A Farmer’s Field Trip
Is this place in Central time? was the first question I asked myself last Wednesday as I loaded into the GEH van on my way to the third annual Chicago
July 7, 2024
Is this place in Central time? was the first question I asked myself last Wednesday as I loaded into the GEH van on my way to the third annual Chicago
By Dan Popek, Asst. Farm Manager To quote our farm manager, Jason, “there are two things we can get better at: planning and execution.” When put so simply, it
By Jason Halm, Farm Manager In the past few years, a lot of people have heard or talked about “no-till” farming. I’d like to discuss what this term means,
By Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager Bonafide and certified with no herbicide! At Green Earth Harvest, we grow food that is certified organic because we want our community to know
By Farm Manager, Russ Cerocke Hello farm followers! This weekend, many of us will be celebrating Independence Day, a day to celebrate our nation’s independence from the grasp
By Kelsey Nasset, Farmer From the beginning, this humble vegetable was worshiped and revered by the Incan empire. Archaeologists have found it buried in ancient Incan burial sites from 500
By Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager Climate, it’s changing, and it’s on many people’s minds, most certainly ours. This winter has been brief and spring has certainly sprung earlier than usual.
Steve Tiwald and his wife Karen Hutt were the founders twenty years ago of the Green Earth Institute, the organic farming operation headquartered at McDonald Farm that is now our
Our 2020 Earth Day Virtual Benefit Week is running from Wednesday, April 15th to TODAY, Wednesday, April 22nd, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! Our online Silent Auction is open for bidding
By Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager I’ve heard it said that if you’re not moving forward, you’re moving backwards. At Green Earth Harvest, it is essential to keep moving forward.
by Eric Izzo, Assistant Farm Manager Life is slowly springing up around McDonald Farm. Some of this life I find more exciting than others. The first week of April
by Dan Popek, Assistant Farm Manager “The farmer lives and works in the meeting place of nature and the human economy. Farmers either fit their farming to their farms, conform
As I turned up the driveway to the farm two Sundays ago, I stared down the face of climate change in the form of several fields flooded out, the product
McDonald Farm
10S404 Knoch Knolls Road
Naperville, IL 60565
Phone: (630) 428-4500
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