Meat Farms & Ranches in Illinois
20 meat farms & ranches listed across Illinois. Grass-fed beef, pastured pork, lamb, and more, sold by the cut or in bulk. Directory updated July 2026.
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312 Farms & Carriage Company
Alton, IL
312 Farms & Carriage Company is a husband-and-wife farm in Alton, Illinois on land that's been in the family for over 70 years, raising ethically and humanely produced eggs, poultry, beef, and pork under a strict animals-first policy. The couple also runs a carriage service for weddings, proms, and holiday festivals; farm visits are by appointment.
All Grass Farms LLC
Dundee Township, IL
All Grass Farms is a diversified regenerative pasture farm in Dundee, Illinois supplying the Chicago area with 100% grass-fed beef, raw A2 Guernsey milk, no-corn no-soy pastured eggs, pasture-raised chickens, turkeys, and pork, plus organic vegetables. Livestock rotate across fresh pastures with certified organic feed and hay; the farm store on IL Route 31 is open daily, with online ordering for pickup or UPS delivery across the Midwest.
Barn Again Beef
Princeville, IL
Barn Again Beef is a family farm in Princeville, 15 miles north of Peoria, where founder Brian Wieland began raising Black Angus freezer beef in 2007 — naming the business for the childhood barn he restored with its first earnings. The farm sells whole, half, and quarter beef plus a growing lineup of grass-fed beef, bison, pork, chicken, and seafood from like-minded Illinois and Missouri partner farms.
Brass Family Farm - Walnut Grove
Stillman Valley, IL
Brass Family Farm in Stillman Valley, 15 minutes south of Rockford, has been in the family for over 100 years, with fourth-generation Stephen Brass running daily operations. The farm sells premium 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef in quarter, half, and whole shares plus smaller beef boxes for farm pickup — raised on convictions of healing the soil and feeding families clean, nutrient-dense food, backed by 80+ five-star reviews.
Broadview Farm and Gardens
Marengo, IL
Broadview Farm and Gardens in Marengo, Illinois grows fresh, responsibly raised vegetables, fruits, meats, and eggs using sustainable farming practices, with online ordering through the GrownBy farm marketplace.
Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm
Ottawa, IL
Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm in Ottawa, Illinois was Chicago's first meat CSA, offering pay-by-the-month memberships with monthly deliveries of pasture-raised beef, pork, and lamb. Members know exactly where their food is produced and how the animals are cared for, with custom-butchered freezer orders and smaller packages also available.
Dearing Country Farms
Bloomington, IL
Dearing Country Farms is a Bloomington, Illinois homestead growing naturally raised, chemical- and hormone-free meat, eggs, produce, fruit, and berries with regenerative practices, plus a CSA and a stand at the Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market every Saturday, May through October. Its Pioneer & Sustainability AgriLearning Center hosts classes and events — including Breakfast with the Goats, veteran meetups, senior garden days, and youth outreach.
Dierks Farms Grass Fed Beef
Ava, IL
The Dierks family has raised grass-fed beef on the same southern Illinois land in Ava for five generations — natural, with no antibiotics, steroids, or grain, ever. Beef is sold in whole, half, and quarter orders with delivery to your door within 400 miles of the farm.
Ernst Family Farms
New Douglas, IL
Ernst Family Farms in New Douglas has raised beef, beefalo, and pork for three generations, on land the family settled in the mid-1800s after emigrating from Germany. Owner David Ernst grazes cattle nearly year-round by stockpiling fescue and planting cover crops, keeping the loop local and tight; find the farm at the Goshen Market in Edwardsville on Saturdays and the Maryville Farmers Market on Thursdays.
Flying S Beef
Palestine, IL
Flying S Beef in Palestine, Illinois is a locally owned family farm raising 100% grass-fed, non-GMO beef with a focus on sustainable agriculture — no grain, simply grass, just as nature intended. Open weekdays 8 to 5 on East 500th Avenue.
