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The Talking Farm

The Talking Farm cultivates healthy, sustainable communities.

06/08/2026

We love our pollinators and the flowers that feed them! Here’s a look around the farm to see which plants are currently blooming.

While important to note that plants like feverfew, comfrey, and cinquefoil are not native to North America, they’re grown on our farm to not only serve pollinators, but also to provide medicinal benefits and practical uses in our farming!

06/03/2026

Inside look into our harvest of swiss chard ahead of today’s market at .

At today’s stand you can find our chard bunches, lettuce mix, scallions, radishes, and more!

05/29/2026

We are so excited to host Forage & Feast, an immersive fam dinner for families at the Talking Farm. This one-of-a-kind event will feature a tour of the farm, followed by a guided produce harvest for ingredients we will cook and eat together.

Get your tickets today at the link in our bio!! 🥕🍅

05/27/2026

Cruncy Culture’s newest article features Jack, TTF Production Manager, and Angela, TTF Educational Programming Coordinator!

They discuss the farm and to what end it serves to not only our community but also the environment we live in.

https://www.crunchyculture.com/blog1/cultivating-the-next-generation-a-visit-to-the-talking-farm

05/26/2026

Our harvest today will go to 4 different locations! (Bok Choi and Rainbow Chard) (Bok Choi and Rainbow Chard)
(Red Radish)
(Bok Choi, Rainbow Chard, Red Radish, Kale, Arugula, Ovation Mix, Lettuce Mix, Green Garlic, Haukeri Turnips, Dill, Chives, Seedlings, and Eggs)

05/23/2026

One of the best things about being a small farm is finding ways to reuse and reduce waste! If you purchased seedlings from us this season, we would love to take back your 2-inch black pots and six-packs. Simply leave them in a pile by the front gate anytime, and we’ll reuse them in next year’s growing season.

Unfortunately, we can’t accept other pot sizes from seedlings purchased elsewhere, as they don’t fit our trays and growing system.

Thank you for helping us keep things a little greener!

05/22/2026

Join us this Saturday from 9–1 for our FINAL seedling sale of the season!

The gardens are calling, and we have lots of beautiful seedlings ready to head home with you — including lettuce, chard, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and flowers. Whether you’re planting a full garden or just adding a few pots to your porch, we’d love to see you at the farm!

05/21/2026

If you’ve been meaning to visit the farm and haven’t yet, here’s your chance! Register on the Skokie Public Library website for this FREE tour plus gardening activity. See you there! 🥕 🍅

05/19/2026

New roof alert! Our high tunnel plastic tore and blew away in one of the winter wind storms. The new roof was installed last week by pulling the plastic over top, and securing the frame with wiggle wire. Huge thanks to our volunteers and GRGT members for helping out!

For those wondering: the old plastic is being recycled in our back fields- being used to suppress invasive weeds as we work on restoring the prairie to what it was.

05/14/2026

Tomato planting day! Favorable weather and our new roof provided the perfect conditions to get our cherry tomatoes in the ground. A big thanks to our volunteers for helping with the planting today 🙌🏻

Address

3669 Howard Street
Skokie, IL
60076

Telephone

+18474255125

Website

http://www.thetalkingfarm.org/

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