Farms Near Champaign, IL

Champaign

A family-run orchard on Duncan Road in Champaign, operating since 1980, known for u-pick apples, fresh cider, apple donuts, and a bakery counter called Flying Monkey Cafe. The Land of Oz activity area adds a corn maze, zinnia maze, pony rides, and a petting area with goats. Groups and parties can book catering on-site.

Champaign

This Champaign market runs Sundays, 3 to 6 p.m., spring through fall, in the Country Fair Shopping Center lot on Mattis Avenue. Vendors sell local produce, baked goods, and handcrafted items, including USDA-certified organic options.

Champaign

CHAMPAIGN

Harvest Market is listed as a grocer or farm market in Illinois. Multiple unrelated businesses share this name in other states, so no specific city or product list could be confirmed for this listing.

Champaign Farmers Market operates every Tuesday, 3 to 6 p.m., May through October, in the downtown plaza at Neil and Main. Run by The Land Connection, it brings in meat, produce, microgreens, baked goods, and herbal products from growers within 150 miles of Champaign-Urbana. SNAP and WIC benefits are accepted and doubled, and a weekly vendor map lets shoppers see who's set up before they arrive.

Champaign

Champaign

Joy of Illinois Farm works land on County Road 400E outside Champaign, in the row-crop farmland of Champaign County. No independent website or listing turned up online, so current offerings and hours are best confirmed directly with the farm.

Urbana

The Champaign-Urbana Winter Farmers Market is a winter farmers market located at Lincoln Square Mall in Urbana. We operate from November through April, with a few Saturdays off for holiday break. Vendors sell a variety of food and farm products, as well as crafts and other homemade goods. We have several food assistance programs that operate through this market as well.

Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery milks its own goats at 4410 N. Lincoln Ave. in Champaign and turns that milk into artisan cheese and gelato made on site. The farm store sells the cheese lineup alongside staples from local suppliers, and the on-farm restaurant, Caprae, runs weekend brunch and weeknight dinners, including Taco Tuesday. Visitors can walk the nature paths, meet the goats, book a farm tour, or take a soap-making or cooking class. A Cheese Club ships the farmstead cheeses by subscription.

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Mahomet

Set up at the intersection of Illinois 47 and East Main Street, this Mahomet market runs spring through fall with local growers selling produce, baked goods, flowers, and handcrafted items to Champaign County shoppers.

Urbana

Browser & Buzz is an on-farm market and agritourism stop on High Cross Road in Urbana, selling locally sourced farm products with pickup and delivery options. Details on current offerings are thinnest of any listing here, so a call ahead is the safest bet.

Urbana

Running since 1979, Urbana's Market at the Square is producer-only — everything sold is grown or made by the vendor standing behind the table. More than 150 vendors set up at Illinois and Vine Streets on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to noon, selling Illinois-grown produce, meat, cheese, honey, wine, and baked goods alongside pottery and jewelry. It has won the News-Gazette's People's Choice Award for community events.

Mahomet

Salted Spade is a small CSA farm west of Mahomet near Spring Lake, selling pasture-raised eggs by the dozen and sweet corn alongside cut flowers. CSA members pick up Tuesdays 4-6pm. The farm also runs garden workshops for members who want to learn the growing side, not just eat the harvest.

White Heath

Pontious Farm grows an extensive mix of produce on Blueberry Lane outside White Heath — blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, and salad greens among them. The road name gives away the specialty, but this is a diversified vegetable farm, not a single-crop operation. Call ahead for what's currently being picked.

Rantoul

A working reindeer farm north of Champaign-Urbana, established in 1995, home to live Alaskan reindeer alongside a corn maze, pedal race carts, and a paintball gallery. The ranch also sells Christmas trees and pumpkins in season and hosts dinner shows in its banquet hall.

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Sidney

Bane Family Meats is a family owned and operated farm located just outside of Sidney, Illinois. We strive to bring you quality meat that is pasture raised and free from GMOs, antibiotics, and chemicals. We produce beef, lamb, pork, chicken, turkey, and eggs. Contact us to place your order today.

Sidney

Negangard Pumpkin Patch raises everything it sells on a family farm in rural Sidney, from oversized pumpkins to colorful varieties and gourds for fall decorating. It's open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the season and has built a loyal following across Champaign County for its selection and size range.

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Rantoul Farmers Market runs Fridays, 4 to 7 p.m., through early September, at the corner of Garrard and Congress. Revived in 2015 as a nonprofit, it now offers online ordering and delivery alongside the usual stalls of produce, berries, corn, melons, and baked goods. SNAP and Link cards are accepted, and the market can be reached directly at [email protected].

Monticello Main Street has run this Thursday market on the town square for more than twenty years, setting up on State Street between Washington and Main from 3 to 6 p.m., June through October. Vendors bring produce, fruit, baked goods, and other regional products grown or made within driving distance. Market Director Amanda Pankau handles day-to-day questions; Shelly Crawford-Stock oversees the Main Street organization behind it.

Abundant Market sets up on Tuscola's Main Street at 214 N. Main, in the Douglas County seat along I-57 near the Amish communities of Arthur and Arcola. No vendor list, season dates, or hours are published online for this listing beyond the address on file.

Living Light Farms is registered in Illinois. No product list, growing practices, or specific location could be confirmed for this listing.

Farmer City

Farmer City Haunted Forest runs as a seasonal event in South Park in Farmer City, De Witt County. No verifiable website or listing was found to confirm current dates or hours.

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Arcola

A Festival of Frights is a seasonal Halloween attraction in Arcola, a small Douglas County town better known for its Amish-country tourism. Beyond its listing as an agritourism stop, little independent detail is published online — confirm current dates and ticket prices directly before visiting.

Milmine

Windmill Pumpkin Farm sells pumpkins from a stand on North 300 East Road in Milmine, in the flat farm country of Piatt County. The operation posts to Facebook when pumpkins are freshly picked, washed, and ready for pickup. Beyond that, it's a modest, family-scale operation without much of an online footprint.

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Clinton

Mariah's Mums & More, also known as Triple M Farm, runs u-pick strawberries, sunflowers, and fall mums on Airport Road east of Clinton, alongside sweet corn, watermelon, and a spring plant sale of annuals and hanging baskets. The farm market sells kettle corn, donuts, and ice cream, and hosts field trips and birthday parties through the season. Hours shift by month, running weekends only in spring and Thursday-through-Sunday in fall.

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