Illinois direct farm food counts
This state report is generated from the same live farm-to-door directory export as the national direct farm food report. It is built only when a state clears the 25-farm supply floor, so the report has enough original data to cite.
| Illinois farm records | 4,012 |
|---|---|
| Delivery-capable records | 336 (8%) |
| CSA or farm-share records | 274 (7%) |
| Records with indexable content signals | 3,136 (78%) |
| Farm-direct categories represented | 12 |
| Report generated | 2026-07-22 |
Find farms in Illinois
Use the state directory for buyer searches. This report is the citation layer; the directory and farm cards are the action layer.
Illinois category supply
These are the strongest farm-direct categories in Illinois in the current export. Category links point to canonical state/category pages when those routes have enough supply to help buyers.
Top Illinois city directories in the corpus
City report rows use the same city supply floor as the public directory. Use them for local media angles only when there is enough supply to support the city page.
| City | Farm records | Delivery-capable | CSA or farm share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 544 | 42 | 34 |
| Aurora | 500 | 67 | 40 |
| Rockford | 375 | 26 | 37 |
| Waukegan | 288 | 26 | 29 |
| Peoria | 196 | 8 | 19 |
| Champaign | 182 | 13 | 20 |
| Bloomington | 164 | 15 | 15 |
| Belleville | 162 | 7 | 6 |
| Decatur | 145 | 14 | 7 |
| Springfield | 138 | 13 | 5 |
Canonical links for this state report
- National direct farm food report for methodology, top states, categories, and machine-readable summary files.
- Illinois farm directory for live buyer navigation.
- Farm delivery in Illinois for delivery-capable supply where available.
Methodology and limitations
Counts are generated during prerender from the current farm-to-door farm export. Delivery-capable means the farm record has the directory delivery-available field set. CSA or farm-share means the record has a CSA flag or CSA category key. Records with indexable content signals are farm records with enough public content to be candidates for farm-profile SEO surfaces.
This is a directory data snapshot, not a certification that every farm is open now, currently stocked, organic, taking visitors, or delivering statewide. Buyers should use the farm card and contact the farm directly before ordering or driving.