In the summer of 2024, Jefferies Orchard gave permission to the Illinois Bat Conservation Program to deploy an ultrasonic bat recorder on our property. The device was placed in our fruit tree orchard, with apples, cherries and peaches, near our market and recorded 3,547 bat passes!!! This is considered a high level of activity indicating that our property may provide a good feeding habitat as well as serve as a flight corridor. The following species were recorded: Big Brown Bat, Eastern Red Bat, and Hoary Bat. We're so proud to support these amazing little mosquito-eating machines!
We are a family-owned certified Sesquicentennial Farm!
When you make non-produce purchases from our market, you're not only supporting our family farm but you're also supporting jobs in Cantrall, Greenview, Gurnee and Arcola, Illinois, and in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, Oregon, Virginia and more. We thank you for supporting us and our valued partners!