Kinnikinnick Farm
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Contact Information
Farm/Organization Name:
Kinnikinnick Farm
Address:
21123 Grade School Rd
Caledonia, IL 61011
Farm County:
Boone
Farm Website:
Contact First Name:
David
Contact Last Name:
Cleverdon
Contact Email:
Farm Contact Phone:
(815) 292-3288
Preferred Time To Call (Be Specific):
after dark
Farm Information
Farm Products & Services:
Bees/Honey/Wax
Herbs
Meat-Hogs/Pork
Plants or Seedlings
Poultry-Eggs
Poultry-Meat
Value Added Products-Edible Foods
Vegetables
Certification:
Animal Welfare Approved
Organic (USDA Certified)
Marketing Methods:
Farmers Market
Direct to Restaurants
Direct to Institutions
Wholesale (to middleman)
Growing Practices:
Organic (Certified)
Sustainable (Non-Certified Organic)
What percentage of your product(s) is marketed directly to the consumer?:
50-74%
Year of Farm Start:
1994
Total Acreage in Production:
31
Total Farm Acreage:
114
Geographic Area(s) [where products are sold]:
City of Chicago
Chicago Suburbs
Milwaukee area
Farm History:
David and Susan Cleverdon left their city life in Chicago and started Kinnikinnick Farm as a 2 acre certified organic market garden in 1994.
Today the farm is a highly diversified enterprise that raises organic produce and pastured livestock and conducts a May thru October Farm Stay Program.
The farm sells wholesale to Chicago and Milwaukee chefs, a wholesale distributor in Chicago, and a local college. It sells direct to retail customers at the summer and winter Evanston Farmers Markets, the winter Chicago Green City Market, and to guests who stay at the farm. The farm’s main crops are hearty Italian greens, arugula, lettuce, tomatoes, pastured pork and poultry, honey, and eggs.
The farm is also home for a handful of dairy goats, some Katahdin sheep, a couple of donkeys, two Tatra Livestock dogs, and Miss Prib, the barn cat.
Farm Description:
Kinnikinnick Farm is a 114 acre farm. It is located along the Kinnikinnick Creek, 2 miles south of the Illinois-Wisconsin border and 6 miles east of I-90. The farm has been in continuous production since 1845. For most of its life it was a mixed livestock and dairy farm known locally as the Seaver Johnson Farm. Today, 30 acres are certified organic pasture. 7 acres are reserved for growing certified organic produce. 3 acres are devoted to its popular Farm Stay program. 3 acres are set aside for an insectary and wild life habitat. 62 acres are rented to a local dairy farmer for alfalfa hay production. The farmstead and border buffers comprise the remaining 12 acres.
Employee Information
Number of Employees (Year Round):
0
Number of Employees (Seasonal):
6
Number of Interns (Year Round):
0
Number of Interns (Seasonal):
0
Number of Volunteers (Year Round) - Including Worker Shares:
0
Number of Volunteers (Seasonal):
0
Describe any available positions on your farm for the upcoming season:
Livestock Assistant
Hospitality Assistant
Visitor Information
Are Visitors Welcome?:
Yes
Additional Information Regarding Visitors:
email first
Directions:
1.Take I-90 north from Rockford or south from Madison to Exit #1. 75 West. South Beloit.
2.Go west (left in northbound, right if southbound) about 200 to 400 yards and a couple of stop lights to Willow Brook Rd. This is the frontage road that runs north-south along the west side of I-90.
3.Go south (left) on Willow Brook 1.4 miles to Prairie Hill Rd.
4.Go east (left) on Prairie Hill Rd 6 miles to Grade School Rd. (at mile 3, County Line Rd. Intersection, road name changes from Prairie Hill Rd to Manchester Rd)
5.Go south (right) on Grade School Rd. ¾ mile to mailbox #21123 Grade School Rd.
6.Go left (east) up our lane ¼ mile to farm. There is a small white house down by the road. Our lane is next to their driveway. Park in the parking lot before you get up to the house.