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We’re a certified organic farm, growing healthy since 2002 on McDonald Farm in SE Naperville. Check us out-you’ll taste the difference!

We grow 90 varieties of veggies & herbs for our farmshare subscribers, farm to pantry program & summer farmstands. In early 2002, some friends who lived in the western suburbs of Chicago discussed their common interest in farm-fresh, locally-grown organic food, and their shared concerns about environmental sustainability. They wanted to take action on these issues and Green Earth Institute was born. Finding protected land in Naperville on which they could grow (known as The Conservation Foundation's McDonald Farm), was the perfect place to make it all happen. After 16 years of growing amazingly delicious and nutritious food for their community, the original founders, Steve Tiwald and Karen Hutt, decided to retire and asked The Conservation Foundation to continue the farm program. Green Earth Harvest is now one of 10 programs of The Conservation Foundation. We know healthy soil creates healthy plants, healthy people and ultimately a healthy community which is why we organically and sustainably grow the food that feeds you. Our dedicated crew plants, cultivates and harvests over 40 different vegetables with the goal of bringing eaters and growers together in ways that work for our community. Our farmshare program offers multiple-sized shares, weekly or every-other week pickups, two pickup days and off-farm pickups in Downers Grove, Lisle, Hinsdale, Lombard & Winfield. And, best of all, our farmshare participants always choose which veggies they take home - no set boxes. Explore and enjoy at your own pace. We grow for 700 farmshare participants in addition to our farm stand visitors and farm to pantry programs. We are proud to provide local, nutritious and delicious vegetables to our community through environmentally responsible farming practices - come join us!

10/15/2026

The countdown is on: Today is the antepenultimate farm stand of the 2026 season!

Come get sweet and crunchy fall carrots, crisp lettuce, earthy beets, and all the other certified organic fall favorites from our farm you've been craving!

Today we'll have:
Carrots 🥕
Head lettuce 🥗
Red round and candy-striped Chioggia beets
Green peppers 🫑
Garlic! (limit one per person)
Scallions
Hot peppers 🌶
and some of the very last, B-grade tomatoes of the season 🍅

Our BOGO U-Pick herbs is back this week, too — the parsley, dill, cilantro and basil fields are looking lush, so mix and match or double down; you'll get twice as much U-Pick with your purchase! Fill your freezer before the frost ends our U-Pick fun for the season!

As always, Hufendick eggs 🥚and Sweet Pea's Stems' stunning seasonal bouquets! 💐

See you at 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd. in Naperville in the barn, 3-6pm!

10/12/2026

Today is National Farmer's Day, and we can't let it go by without a shout-out to our amazing farm crew! Russ, Eric, Cherese, Agustin, Kaityn, Livi, Ashley, Erica, Dan C. and Dan P. —as well as our great volunteers and interns over the course of the farming season — are the reason this community can enjoy fresh, clean, local vegetables, grown in harmony with nature, year after year. Their hard work and dedication remain evident throughout all weather - freezing temps, high winds, frequent floods, and excessive heat -- and keep the farm running and the fields rich and productive.

It's fitting that today is also Indigenous Peoples' Day, since the indigenous peoples of the region were the first to farm this land. As The Conservation Foundation's land acknowledgement states, "As an organization dedicated to environmental stewardship, we acknowledge the many Native People and tribes who were the original stewards of this land for thousands of years before European settlement. With reverence and respect, we acknowledge their indigenous spirit of everything that is on and in the land. Native Peoples did not choose to leave this land, and now we are working to carry on the legacy of land stewardship that is inherent in their culture and customs."

10/08/2026

The Farm Stand is back this week and we have great news — it's sweet pie pumpkin & BOGO time!

Stuff them, puree them, make them into a pie, our organic sweet pie pumpkins are the taste of fall we wait all year for. Get yours — round or long — at the farm stand today between 3 and 6pm!

And if you're looking for a flavorful deal, we've got one for you: Right now, our UPick herb pints are buy 1, get 1 free. You can mix and match your BOGO herbs too, so you get the combination of dill, parsley, basil and cilantro that you like best!

Today we'll also have:
Red and candy-striped Chioggia beets with their greens
Garlic! (limit one per person)
Scallions
Green peppers 🫑
Hot peppers 🌶
Hakurei turnips
and some of the very last, B-grade tomatoes of the season 🍅

As always, Hufendick eggs 🥚and farm-fresh raw honey 🍯 are available too!

See you at 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd. in Naperville in the barn!

