Farm Crawl 2024 was back – bigger than ever!
The 2024 Cook County Farm Bureau Farm Crawl – Passport to Ag returned with a bigger program offering a cash raffle to crawlers and member ag businesses! Twenty-one new and returning member Farm/Ag businesses opened their doors to members and public, showcasing Cook County’s agricultural diversity! Crawlers were able to participate in many experiences including farm, animal, and greenhouse experiences and tours, fresh farmstand locally grown items, U-Picks, local honey, feed and seed, flowers, perennials, pumpkins, mums, discounts, 2-for-1s, freebies, and more!
Crawl Passport Raffle Winners Favorite Ag Location Raffle Winners
Claudia Guerrero-Yepez 1st $500.00 Evergreen Park Urban Farm $500.00
Joseph Gavenda 2nd $350.00 Honey Bee Gardens Farm $350.00
Barbara Clark 3rd $150.00 VanderGriend's Farm Stand $150.00
A giant shout out to the businesses who participated, CCFB volunteers, and you – the CRAWLERS for making this event a success: Big John’s farm Market, Bultema’s Farm & Garden Center, Clarke’s garden Center, Demonstration farm at U of I Extension, Evergreen Park Urban Barn, Farm on Ogden/Windy City Harvest/Chicago Botanic Garden, Goebbert’s Farm & Garden Center, Honey Bee Garden Farm, Il Bee Rescue, Ludwig’s Feed Store, M&D Farms, Melka’s Garden Center, Smits Farms, Star Farm Chicago, Ted’s Greenhouse, The Feed Store, VanderGriend’s Farm Stand, We Sow We Grow, Wagner Farms, West End Florist & Garden Center, Whiskey Acres Distilling Co, and CCFB volunteers, Ellen Phillips, Rick & Cathy Johnson.
Click HERE to see Farm Crawl Photos.