janie’s Mill – Ashkum, IL
• Adam’s Acres – Grayslake, IL
• Honeyworks – Grayslake, IL
• Bushel & Peck’s – Beloit, WI
• Deerland Dairy – Freeport, IL
• Jake’s Country Meats – Cassopolis, MI
• Massey Fish Company – St. Ignace, MI
• La Clare Farms – Malone, WI
• Gretta’s Goats – Pecatonica, IL
• Wisconsin Meadows – Viroqua, WI
• Nordic Creamery – Westby, WI
• Kilgus Farmstead – Fairbury, IL
• Malohn Lavender – Delavan, WI
• Wisco Pop – Madison, WI
• Great Lakes Potato Chip Co – Traverse City, MI
• Drip and Culture – Waukegan, IL
• Amish Community Growers – Platteville, WI
• Candace Miller (local artist) – St. Charles, IL
• Christine Swanson (local artist) – Walkerton, IN
• Liberty Prairie Farm – Grayslake, IL
• Grayslake High School District 127, student farmers – Grayslake, IL
• Miller’s Candy Shoppe-N-More – Livingston, WI
• Open Water – Chicago, IL
• Givn Goods – Century Springs, WI
• Ringhand’s Beer Mustard – Evansville, WI
• Potter’s Organics – Madison, WI
• Maple Row Sugarhouse – Jones, MI
• Kite String – Chicago, IL
• Mooville Creamery – Nashville, MI
• Upton’s Naturals – Chicago, IL
• Ruhter Bison – Villa Lake and Woodstock, IL
• Wisconsin Meadows – Viroqua, WI
• Komunity Kombucha – Chicago, IL
• Meadowlark Community Mill – Ridgeway, WI
• Sacred Blossom – Mondovi, WI
• Pasta by Val – Grayslake, IL
• El Molcajete Sauces – Evanston, IL
• Rishi Tea and Botanicals – Milwaukee, WI
• Hazel Heart Farms – Viroqua, WI
• Ethereal Craft Chocolate – Woodstock, IL
• Green Reaper Farm – Wauconda, IL