Food Works Mission
Food Works is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a sustainable local food economy in Southern Illinois.
Through farm services, food access, and consumer education, Food Works promotes long-term farming networks that create healthy soils, healthy food, and healthy communities in the 23 southernmost counties in Illinois.
Food Works Farm Services Programs
The Southern Illinois Farming Alliance network is a peer-to-peer network for our southern Illinois farming community. We facilitate field days, hands-on workshops, webinars and an annual conference.
Southern Illinois Farming Alliance
Food Works Sol Farm is on the cutting edge- the first agrivoltaic farm site in the southern Illinois region! With our partnership with Sol Systems, our Sol Farm team is wrapping up their first season growing in Eldorado, Illinois.
Food Works Agrivoltaic Sol Farm
Aspiring farmers of southern Illinois have graduated from this program and gone on to start diverse farms across the region! Please check back to see when Farm Beginnings will be offered again.
Food Works Farm Beginnings
Food Works Food Access Programs
LEAF Food Hub (Little Egypt Alliance of Farmers) is our online farmers market. The ordering period opens every Friday at noon and ends every Tuesday at 8pm.
LEAF Food Hub
Join us every Saturday, 9am-12pm, December-March for our indoor winter farmers market at the Carbondale Community High School!
Winter Farmers Market
In partnership with local healthcare organizations, Food Works Rx sources from local farms, packs and distributes produce boxes to patients around southern Illinois.
Food Works Rx
We offer support for southern Illinois farmers markets to provide Link Match vouchers to double SNAP recipients’ buying power for fresh produce!
Southern Illinois Link Hub
Our Mobile Farmers Market connects communities across southern Illinois with locally grown, seasonal food. Our 16-foot box truck brings food from over 25 farmers and producers in our area to customers in locations where fresh foods might not be plentiful
Mobile Farmers Market
Re-LEAF Kitchen reduces food waste by capturing excess food leftover from farmers markets and turns it into value-added products to be sold through our other markets. We also incubate value-added local food-centered businesses in our downtown Carbondale commercial kitchen.
Re-LEAF Kitchen
Stay connected to your southern Illinois local food movement!
Keep your ear to the soil!