10/06/2026

The basil, parsley, dill and cilantro U-Pick fields are abundant right now — but the end of the season is near and there's only so much you can eat at one time!

Luckily, herbs save beautifully, so we can enjoy them all winter long. How?

1. Air-dry them (pictured)
2. Make herb oil
3. Make chimichurri
4. Use basil flowers for vinegar (pictured)
5. Freeze them (pictured)
6. Infuse a simple syrup
7. Freeze some pesto (pictured)
8. Make herb salt
9. Make herb sugar
10. Make herb butter (pictured)

What's your favorite way to save your herbs?

10/01/2026

🚨 Attention farm stand fans! 🚨

In case you missed it — our regularly scheduled Thursday farm stand will be CLOSED today so our staff can prepare for The Conservation Foundation's annual Sunset Supper held tonight at McDonald Farm!

If you managed to scoop tickets to the Sunset Supper, we'll see you there — but if not, we can't wait to welcome you back to a fully fall farm stand next week on Thursday, Oct. 8.

09/29/2026

⚠ Attention farm stand fans! ⚠

Our Thursday farm stand will be CLOSED this week so our staff can prepare for The Conservation Foundation's annual Sunset Supper held here at McDonald Farm!

If you managed to scoop tickets to the Sunset Supper, we'll see you there — but if not, we can't wait to welcome you back to a fully fall farm stand next week on Thursday, Oct. 8!

09/24/2026

It's officially fall and that means one of our favorite unsung vegetables is in season (and at today's Farm Stand) — radish greens!

Radish greens have an incredible peppery, earthy flavor that shines when sautéed, added into a stir-fry, or braised with some garlic and stock. If you haven't tried them before, you're in for a treat!

In addition to the greens, this week's certified organic vegetables include:

Scallions
Bok choy 🥬
Radish greens
Turnip greens
Poblano peppers
Green peppers 🫑
Hot peppers 🌶
Leeks
+ some special extras, too!

U-Pick will be open for cherry tomatoes (we're coming to the end of the season!), herbs, and green beans.

See you at 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd. in Naperville., between 3 to 6pm in the barn!

09/22/2026

🥔 We love potatoes — and because we love potatoes, we love mycelia, too. 🥔

Mycelia are the root structure of fungus, the tiny thread-like filaments that grow and entangle with the roots of things we plants on the farm — like potatoes.

�So why was the farm crew so excited to see mycelia when they were digging up potatoes? Because those filaments mean something important is happening in our soil. Those roots create a mycorrhizae, a network between plants, insects, and other soil fungi that lets them share things like water, sugars, and other compounds. Our potatoes are able to link into this network to access soil nutrients and moisture that would otherwise be unavailable.

The presence of so much mycelium means that our focus on building healthy soil is working -- because healthy soils makes for healthy plants and a healthier environment for all of us — and more potatoes for our subscribers to love!

09/17/2026

September showers bring ... slicer tomatoes? The season won't last much longer, so stock up on the best tasting tomatoes you can find (as well as some other great, grown-right-here produce) at our Thursday farm stand!

This week's certified organic farm stand will have:

Lettuce 🥗
Hot peppers 🌶
Poblano peppers
Tomatillos
Slicer tomatoes 🍅
Green peppers 🫑
Scallions
Leeks
Turnip greens
Some special extras, too!

And as always:
Hudendick's farm-fresh eggs 🥚
Sweet Pea's Stems beautiful seasonal bouquets 💐

Come visit your farmers and get ready for some rainy weekend cooking! We'll see you at 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd. in Naperville., between 3 to 6pm in the barn!

09/15/2026

🍁 🍂 Fall colors? Not just for leaves. 🍁 🍂

Here on the farm, autumn means the golden yellows of butternut squash, the greens and deep reds of greenhouse-grown lettuce, and the rich oranges and purples of frost sweetened carrots. We grow them all -- plus onions, hard-neck garlic, spinach, purple-top radishes, hakurei turnips, leeks and more - for our Late Fall season subscribers.

Get some fall farm colors of your own: Our Late Fall season runs all four weeks of November, putting fresh, certified organic vegetables on your table all the way until Thanksgiving.

Just don't wait too long — our late fall season only has 5 spots left! Get yours here: https://tcf.givecloud.co/farmshares or use the link in our bio.

Address

10S404 Knoch Knolls Road
Naperville, IL
60565

Telephone

(630) 428-4500 Ext 154

Website

https://linktr.ee/greenearthharvesttcf

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