He’s a very gentle 2,000-pound giant with an important role to play as we develop our breeding program. In 2019, we added Reuben, an 8-year-old purebred bull registered with Red Devon USA, to our herd. With thicker hides, they can also comfortably handle our region’s cold, dry winters and hot, humid summers. No grain is necessary in their diet, not even in the winter. They’re calm and docile “easy keepers,” meaning they gain weight well grazing on just grass and hay.

Red Devon cattle are an ancient English breed that first arrived in the U.S. Check their Facebook page for updates/details.All of our steers are 100% grass-fed Red Devon, South Poll, or Angus, the first being our main focus. Check its Facebook page for availability, deals and events.ĭelight Flower Farm: Located in rural Champaign, their seasonally operating farmstand sometimes offers fresh eggs in addition to flowers and occasional produce. Stierwalt Family Farms, Sadorus: This family raises true free-range chickens to provide high-quality eggs. Two Acre Farm, Mahomet: This small hobby farm occasionally offers eggs for sale, typically via its Facebook page. to “duskish” - but check the website for confirmation and updates. Joyful Wren Farm: Located in rural Champaign at Duncan and Monticello Roads, its farm stand is open daily from 7:30 a.m. Regular store hours on Saturdays Monday-Friday afternoons the store is open by appointment.

Sonrise Farms: Located in Penfield in Vermilion County, Sonrise Farms sells eggs in addition to many other farm fresh products. Joy of Illinois Farm is located in rural Champaign. Also sells an egg “share”, a CSA program which operates like a subscription runs from March through November. Joy of Illinois Farm: Offers eggs by the dozen check the website for information about availability. Eggs are typically from others in the area, such as Joyful Wren Farm (see below). Saturdays and Sundays now through the end of December. But you can often find farm fresh eggs at the Prairie Fruits Farm store, which is generally open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Prairie Fruits Farm: No, goats don’t lay eggs. Read all about this unique business in our profile of Market Wagon here. In addition to chicken eggs, duck eggs and quail eggs are available (via a specialty farm in Normal). Market Wagon: This online retailer sources foods directly from farmers all over the Midwest, and delivers it to your door. Common Ground sources local eggs from as close as Mansfield, and always has several options available. These are “nest-run” eggs.Ĭommon Ground Food Co-Op, Urbana: Open Daily. White, brown and specialty eggs are available in large flats of 30 eggs each. Days and hours of service are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-5:30 p.m. University of Illinois Meat Sales Room: This popular foodie hangout sells locally raised meats as well as eggs. At Urbana’s Market at the Square, vendors with fresh eggs include Moore Family Farms and Triple S. Lucky for us, we have markets almost every day of the week. Fresh eggs are harder to come by in the winter.įarmers’ Markets: Of course many vendors at area farmers’ markets sell eggs.

Please be aware that eggs are more seasonal than we would like to believe. We would love to grow this list, so please send us additions. We haven’t tasted eggs from ALL of these places, so understand mentions are NOT endorsements. If you don’t know where to start your hunt for farm fresh eggs in or around Champaign-Urbana, don’t fret– and its readers have done the work for you. With the recent increase in keeping backyard chickens, there is more opportunity than ever to get eggs that have been raised nearby, within days of being produced. If you haven’t had a farm fresh egg, then have you really ever eaten an egg? The yolks are richer and brighter, the taste is immensely superior, and best of all – they are fresher (days old versus who-knows-how-old at the typical grocery store). There’s nothing like the taste of a farm fresh egg, and we’re lucky enough here in Champaign-Urbana to have many ways to get them.

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