Current CSA Pick Up Locations

Chicago, IL (Lakeview)

Evanston, IL

Chicago, IL (Hyde Park)

Oak Park, IL

NEW - Madison, Wisconsin

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Contact Us

Rich Horbaczewski and Jackie Gennett

W8473 Smock Valley Road

Monroe, Wisconsin 53566

608-966-1128

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Our CSA

We offer a different kind of CSA ! Our CSA includes meat, poultry, eggs and yogurt. Know your farmer, know your food!

Spring & Summer details are here!!!! Please send us an email if you would like to be notified.

Lakeview near Belmont/Southport Last Mondays.

Evanston, near Main/Dodge, First Thursdays,

Hyde Park near U of C, Third Tuesdays

Oak Park, Third Mondays

The current enrollement form can be downloaded here: Enrollment Form

For poultry only shares, your share will include 4 to 6 chickens, depending on weight. We will mix whole, half and cut up in the rotation. If you do not eat pork, just let us know and we can substitute other products. For a price list, visit the farm page.

Want to join? Send us an email with the word document completed, or fill out the form and mail it to us.

What is a CSA?  In a CSA, you purchase a "share" in a local farm and receive periodic deliveries of local, delicious, fresh products.

Why is the CSA model important to farmers and consumers? A CSA, or subcription model provides farmers with a predictable understanding of how much product to produce, and consumers have the confidence that the product will be available every month. Many times at farmers markets we have disappointed customers by telling them we're out of chicken or eggs or steak. As a subscriber, we raise products just for you, and reserve it! This is particularly important with meat products, for several reasons. The cycle to produce meat is much longer than produce, so we know what to know well in advance. Also, distributing all of our meat can be done when we rotate our cuts through the CSA package.

What will my family receive?  Each delivery you will receive a generous variety of seasonal meat and poultry products. We will include the equivalent dollar value of season appropriate products. The most common question is exactly what you will get....We mix it up with seasonal products.

Besides meat, what other products can I order ?  We offer eggs from our farm (as long as we have enough. At this time, we do not have to limit egg orders, but we are close.) We also offer yogurt from Sugar River Dairy, a small batch yogurt maker and honey from Ranum's 1887 Brand Honey or Double D's Bees.

How are products delivered?  All products are delivered frozen in a cooler according to USDA safe handling requirements for perishable foods.  We are licensed as meat distributors and products are processed at local, family run USDA inspected facilities.

What is the frequency?  Each subscription is for a six-month period.  Participation requires a 20% deposit for the entire  six-month subscription, and the balance is paid in two additional payments.

You will also be able to place special orders for other varieties of meats and local products throughout the season, based on availability.

 

 

 

 

Producer Line Up

Grass Is Greener Gardens is a 130-acre farm nestled in the valleys of Southwestern Wisconsin. Using sustainable and organic methods, we raise lamb, chicken, eggs, produce and cut flowers. We sell our products directly to consumers at farmer’s markets, through a CSA and directly from the farm.

Marr’s Valley View Farms is a 580-acre Black Angus Beef Farm that has been in the Marr family since 1874.  Located south of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, we proudly celebrated 133 years in 2007!  We are the fourth generation, second consecutive brother-sister team to own and operate the family business.  In 1999 we began marketing our flavorful, tender beef cuts directly to consumers at farmers’ markets, restaurants, retails stores and from the farm.     

Honey comes from either the Ranum Family Farm in Darlington, or Double D's Bees in Beloit.

Sugar River Dairy. With a Grade A dairy plant 10 steps away from their house in Green County, Ron and Chris Paris produce low fat, cream top yogurt . Milk for their small batch production of less than 1500 cups comes from Blue Marble Farms - great milk makes a great tasting yogurt.

Your producers believe in providing wholesome, local products.  Animals are grass fed and receive grain as youngsters. They are always free to roam about as they wish. 

We do not feed animal byproducts nor use growth hormones. Antibiotics are used only when necessary to maintain the health of the animal.