Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a growing movement in America, which has provided economic support and predictability to farmers, practicing traditional family farming, that they will be able to continue to farm, and that communities will be able to enjoy fresh, local farm products.  Partnering with local farms by purchasing a “share” in the season’s harvest, consumers can know where their food is coming from and have the satisfaction of supporting local agriculture.

Participants, who purchase their shares early in the season, provide the farmer with a stable income, and in return they receive a weekly supply of fresh local farm products.  This concept of Community Supported Agriculture was introduced into the United States in 1985 by Robyn Van En, who farmed in South Egremont, Massachusetts.  She learned of the concept from a Swiss friend, Jan Vander Tuin, and within 4 years her farm’s original membership of 30 shares grew to 150.

Wilson College in Chambersberg, Pennsylvania has established the Robyn Van En Center in honor of Ms. Van En who died in 1997.  The Robyn Van En Center maintains a data base of Community Supported Agriculture farms, now numbering over 1400 farms,  which is easily searched.  CLICK HERE to search for a CSA farm convenient to your home using this directory.

Alton (Madison County)

Riverbend Roots Farm [Stacey & Kris Larson]
4625 Seminary Road
618.444.0567
www.riverbendroots.com

Atlanta (Logan County)

Prairierth Farm [Bishop family]
2047 2100th Street
309.824.0484
www.prairierthfarm.com

Caledonia (Boone County)

Anderson Organics [Anderson family]
5404 Paulson Road
815.566.7911
www.andersonorganics.org

Angelic Organics Farm [John Peterson]
1547 Rockton Road
815.398.2746
www.angelicorganics.com

Chicago

Deliveries made in Chicago of CSA shares by these farms:

Growing Home, Inc. (non-profit community organization)
Mailing address: 2732 N. Clark Street #310, Chicago, Il 60614
773.549.1336
Farms in Englewood, Back of the Yards neighborhoods & Les Brown Memorial Farm, 2539 N 30th Rd., Marseilles (La Salle County, Illinois)
http://growinghomeinc.org

Tomato Mountain Farm (Chris Covell)
N7720 Sandy Hood Road
Brooklyn (Dane County, Wisconsin)
608.335.1198
www.tomatomountain.com

Family Farmed.org maintains a Chicagoland CSA Guide.

Congerville (Woodford County)

Henry’s Farm [Henry Brockman]
432 Grimm Road
309.965.2771
www.brockmanfamilyfarming.com

Elburn (Kane County)

Heritage Prairie Farm [Jessica Impson, General Manager]
2N308 Brundige Road
630.443.5989
www.heritageprairiefarm.com

Elsah (Jersey County)

Three Rivers Community Farm CSA [Amy Cloud & Segue Lara]
22867 Chautauqua Road
618.374.9470
www.threeriverscommunityfarm.com

Godfrey (Madison County)

La Vista CSA Farm [Crystal & Eric Stevens]
4350 Levis Lane
618.467.2104
www.lavistacsa.org

Grayslake (Lake County)

Midnight Sun Farm [Nick Choate-Batchelder & Becky Stark]
32400 N. Harris Road
815.354.3227
http://midnightsunfarm.com

Sandhill Family Farms [Sheaffer & Miller families]
32140 Harris Road
847.548.4030
www.sandhillfamilyfarms.com

Libertyville (Lake County)

Radical Root Farm [Alison Parker & Alex Needham]
31330 N. Il Rt 21
815.830.6653
www.radicalrootfarm.com

Macomb (McDonough County)

Barefoot Gardens CSA [John Curtis & Karen Mauldin-Curtis]
3201 West Adams Road
309.313.3224
www.barefootgardens.org

Mahomet (Champaign County)

Tomahnous Farm [Haynes family]
480 CR 2500 N
217.586.5632
www.tomahnousfarm.org

Manteno (Kankakee County)

Peasants Plot CSA [Todd & Julia McDonald]
2047 W10000N Rd
847.334.4278
www.peasantsplot.com

Naperville (DuPage County)

Green Earth Institute’s McDonald Farm [Steve Tiwald]
10S404 Knoch Knolls Road
630.664.5681
www.greenearthinstitute.org

Old Mill Creek (Lake County)

Tempel Farms Organics [Chris & Tania Cubberly]
17970 W Millburn Road
http://tempelfarmsorganics.com

Poplar Grove (Boone County)

Beaver Creek Gardens [Cheri & Ron Doetch]
20506 Beaverton Road
815.494.1251
http://beavercreekgardens.org

Richmond (McHenry County)

Green Earth Farm [Scott & Kathy Mor]
8308 Barnard Mill Road
815.351.6357
www.greenearthfarm.org

Sandwich (Kendall County)

Montalbano Farms [Christina Goy & Rob Montalbano]
17551 Frazier Road
630.882.8008
www.montalbanofarms.com

St. Anne (Kankakee County)

Genesis Growers [Vicki Westerhoff & Jeff Franklin]
8373 E 3000S Road
815.953.1512
www.genesis-growers.com

Stelle (Ford County)

Mint Creek Farm Meat & Milk CSA [Harry & Gwen Carr]
1693 E 3800 N. Road
815.953.5682
http://mintcreekfarm.com

Wheaton (DuPage County)

Wellhausen Farms CSA [Jim Wellhausen]
27W061 St. Charles Road
630.231.2350
www.wellhausengroup.com

Wyoming (Stark County)

Broad Branch Farm [Brian & Anita Poeppel]
15848 Twp Road 500 N
309.9290
www.broadbranchfarm.com

Good Earth Food Alliance (of small farmers) [Lyndon Hartz, Laurence Meyer, Kate Potter, Doug Day, Leslie Hiatt, Jeanne & Allan Sexton]
5235 Township Rd 2900 E
309.238.0966
http://goodearthfoodalliance.com