Keep it Local… that is how we feel about supporting our farmers, brewers, apiaries, and vendors. Sourcing locally not only puts money back into our communities and provides our customers with the freshest produce & meats, but it also lowers our carbon footprint by limiting the amount of fossil fuels in shipping/storage. Here are a handful of some of our farms and vendors.
ZELDENRUST FARMS – CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL
Zeldenrust Farm Market is a 4th generation family owned and operated 82 acre farm located in Chicago Heights, IL. Ruth runs the family farm which includes greenhouses filled with unique lines of bedding plants, patio pots, hanging baskets and vegetable plants. Outside on the farm she has local vegetables growing, which are picked daily for freshness. The farm’s reputation for growing tomatoes is so strong that the family once sold to Campbell’s Soup and Libby’s. Ruth also specializes in local homegrown honey. As a local farmer, Ruth is committed to selling the freshest vegetables and tastiest honey to the local residents.
STRAUSS 100% GRASS FED BEEF – WISCONSIN
At Strauss Farms, we only partner with American family farmers and ranchers who are passionate about the grass they grow, the land they preserve, and the cattle they raise. They are exceptionally skilled at their craft, using all-natural, biological, soil-balancing methods. Our family farmers carefully tend to their cattle and their land, producing authentic heritage-bred, free range, 100% grass finished beef – never administered antibiotics or hormones, as nature intended. This produces sustainably raised, great-tasting, marbled beef. Good for the cattle, the earth, and you.