About Our CSA Program

CSA, Community Supported Agriculture, is a membership and subscription program in which our customers receive a portion of meat cuts at a sizable discount. Eggs are available to add-on, as well! CSA members play a vital role in directly supporting our small farm, enabling holistic farming methods.

Our meat CSA is available year-round, and is fully comprised from animals raised on our Certified-Organic farm in Illinois. The frozen meat cuts included will vary based on what is seasonal and surplus. We work really hard so that our CSA includes a range of items; from premium cuts (like chops, loins, and steaks) to more humble, braising, or ground meats (like osso buco or stew meats).  Occasional offerings of rustic sausages and organically smoked & cured bacon will also be included, free of nitrates and featuring certified-organic spices. 

We offer three types of CSA memberships, Pick Up, Delivery, and Annual, which you can learn more about below.

Pick-up CSA

Pick-up options at local farmers’ markets, on-site at the farm, and other rotating locations in the Chicagoland area.

  • We offer both weekly or monthly pick up options.

  • We offer both meat and egg options for your share. For meat, we have 2, 4, 5, 10, and 15 lb shares. You have the option to add dozens of eggs to your share, as well.

  • Eggs: $8.10/dozen

    Meat per installment:

    • 2 lbs: $18/lb

    • 4 or 5 lbs: $17/lb

    • 10 lbs: $16/lb

    • 15 lbs: $15/lb

    • AVONDALE - Saturdays - 3031 N Rockwell St, Chicago

    • WOODLAWN - Saturdays - 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago

    • DOWNERS GROVE - Wednesdays - 4919 Belmont Rd, Downers Grove

    • EVANSTON - Saturdays - 616 Lake St, Evanston

    • FARM - Wednesdays - 1693 E 3800 N Road, Stelle

  • CSA member benefits include: 10% off all additional purchases with the farm, 25% off whole holiday turkeys, and discounted tickets to our farm dinners and tours! 

Home Delivery CSA

Most of our CSA members choose weekly or monthly home delivery in the Chicago, Oak Park, & Evanston areas.

  • We offer both weekly or monthly delivery options.

  • We offer both meat and egg options for your share. For meat, we have 2, 4, 5, 10, and 15 lb shares. You have the option to add dozens of eggs to your share, as well.

  • Delivery charge: $9/ delivery

    Eggs: $8.10/dozen

    Meat per installment:

    • 2 lbs: $18/lb

    • 4 or 5 lbs: $17/lb

    • 10 lbs: $16/lb

    • 15 lbs: $15/lb

  • We delivery to Chicago, Evanston, and Oak Park.

  • CSA member benefits include: 10% off all additional purchases with the farm, 25% off whole holiday turkeys, and discounted tickets to our farm dinners and tours! 

Annual Home Delivery CSA

Want to reap the biggest savings per pound we offer? Make a one time payment for 12 monthly meat share deliveries.

  • We offer monthly delivery for our Annual CSA.

  • We offer 5lb and 10lb monthly meat shares for annual prepayment to receive the biggest discount. You have the option to add on eggs to your monthly deliveries, as well.

  • Home Delivery: $9/ delivery ($108 total)

    Eggs: $8/dozen (4 dozen per share limit)

    Meat per installment:

    • 5 lbs: $14.20/lb

    • 10 lbs: $13.30/lb

  • CSA member benefits include: 10% off all additional purchases with the farm, 25% off whole holiday turkeys, and discounted tickets to our farm dinners and tours! 

Here are a few examples of the different share options and potential meat cuts you can expect!

Note that frozen meat included in CSA shares varies week-to-week based on what is seasonal and bountiful at our farm. We carefully select the contents of each week's share to offer you a variety between our different species of livestock and poultry raised, as well as a variety between braising cuts, searing/frying/broiling cuts, and ground meat.

2LB Share Examples

Example 1: 1lb ground turkey, 1lb beef stew meat 

Example 2: 1lb fryer chicken drumsticks, 1lb ground pork

Example 3: 2lb beef top round steak

10LB Share Examples

Example 1: 1lb ground turkey, 2lb whole chicken, 1lb lamb rack chops, 3lb beef chuck roast, 1lbground beef, 1lb pork spare ribs, 1lb pork mini-belly

Example 2: 2lb turkey thighs, 2lb pork loin chops, 1lb pork Italian sausage links, 2lb lamb or goat shanks, 2lb beef round or rump roast, 1lb ground beef

Example 3: 2lb pork boneless leg roast, 2lb turkey wings, 2lb boneless turkey breast, 1lb beef stew meat, 1lb beef sirloin steak, 1lb ground pork

Consider signing up for our CSA today, and continue to vote with your fork in support of the humane treatment of animals, native prairie pasture restoration, biodiversity and the fertility of our landscape, and of course, nutrient-dense and delicious proteins! 

“Mint Creek Farm’s CSA initiative will result in substantially more people understanding that they can directly influence biodiversity, experience a deepened sense of social responsibility, steward local agricultural land, keep food dollars in the local community, contribute to the development and maintenance of regional food systems all while providing farmers for a fair return for their labor….and all it takes is a CSA membership!”

— Sheree Morato, Glenwood Sunday Market