Certified organic since 1998
Good food, grown the long way
Sixty acres of worked ground in the Willow Creek valley. Vegetables, eggs, and honey raised with patience and sold within a day's drive.
Certified organic since 1998
Sixty acres of worked ground in the Willow Creek valley. Vegetables, eggs, and honey raised with patience and sold within a day's drive.
Our story
Willow Creek started as a dairy in 1962 and turned to vegetables when Ruth and Amos took over the home fields. The rows moved, the work didn't.
We farm without synthetic inputs, rest a third of the ground every season, and keep the hedgerows for the birds that keep the beetles honest.
Most of what we grow is spoken for by the time it's picked — by the farm stand, a few restaurants in town, and the families who've bought from us for decades.
Wholesale & restaurants
We supply restaurants, grocers, and co-ops within a day's drive of the farm. Weekly availability lists go out every Sunday night; standing orders get first pick.
Where to buy
Our produce, eggs, and honey are stocked by these neighbors. Call ahead for the week's delivery day.
214 Main St, Cedar Falls
The Corner Market
88 Bridge Rd, Waterloo
1520 Orchard Ave, Cedar Rapids
Saturday Farmers Market
Courthouse Square, May through October
From the farm kitchen
“The eggs alone are worth the drive. We've had a standing Saturday order for six years.”
Marta Ellison
Weekly customer
“Willow Creek's greens are the first thing on our menu every spring. Nobody else comes close.”
“You can taste the patience. This is what tomatoes are supposed to be.”
As featured in
One short email a week: what's coming off the fields, what the hens are up to, and what to cook first.
