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Joy of Illinois Farm
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Direct-to-consumer farm offering raw goat milk, free-range eggs, and live pastured animals near Champaign.
Joy of Illinois Farm is a direct-to-consumer farm located four miles west of Champaign, Illinois, owned and operated by Penny and Les Gioja. The farm raises Saanen dairy goats for unprocessed raw goat milk, mixed-breed hens for free-range eggs, Katahdin sheep, American Guinea Hogs, turkeys, African geese, Muscovy ducks, and meat chickens. Raw milk and eggs are offered primarily through CSA-style seasonal shares, where customers pay upfront and pick up weekly at the farm. Live animals are also available for purchase by reservation. An on-farm store handles walk-in sales, and farm tours and morning-chores experiences are bookable for visitors. All pickup is farm-only; no shipping or delivery is offered. Learn more on their About Page.
Joy of Illinois Farm holds an Illinois Department of Public Health raw dairy permit, and its milk is tested by a certified lab every six weeks during the milking season. Raw goat milk is sold in returnable glass Mason quart jars. The Saanen dairy goats graze pasture and garden weeds through the growing season and eat hay in winter, supplemented with a small daily ration of grain, legumes, minerals, salt, and vitamins. Free-range hens have access to the full farm during daylight hours, foraging for bugs, worms, garden extras, and fruit from the farm orchard, alongside layer feed. The farm sells directly to consumers, keeping its supply chain between the animals and the customer with no intermediary processing for its raw milk.
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