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Farm Tour Schedule

Leave hotel at 8:00 AM - On Bus Talk by Will Winter
10:00–12:00 Meadow Heaven Farm
12:15-01:15 Chestnut Street Inn
01:30–03:00 Draper Farm
03:00–05:00 Drive Back to Hotel

Meadow Heaven Farm-17380 575 E. Street-Sheffield, IL 61361

Meadow Haven Farm was started by Allan and Jeanne Sexton. Allan, a retired holistic veterinarian who has a life-long interest in nutrition and health, decided the only way to really produce good healthy food for their five children and now eleven grandchildren was to produce it himself.

Allan and Jeanne searched for the best farmland they could find for their idea of an organic farm that would raise grass-fed, grass-finished beef, pastured organic chickens and eggs, as well as Allan's large garden and orchard. hey found it in Bureau County, Illinois, about two hours west of Chicago. Jeremy and Cherie House joined them a few years after. Jeremy farmed and ran a dairy with his father, and Cherie was a junior high school physical education teacher and coach before having a son and "retiring" to the farm to help raise all the pastured poultry and add lambs and goats to the mix We are all committed to the idea of food that is not only organic, but highly nutritious, rich in minerals, vitamins and other nutrients. We are constantly working to enhance and re-mineralize the soils that feed the plants that feed the animals that feed you, the consumer.
On our certified organic pastures, we raise 100% grass-fed beef, organic pastured chickens, turkeys, ducks and eggs..

Chestnut Street Inn

A classic country inn built in 1854, the Chestnut Street Inn offers gracious accommodations in four luxuriously appointed guest rooms. Each room has a private bathroom, cable TV/VCR/DVD and Wireless Internet. Indulge in an exquisitely presented gourmet breakfast in the formal dining room or in the sunlit garden room overlooking expansive lawns and gardens. During the day, take advantage of the numerous activites available in and around Sheffield. Golf, biking, fishing, hiking and antiquing are just some of the diversions that can be found within 20 minutes of the inn. Gourmet 4-Course dinners are also available by reservation only. Chef Monika takes advantage of locally available, seasonal produce, meats and eggs whenever possible and she specializes in foods surrounding the Mediterranean, including Moroccan, Greek, Italian, French and Spanish.

Menu for Lunch

Home Baked Flatbreads
Hummus
Tabbouli Salad
1/2 Chicken with Preserved Lemon and Olive Tagine/
1/2 Beef with Sweet Potato Tagine
Apple Tart Tatin

The meal would include all non-alcoholic beverages, including coffee, tea and iced tea.

Please note that gluten free is available upon request

Draper Farm

Our operation consists of 800 acres, with 120 acres in pasture and the rest in corn, beans and wheat. Ruth also has a greenhouse business for spring and summer sales of annuals, perennials and shrubs as well as homemade soaps and farm fresh eggs.

We raise Katahdin (hair) sheep and run calves on pasture. We rotational graze and feed no grain to them nor antibiotics or hormones.

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