New Season, New Life
By Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager I realize that I’m preaching to the choir here, but Spring is such a wondrous time of year. Each spring brings something new to love
May 10, 2024
By Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager I realize that I’m preaching to the choir here, but Spring is such a wondrous time of year. Each spring brings something new to love
By Annalise Chelsen, Mains Intern at The Conservation Foundation Everyone eats. But not everyone knows where their food comes from. As an intern at The Conservation Foundation who has
By Jason Halm, Farm Manager Even as the sun sets at 5:30 in the evening now and the afternoon sun’s tilted to more of a glancing angle than the
By Jason Halm, Farm Manager Farming, in the spring, to me, is a constant tension between patience and push. There is a patience learned in the winter months,
by Jason Halm, Farm Manager We see it all around us: as I drove up the farm early Monday morning, an early hard frost had sounded the bell for this
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a whole new focus on local food. Thanks to Lenore McDonald’s McDonald Farm land donation, the hard work of our farm crew, and the support
by Jason Halm, Farm Manager There are three words running through my head this week on the farm, as facts of life. The first: everything is growing. Maybe that seems
By Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager I’ve been told that one’s wedding is likely to be one of the happiest days of their lives. I was doubtful, but this weekend I
by Jason Halm, Farm Manager The year we’ve all been waiting for is here. No, really, 2020 has passed us by, for better and for worse. While I don’t doubt
Visit our weekly farm stand on Thursdays, and bring home fresh, local, certified organic veggies all summer long! ThursdaysLate June through the end of October3:00 – 6:00pm 10S404 Knoch Knolls
By Jayson Shaffer, Farm Crew It’s officially week 10 here on the farm! It’s hard to believe we are already in the second week of August, and yet, here
by Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager Is it the chocolate? the candy canes? Or, is it the cookies and the hot, freshly baked pies? Well yeah, those things are pretty sweet.
by Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager Since farms can’t grow food around here in the winter, how can we still eat locally? That’s easy, put food in your mouth, chew, swallow!
by Kelsey Nasset, Farmer Tomatoes, you either love them or you hate them. When I was young, you could not get me to eat a tomato to save your life.
McDonald Farm
10S404 Knoch Knolls Road
Naperville, IL 60565
Phone: (630) 428-4500
Fax: (630) 428-4599
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: 9:00am to 5:00pm
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