Elawa Farm Foundation
✓ 2026 confirmed📍 Lake Forest, Illinois
📦 CSA shares🥬 Produce
| Season & 2026 dates | The main CSA share runs June 5 to October 16, 2026, a second share runs July 24 to September 11, 2026, the meat CSA runs July to December, and a three week peony bouquet share starts around mid May depending on the weather. |
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| Farm food | 📦 CSA shares 🥬 Produce |
| How to buy | Illinois MarketMaker, the find-a-farm directory the Illinois Department of Agriculture points to, lists these ways to buy direct: on-farm sales, a CSA, online ordering, retail. Products as published in that directory: Arugula, Beans, Beets, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Chard, Chicory, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Endive, Garlic, Gourds (Decorative), Gourds (Edible), Greens, Hot Peppers (Chili Peppers), Kale, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Lettuce, Microgreens, Onions, Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Radicchio, and 13 more. The farm describes itself this way in its directory profile: Originally developed for the A. Watson Armour family in 1917, Elawa Farm gathers community through food and agriculture with a sustainable farm, weekly market, learning kitchen, and educational programming. |
| Tillage & soil | This farm has not published how it works its soil, so we are not going to guess. If you farm here, tell us and we will add it. See the farms that do say. |
| Good to know | CSA pickup is at Elawa Farm, 1401 Middlefork Drive, Lake Forest, on Fridays and Saturdays 8am to 2pm during Garden Market hours. The farm says its grounds are open 365 days a year from sunrise to sunset, and that photography sessions do not reserve exclusive use of the gardens. |
| Address | 1401 Middlefork Drive, Lake Forest, IL 60045 |
Where to pick it up
This farm publishes 1 pickup or delivery point away from the farm itself:
- Elawa Farm, 1401 Middlefork Drive, Lake Forest, Fridays and Saturdays 8am-2pm
Pickup schedules change between seasons. Confirm with the farm before showing up.
Verification
Last verified 2026-08-28 against these sources:
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/business/bus-YopcDlf4R
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/
Seasons move with the weather. Check the farm's site or socials before visiting, and tell us if anything here looks out of date.