Welcome to the 2024 growing season!
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Joy of Illinois Farm sells directly to the consumer and is located four miles west of Champaign, Illinois. Click on the colored words for further information.
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
We legally sell unprocessed, raw goat milk; free-range eggs; live Katahdin sheep, Saanen dairy goats, small black American Guinea Hogs, mixed-breed chickens, brown rabbits, African geese, and Muscovy ducks.
For 30 years, most of our milk and egg sales have been through CSA-style shares, the backbone of our farm. Payment is made in late winter/spring for the whole year; share customers take priority.
Please email for availability and an order form for animals, eggs, and milk. They cannot be ordered online.
ON-FARM STORE
Three years ago we opened a dedicated sales area in the garage. Husband Les is constructing a front wall/door/window this spring which will be a great improvement. Produce and organic whole wheat bread may be available—watch the farm email.
You are welcome to pull into the north driveway during open hours to pick up farm products. A small parking lot is available just inside the gate. Please don’t block in the silver Versa!
Quantities are finite; once we’re sold out we'll put you on our waiting list and/or try to refer you to another farm in our ever-widening network of small producers.
CLASSES AND EVENTS
Signup and payment for classes and events is online.
The main event to share our joy in spring is Barn Babies Day— April 6 this year!
We’re also planning Farm Day Camp for the mornings of July 22-26. Incorporated into camp will be a CEF 5-Day Club. CEF stands for Child Evangelism Fellowship; there will be Bible stories, songs, and games. Cost will be much less than previous years.
Penny will be teaching an Udderly Great Dairy Goat Products class on solstice, June 20, from 5:30-8:30 pm. Sign up is through Parkland College only.
Opportunities are open to Do Morning Chores With Us or come for a Saturday Afternoon Farm Tour this summer or fall.
Event spaces are limited.
EMAIL NEWLETTER
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