Our Story

From humble beginnings and big dreams, our story started in the soil we go back to everyday. Although our farm story will continue to flourish, we are proud of our many accomplishments. In just a few years Heritage Prairie Farm went from being Certified Naturally Grown to USDA Certified Organic. We are proud to grow our produce in a sustainable and efficient way — always giving back to Mother Nature for giving so much to us.

Now it is our hope to continue and give back to our community. From Weddings, Farm Dinners, and Pizza Nights, we truly love to share our Certified Organic Farm with those around us. Our outdoor wedding venue has held wide acclaim throughout the entire Chicagoland area. The Knot, Wedding Wire, and The Venue Report have all featured the many farm weddings at Heritage Prairie Farm. Our desire to innovate our monthly Farm Dinners has led to many partnerships with local breweries, distilleries, and unique vendors. But, no matter what, the root of every event at Heritage Prairie Farm is our locally grown produce. As the seasons change, so do our customized events according to what is growing on the farm.

Our Sweetest Dreams

Along with our vegetables, honey has been a source of beginnings at the farm. Throughout the years, our delicious raw honey has grown is popularity. We now have several flavors available in our Farm Store: Cinnamon, Lavender, Cocoa, Mint, and Pumpkin Pie Spice. Our honey can also be tasted at many local restaurants, as well as local breweries who have featured our honey in their brews.

Honey

Farm Store Fun

As many of you know, the Heritage Prairie Farm Store has been continuously growing with new vendors, events, and produce to share. Many more changes will be coming to the Farm Store as we recently introduced more of our pork products and chicken eggs for sale. Whether it is to pick up your weekly CSA or just to try some new honey, we invite you to stop by and see all the new changes happening in the Farm Store.

Farm Store

Attitude of Gratitude

It’s easy to find things to be thankful for here at the farm. Beautiful sunsets, great relationships, healthy produce, and wonderful food are just the beginning of the infinite list of things to be thankful for at Heritage Prairie Farm. It is our mission to make a conscious effort to show our appreciation to those around us and return that kindness to Mother Earth.

Wow Through Service

Wow is such a short, simple word, but it encompasses a lot. Through our Certified Organic Farm we differentiate ourselves, often doing what is a little unconventional and innovative. Through our events services and daily interactions we always maintain an attitude of going above and beyond what’s expected. We seek to wow our customers, our co-workers, our vendors, and our partners.

Create Wealth Through Profits and Growth

At Heritage Prairie Farm we seek to provide opportunities to enrich our employees, communities, our business’ social, family, mental, spiritual, and physical life in addition to their financial life. By aggressively pursuing growth we can ensure that we are always creating the profits to meet our growing goals and needs.

Embrace and Drive Change

A major part of Heritage Prairie Farm is that we are a growing company that is constantly changing. We mustn’t fear change, but embrace it enthusiastically, and perhaps even more importantly, to encourage and drive it. We are always planning and preparing for this constant change. We are an ever evolving company and we invite the entire community to take part in our growth.

Do More With Less

We believe in working hard and putting in the extra effort to get things done. Heritage Prairie Farm is continuously innovating as well as making incremental improvements to our farm. We will always strive to make ourselves more efficient and try to figure out how to do something better. We use our mistakes as learning opportunities. We set and exceed our own high standards, constantly raising the bar for competitors and for ourselves.

Promote Health and Wellness

As a Certified Organic Farm and events center, we certainly put an emphasis on nourishing the body, mind, and soul. The farm itself is a beautiful special place that provides an almost magical connection to nature and the world around us. After spending time on the farm for a special event, farm dinner, or trip to the farm store, people leave feeling happier and more fulfilled than when they arrived. To complement our farm’s atmosphere we are committed to growing and creating food in our fields and kitchens that is healthy and uplifting to the body.

Pursue Sustainability

We recognize that the key to success for a business like ours is to work with Mother Nature, not against her. By working alongside Mother Nature we can ensure that we are producing the best possible products and experiences. Organic farming is at the core of our company but that is not where our commitment to sustainability ends. Environmental sustainability is a lofty goal that takes commitment over generations to complete, but we are committed to pursue sustainability through everything we do.

Be Authentic, Transparent, and Act with Integrity

We know that customers put a lot of trust in us every time they step foot on the farm. They trust that the food they buy was grown sustainably and that the weddings they have booked will be the day they have always dreamed of. It’s a trust that we don’t take lightly and is something we are committed to upholding. We are open about how we do things here at the farm. We do not cut corners or find the easy way out. We do things the right way because it’s the right way to do things. We are proud of what we do and want everyone to know it.

We are Passionate and Determined

Passion is the fuel that drives us and our company forward. We value passion, determination, perseverance, and the sense of urgency. We are inspired because we believe in what we are doing and where we are going. We don’t take “no” or “that’ll never work” for an answer because if we had, then Heritage Prairie Farm would have never started in the first place. There is excitement in knowing that everyone you work with has a tremendous impact on a larger dream and vision, and you can see that impact day in and day out.

Be Humble

We believe that no matter what happens we should always be respectful of everyone. While we celebrate our individual and team successes. We believe in the golden rule, treat others how you would want to be treated. We carry ourselves with a quiet confidence because we believe that, in the long run, our character will speak for itself.

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