Mike & Clares Farm
2025 verified · 2026 TBA📍 Harvard, Illinois
📦 CSA shares🥬 Produce
| 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: a CSA, selling at farmers markets. Products as published in that directory: Beans, Beets, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Celery, Chard, Chicory, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Endive, Garlic, Greens, Hot Peppers (Chili Peppers), Kale, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Onions, Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Radishes, Rutabaga, Scallions, Shallots, and 7 more. The farm describes itself this way in its directory profile: Clare Schaecher - your farmer. Mike Birch and I started Mike & Clare's Farm in 2008 on 2 rented acres of land in Ottawa, IL. So much has changed since then! We moved a bunch, bought a farm in Harvard, IL, got married and had a couple of kiddos. We've gone from a full-throttled CSA and farmers market operation to a smaller part-time market farm. I do most of the farming these days, with Mike pitching in when he has a free moment from his off-farm job. I started farming part-time when my kids became my full-time job. And I kind of like it! |
| 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. |
| Address | 20602 Streit Rd, Harvard, IL 60033 |
Verification
Last verified 2026-08-27 against these sources:
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/business/bus-52DFAA04
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/
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