The Ryder Family Farm
2025 verified · 2026 TBA📍 Golconda, Illinois
🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking💐 Cut-your-own bouquets💜 Lavender🎃 Pumpkin patch📦 CSA shares🥚 Eggs🧺 Farm stand🐑 Lamb🥬 Produce
| Season & 2026 dates | Open May through September. |
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| Farm food | 📦 CSA shares 🥚 Eggs 🧺 Farm stand 🐑 Lamb 🥬 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 farm or roadside stand, U-pick, a CSA, pre-order, online ordering, direct sales. Products as published in that directory: Apples, Asparagus, Baked Goods, Basil, Beans, Beets, Body Care Products, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Chamomile, Chicks, Chives, Chrysanthemums, Cilantro, Collards, Cucumbers, Dill, Eggplant, Eggs, Eggs & Egg Products, Flowers, Fruit, Fruit Butter, Garlic, Gourds (Decorative), and 50 more. The farm describes itself this way in its directory profile: We are The Ryder Family Farm, a first generation farming family in the heart of The Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois. We are a family operation in the beginning stages of building our diverse farm up from scratch. Our farm hosts public events and sells directly to our customers on the farm, via our online store and at seasonal farm markets. We are diverse and naturally minded family farm that works very hard to produce our offerings in a natural, sustainable way. We aren't just out to make a buck selling you food, we are farming to improve the land, our community food economy and the welfare of our local ecosystem while also feeding our family and a few others. |
| 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 | The directory lists these on site: free parking, petting zoo. It is listed as seasonal operation. |
| Address | 167 State Hwy 146 E, Golconda, IL 62938 |
Verification
Last verified 2026-08-27 against these sources:
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/business/bus-aPin0wB7g
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/flisting?lid=702761&directory_type=onfarmmarket
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/fdirectory_onfarmmarket/
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