Events Calendar
Our events calendar has every thing from farm dinners and tours, to farmers markets, to local pick ups available with times, dates and addresses. Below the calendar, there’s more information on upcoming farm dinners & tours as well as tickets for purchase.
Farm Events
In partnership with Greenhouse B&B and local chefs, we have created one of the most wonderful farm dinner and tour experiences in Illinois. Each farm event includes a delicious meal (of four or more courses including veggie options) by featured guest chef, live-music by Chicago-area bands, and a full farm tour. Plan to meet all our animals up close and personal, and get to know our farming philosophy firsthand!
Curious about the itinerary for these events? Scroll to view below!
The farm tour starts at 2:30 pm and dinner will begin around 5 pm, after the farm tour returns back. This event includes a 5-course meal by Chef Aaron Cuschieri with live music from Ryan Burns and Jacob Humber, libations from our beverage sponsors,Middle Brow beer and Letherbee spirits, and a full farm tour. Plan to meet all our animals up close and personal, and get to know our farming philosophy firsthand! We're excited to host this farm dinner & we hope to see you there!
Interested in accommodations for the farm dinner evening? Contact Greenhouse B&B, our cohosts, to book rooms or camping.
General Admission Adult: $150
General Admission Child: $98
*Children under 1 year old come free!
VIP Admission: $300
Includes a premium selection of our farm's grass-fed meats to take home from event (or get delivered later at your convenience!)
Our farm share CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Members receive 25% off farm dinner tickets! Learn about our CSA here. If you are a member and didn't see our email about discount code, please inquire to ask.
FARM DINNER MENU
Passed Apps:
Beef Cheek Tacos: celery root “taco shell”, jalapeno emulsion, crispy shallot, cilantro
Lamb Liver Mousse – brioche, fig, Mosto Cotto
Served Alongside Dinner:
Janies Mill Country Miche (artisan, einkorn & spelt Flour)
Applewood Smoked Nordic Creamery cultured butter. Dehydrated Ramp salt
1st course:
Bone Broth Consume.
Wild Boar Uovo Raviolo, Morel Mushrooms, Fava Beans, Ramps, fermented Fresno chili oil
2nd course:
Pate de Tete de Cochon.
Chicory & radicchio salad, PX Sherry vinaigrette, Iowa Blue Cheese. Crispy parsnip shards
3rd course:
Smoked & Slow Cooked Pork Shanks “Osso Buco” Style.
Mint & peas. Pea tendrils. Soft herb jus
4th course:
Fig wood roasted Lamb-chetta.
Fennel & Kohlrabi Salad. Caper Vinaigrette. Grilled Ramp Persillade
Dessert:
Mille Fuille.
Strawberry & Rhubarb. Puff pastry. Vanilla pastry cream.
Farm tour to begin at 3 pm and dinner will start around 5:30 pm, when tour returns.
This event includes a four course meal by Chef Alan Lake, live music from Marshan Sounds, libations sponsored by Letherbee Distillers and Middle Brow Beer Co, and a full farm tour.
Plan to meet all our animals up close and personal, and get to know our farming philosophy firsthand! We're excited to host this farm dinner & we hope to see you there!
More about Chef Alan: Chef/percussionist/writer/reprobate and lover of all things beautiful & delicious, Chef Alan Lake’s culinary career includes East Bank Club in Chicago; Sunset Marquis in W. Hollywood; Izakaya Hiwatta in Ichinomia Japan and legendary nightclub Purpur in Zurich, Switzerland. Working all around the world for over four decades, he's won numerous awards, professional competitions and distinctions. He’s the author of Home Cookin'- The Stories Behind The Food and The Garlic Manifesto- the history of garlic going back to 10,000-year-old Neolithic caves and contains facts, fiction, folklore, myths and legends (besides 100 recipes).
A lifelong musician that plays 70+ percussion instruments, he coined the term “Jazzfood” to describe his cooking style i.e. “solid technique coupled with tasteful improvisation.” He views his food as he does his music and writing and has been known to bust a pout if subpar in any way.
General Admission Adult: $150
General Admission Child: $98
VIP Admission: $300
Includes a premium selection of our farm's grass-fed meats to take home from event (or get delivered later at your convenience!)
Our farm share CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Members receive 25% off farm dinner tickets! Learn about our CSA here. If you are a member and didn't see our email about discount code, please inquire to ask.
*Children under 1 year old come free!
Farm tour to begin around 3 pm and dinner will start around 5:30 pm, after farm tour arrives back.
This event includes a four course meal by Chef Sarah Rinkavage, live music from Miranda Sprague of Coffee Jazz Collective with libations sponsored by Letherbee Distillers and Middle Brow Beer Co as well as a full farm tour.
Plan to meet all our animals up close and personal, and get to know our farming philosophy firsthand! We're excited to host this farm dinner & we hope to see you there!
General Admission Adult: $150
General Admission Child: $98
VIP Admission: $300
Includes a premium selection of our farm's grass-fed meats to take home from event (or get delivered later at your convenience!)
Our farm share CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Members receive 25% off farm dinner tickets! Learn about our CSA here. If you are a member and didn't see our email about discount code, please inquire to ask.
*Children under 1 year old come free!
Join our mailing list to stay abreast with the lineup of farm events, ticket sales, & discounts. (Note that our CSA members get substantial ticket discounts).
We are overwhelmingly grateful for all the people who make our farm events possible! A big thank you to our co-hosts at Greenhouse B&B, to the premier chefs preparing the dinners, to our guests, to individual event partners, and our staff working so hard to set these up! We realize it's an imperative to share the farm's inner workings, and to open up our doors (I mean fences!) so people experience & see for themselves the teeming life of pasture plants and livestock running around here. We are more than just a farm business--we are a community of folks doing their best to live and eat ethically and joyfully. No time is this clearer than at the farm dinner and tour events! As far as our day-to-day lives lead us from it in distance, the nature and life on the farm is still at the heart of our physical sustenance.
We team up with our lovely neighbors Mark & Guia at Greenhouse B&B for farm event accommodations, please contact them directly for inquiries about overnight camping.
Sample itinerary for our farm events:
*2:30 pm: Guests gather at the Greenhouse B&B and mingle or walk around the B&B's extensive gardens. If you are staying overnight at the B&B* or camping, you can arrive as early as you'd like to unpack and/or set up tents.
*3:00 pm: Guests head out to the farm tour, with Harry Carr at the helm. If you're running late, no worries! We can shuttle you to meet up with the tour whenever you arrive.
*5:00-5:30 pm: Guests return to the B&B from the farm tour and get settled.
*5:30 pm: Guests enjoy a four course meal prepared by guest chef. Live music and drinks from beverage sponsors brought to you by bartender extraordinaire will add to the merriment!
*8 pm: Meals are usually finished by 8ish, though some guests like to linger and visit, generally hanging out by the campfire.
*Start and end times can vary based on time of year or type of event