Grass Fed Eats
Chicago, IL
Grass Fed Eats brings regeneratively farmed meats to Chicago from its farm outside South Haven, Michigan: grass-finished beef raised on "salad bar" pastures with no grain, pastured pork rotated through fresh paddocks with non-GMO Amish grains, and pasture-raised chickens. Find them every Saturday at the Garfield Ridge Farmers Market or order steaks, bacon, sausages, and subscription boxes online.
Grateful Graze Grass Finished Beef, Chicken, Pork
Cambridge, IL
Grateful Graze is a regenerative farm in Cambridge, Illinois on a mission to bring livestock back to the land: 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef moved daily to fresh forage, timber-raised pork, mobile-pasture-raised chicken fed homegrown non-GMO feed, and silvopasture-raised goat. Shop 150+ cuts online for home delivery or pickup, with quarter and half beef pre-orders and partner shelves at health food stores in Geneseo and Galesburg.
Hristov Family Farm
Sycamore, IL
Hristov Family Farm, established in 2014 near downtown Sycamore, Illinois, grew from corn and soybeans into organic non-GMO fruits and vegetables — tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet corn, melons, pumpkins, and more. The family also raises chickens, ducks, rabbits, and pigs without antibiotics or growth hormones, selling fresh eggs and whole, half, or cut pork processed humanely without nitrates or MSG.
Meadow Haven Farm
Sheffield, IL
Meadow Haven Farm is a family-run farm in Sheffield, Illinois managed by Cherie and Jeremy House, raising free-range chicken and turkey on certified organic pastures alongside pastured pork, eggs, and 100% grass-fed beef. Strong advocates of organic and sustainable farming, they keep animals healthy without antibiotics and pastures thriving without chemicals.
Mint Creek Farm
Cabery, IL
Mint Creek Farm in Cabery, Illinois raises grass-fed meats, poultry, eggs, and honey on certified organic prairie pastures. The diversified, pasture-based farm runs monthly CSA shares with home delivery or pickup across the Chicago area, and hosts seasonal farm dinners with tours.
Nadig Family Farm - Grass Fed Beef & Lamb, Organically Fed Pork
Rochelle, IL
Nadig Family Farm offers premium 100% grass-fed beef, pasture-raised lamb, organically fed pork, and raw dairy herdshares, sold in whole, half, and quarter shares with transparent pricing and a small deposit to reserve. Cattle roam freely on pasture eating only natural grass, and orders are processed, vacuum-sealed, and picked up custom-cut from the processor — trusted by customers for over a decade.
Prairie Creek Pastures
Tremont, IL
Prairie Creek Pastures in Tremont, Illinois raises pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs because clean food matters: 100% grass-fed A2A2 raw milk, regeneratively pastured soy-free eggs, grass-fed beef, pastured pork and chicken, and nutrient-dense organs and bones. The farm store also carries Vermont maple syrup, raw honey, organic stone-milled grains, and natural soaps, with orders picked up at the farm on scheduled days.
Slagel Family Meats
Forrest, IL
Slagel Farms is a fifth-generation family farm in Forrest, Illinois, farming since 1888 and supplying some of Chicago's finest restaurants with fresh, cut-to-order, all-natural and hormone-free meats. The family handles everything — raising the feed, livestock care, processing, packaging, and delivery — and hosts farm dinners prepared by well-known Chicago chefs.
Sorrels Beef Company
Streator, IL
Sorrels Beef Company is a small regenerative farm in the Streator area of Illinois raising 100% grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and free-range eggs — non-GMO fed, with no confinement barns, pesticides, hormones, or antibiotics — for those wishing to improve health through diet.
Wurst Kitchen
Aurora, IL
Wurst Kitchen Sausage Co. is a sausage maker at 638 Second Avenue in Aurora, Illinois, crafting traditional sausages and offering deer processing, with a stand at the annual Christkindelmarket. Open seven days a week.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many meat farms & ranches are in Illinois?
US Farm Trail lists 20 meat farms & ranches in Illinois, with listings around Alton, Dundee Township, Princeville. The directory is updated as farms are added and verified.
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