CSA details and Signup

Our pet boarding facilities

Free range heritage poultry and eggs

Recipes

About "Certified Naturally Grown"

The world's only automatic meat baster

Directions

In an effort to support all things "Green" and "Sustainable", we thought you might enjoy the following links:

The 2010 CSA membership is in full swing

It's that time of year...we are now accepting members for the 2010 growing season. This year we will be planting many new varieties of heirloom vegetables, while keeping the most successful and favorites from last season. As a Certified Naturally Grown farm, we use only organic growing methods in a sustainable manner.

Last year we turned away people because our limited membership filled quickly. So we recommend signing up as soon as possible. We realize that the financial global crisis has hit everyone. Therefore we offer the option of paying your share off over the next few months, to ease the burden and ensure you get a spot in our CSA this year.

We will be offering 120 shares of our farm this year, and for that we are utiilizing in excess of 4.5 acres of land. We only grow for our membership, so none of our produce is sold outside the CSA.

With the new greenhouse and farm equipment we've recently purchased, we're excited about being able to do more, earlier, with less reliance on a perfect spring. We are very enthusiastic about the coming season, and eager to incorporate new ideas and information into our farming.

As always, our goal is to provide you with delicious, fresh, locally grown produce farmed in sustainable, environmentally friendly ways.

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Welcome

A little bit about us...

Welcome to Green Earth Farm. We're a 10 acre farm a few miles south of the Wisconsin border, in Richmond, Illinois.  Several years ago we were fortunate to buy a farm from a local farmer who valued the nutrient-rich soil, and in the 40 years he farmed this land, never sprayed his fields.  We inherited the added bonus of his years of raising cattle and dairy cows, who left their legacy with wonderfully natural fertilizer that still enriches our land.  So with that headstart, what better to do with our farm than to grow natural, organically grown produce?

Green Earth Farm began as a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture).  But with a huge rustic barn that no longer housed cows, we decided to convert a small part of it into a pet boarding facility; embracing the farm philosophy that "everything earns its keep." 

In our CSA, our goal is to provide healthy, delicious, naturally grown produce, poultry and eggs. We want to reintroduce the community to the joy of buying food from local farmers, where they can see and taste the freshness, while being active in promoting the sustainability of our planet.

In our kennel, our goal is to provide your beloved four legged family members a safe, quiet, "home away from home". When your pets are our guest, they will be given individual attention, lots of love and play time in a farm fresh environment.  To meet this goal we chose to have a small kennel, with only 12 individual and private runs that we could manage together as a family without having to hire strangers to care for your pets. 

Now that we've introduced ourselves, we invite you to take a closer look at what Green Earth Farm has offer...

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Our heritage turkeys, chickens, geese and ducks roam free around the farm all day, naturally foraging the land. 

This produces healthier and more nutritious birds and eggs.

On our 10 acre farm, we produce over 100 varieties of vegetables, herbs and fruits. They are grown organically, using sustainable farming practices.

We hand select our seeds from heirloom varieties that have been passed down through the generations. These are the varieties that your grandparents grew long ago.

Pure water flowing from artesian springs on our farm gives a healthy addition to our produce and forms our beautiful natural creek. our grounds have never been exposed to any pesticides or other chemicals and therefore are extremely rich and naturally organically healthy.