Our Mission

The Lake County Heritage Farm Foundation will create a unique experience that tells the story of the transition of the Lake County Illinois family farm. We will provide an interactive educational experience about Lake County's farm life and heritage to a diverse audience, including the general public, school groups, families, and other organized groups.

The farm will be functional and will preserve our agricultural heritage by using agricultural practices and equipment typical of Lake County. Sustainable agriculture practices implemented in Lake County will offer additional educational opportunities for the community.

Our success and value to the greater community will be based on the authenticity of the visitor's experience. This will be achieved by recreating the daily farm life of the period and by buffering visitors from the modern world. A visitor to the farm will recognize that the community life of the day was focused around the daily farming routine.