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Chicago-Region Choices Include Home Delivery and Brick-and-Mortar Stores
Local Food Forum recently published its roundup of Chicago-area winter farmers markets. Farmers markets make up a big part of my professional and personal life, and I've already visited three indoor markets this season (Green City, South Loop at Water Tower, and Logan Square), with more to come.
But maybe none of the handful of indoor markets is convenient for you. Or maybe the often frightful Chicago winter weather makes you just want to shop from home. Or maybe a brick-and-mortar store or pickup location is more your speed.
This article — which highlights several great options to get delicious, nutritious local food in the "off season" — is for you.
These farms and companies are listed in alphabetical order; some also participate in regional indoor farmers markets. We're happy to add any additional vendors if they (or their customers) reach out to us.
This list will be merged with the indoor farmers market list and will be pinned to the Local Food Forum website home page.
99 Counties, Keystone, Iowa
E-Commerce, purchases shipped to home
Products: Regeneratively produced meats
Website: https://99counties.com/
All Grass Farms, Dundee, Illinois
On-farm store and E-Commerce, purchases shipped to home
Products: Meat, dairy
Website: https://allgrassfarms.com/
Bennett Farms, Edwardsburg, Michigan
E-Commerce, purchases shipped to home
Products: Pastured meats, dairy
Brian Severson Farms, Dwight, Illinois
E-Commerce, purchases shipped to home
Products: Organic flours and grains
Website: https://qualityorganic.net/
Finn's Ranch, Buchanan, Michigan
E-Commerce, drop sites, hand delivery in select Cook and DuPage County zip codes
Products: Grass-fed and pastured meats
Website: https://www.finnsranch.com/
Fresh Picks, Niles, Illinois
E-Commerce, hand delivery in much of Chicago area, and store pickup
Products: Online grocery with a wide range of better-for-people-and-the-planet products
Website: https://www.freshpicks.com/
Hazzard Free Farm, Pecatonica, Illinois
E-Commerce, purchases shipped to home
Products: Sustainably produced flours and grains
Website: https://www.hazzardfreefarm.com/
Jacobson Family Farms, Antioch, Illinois
E-Commerce, local home delivery and pickup
Products: Regeneratively produced products, meats, dairy, CBD products
Website: https://www.jacobsonfarms.com/
Jake's Country Meats, Cassopolis, Michigan
E-Commerce, meat drops, farm store, select retail outlets
Products: Pasture-raised meat
Website: https://jakescountrymeats.com/
Janie's Mill, Ashkum, Illinois
E-Commerce, purchases shipped to home
Products: Sustainably produced flours and grains
Website: https://www.janiesmill.com/
Kakadoodle, Matteson, Illinois
Collaborative E-Commerce site for products from Kakadoodle Farm and a number of regional produce, dairy, meat, egg and grain products
Website: https://kakadoodle.com/
Liberty Prairie Farm Store, Grayslake, Illinois
Brick-and-mortar store run by non-profit that also owns the nearby sustainable Prairie Crossing Farm
Products: Wide range of fresh, frozen and packaged goods from sustainable farms and producers
Mint Creek Farm, Cabery, Illinois
E-Commerce with hand delivery in parts of Chicago and select suburbs, shipping elsewhere
Products: The Carr family of Mint Creek Farm pioneered modern pasture-raising of livestock in east-central Illinois
Website: https://www.mintcreekfarm.com/
Nordic Creamery, Westby, Wisconsin
E-Commerce, purchases shipped to home
Products: Wide variety of goat and cow's milk cheese and butters
Website: https://www.nordiccreamery.com/
River Valley Ranch Mushrooms, Burlington, Wisconsin
E-Commerce with home delivery in selected Illinois and Wisconsin locations; nationwide shipping
Products: Fresh mushrooms, value-added products and sauces made with mushrooms
Website: https://rvrvalley.com/
Three Sisters Garden, Kankakee, Illinois
E-Commerce with twice-a-week hand delivery resumes January 29 after farmer Tracey Vowell's annual winter break
Products: Wide variety of produce, pecans, homemade glasswork
Village Farmstand, Evanston, Illinois
E-Commerce, brick-and-mortar pickup location
Products: Aggregated fresh, frozen and packaged products from numerous regional sustainable producers; owners also own the regenerative Tulip Tree Gardens farm in Beecher, Illinois
Website: https://villagefarmstand.store/
Wanda Farm, Harvard, Illinois
E-Commerce, purchases shipped to home; farm store and pickup
Products: Pasture-raised meats; farmer Joe Wanda is a strong advocate of regenerative farming practices.
Website: https://wandafarms.com/
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