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These little hands have so loved curating your Refrigerator Pickle Kits! From planting the cucumbers, garlic & dill. To drying and curing the garlic & herbs and harvesting it all. We are honored to bring you all you need to have CLEAN pickles in your refrigerator all summer long. (That’s right, keep using the kit over and over. Just reload it with new cucumbers!)
Available on the Farm Stand Saturday, 7/18!
07/16/2026
Zucchini & Chocolate Chip Muffins are back for a limited time! They'll only be here as long as we have extra zucchini coming out of the garden!
Pre-order by NOON Thursday at HomesteadCollectiveWaterloo.com/Menu, or walk-up and shop until sold out.
Combine the flavor and benefits of our homegrown garden zucchini with that of the powerhouse ancient grain spelt, freshly ground into flour and combined with our signature sourdough starter for this ancestral recipe.
Packing a sweet flavor, with a soft texture - Spelt is the only grain that contains a beneficial carbohydrate call mucopolysaccharides. A long-chain carbohydrate that is broken down very slowly by the body, for sustained energy and endurance. It's also been shown to stimulate the immune system, lower cholesterol and studies have shown it to have anti-inflammatory properties.
Spelt is also richer in magnesium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, and B vitamins.
In addition, spelt does not contain gliadin, which may mean that some with a wheat sensitivity can tolerate the grain.
Enjoy all the benefits of Spelt due to our flours being fresh-ground from wheat grains the week of customer pick-up to maintain its vitamins and nutrients that are lost to oxidation in long supply chains and grocery store shelves.
Mornings & evenings in the garden are wonderful this time of year! After the hard work of getting everything into the ground in spring, we now see the fruits of our harvest starting to come in abundance!
Our Homestead Garden-fresh menu is back again this week! Fresh-Milled Spelt Zucchini & Chocolate Chip Muffins, Salsa Loaf & pickle kits. Spelt pancake mix, granola & more! Pre-order from Homestead Collective by NOON Thurs for Sat, 7/18 at our Homestead. Order at: HomesteadCollectiveWaterloo.com/menu
Come along on a Sunday morning walk around the Homestead after we setup the Farm Stand🤎🌼
Farm Stand setup on Sundays can be so peaceful, after the hustle and bustle of busy Saturday mornings filled with baking, packaging, setup and open. We are grateful for both types of days!
Are we always open on Sundays?
•if we don’t sell out of our baked goods on Saturday, we will “pop-up” on Sunday, from 7a-4p.
•check social media on Saturday evening to see if we’ll be opening again on Sunday.
Fresh-baked weekend mornings🤎
Where we’re baking up more than just organic sourdough goodies. Your support helps us move forward in our mission to supply for our community, build a legacy for the next generation, rebuild soil health, foster food freedom and expand our efforts that we pray will long outlast our founders. It’s always been about more than just the bread - though it’s pretty awesome too😋
Sunday, 7/12 pop-up, 7a-4p at the Farm Stand.
07/11/2026
Sunday Pop-Up! 7/12, 7a-4p, our fan-favorite Salsa Sourdough Loaf is on the stand with organic tomato-infused dough, fire-roasted tomatoes, jalapeños and grass-fed cheddar. Plus Refrigerator Pickle Kits are back, along with:
All organic sourdough:
• Salsa Loaves
•Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
• Regular Loaves
• Cranberry Chocolate Chip Granola
Fresh-Milled Bread Flour, Pizza Crust, Brownie & Spelt Pancake Mix
Pastured Eggs
Local Raw Honey
Tallow Skincare
📍5058 State Route 156 in Waterloo just passed Salt+Honey and Fast Fitness
S A T U R D A Y, 7 . 11 . 26, 9a - 5p with the tent up!
Refrigerator Pickle Kits
All organic sourdough:
• Salsa Loaves
•Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
• Regular Loaves
• Cranberry Chocolate Chip Granola
Fresh-Milled Bread Flour, Pizza Crust, Brownie & Spelt Pancake Mix
Pastured Eggs
Honey
Tallow Skincare
07/11/2026
Organic Fresh-Milled Bread Flour (usually pre-order only) is available on the Farm Stand Saturday, 7/11! (Other fresh-milled baking mixes and fresh-milled sourdough muffins also on the stand!)
Flour ground fresh from wheat grains contains 40 of the 44 essential nutrients our bodies need to function. Modern, processed flour sacrifices many of those essential nutrients for a shelf-stable product.
Nutrients in whole grains support and strengthen your body's immune system. 60-70% of your body's immune function occurs in the digestive tract. Those nutrients that support immune function begin to dwindle immediately after the flour is ground, due to oxidation. Thus, the importance of fresh-ground, whole flour. No additives. All the nutrients.
•Is Gluten Bad?•
The absence of the bran and germ in store-bought flour, the very substances that aid digestion and make flour "whole," can turn flour into an allergen of sorts. Many who experience gluten sensitivities find fresh-milled flour to alleviate their "issues with gluten." Additionally many have gluten sensitivities, not in-part because of flour, but the chemical additives contained in non-organic flour.
*However our breads are not gluten-free and are not recommended for those with Celiac Disease.
On Fridays we mix, ferment and shape all our organic loaves. Then they are put in the fridge for another round of fermentation. This multi-day process aids in the growth of beneficial microbes and enzymes that help to pre-digest your bread and make it easier on your gut. Resulting in robust flavor, reduced inflammation and many overall health benefits. Bread crafted slowly, intentionally, the way our ancestors did.
Saturday walk-up shopping available at our Farm Stand from 9a-5p. Organic sourdough goods, fresh-milled baking mixes & flour and other farm-fresh goods (like our new refrigerator pickle kits!)
📍5058 State Route 156 in Waterloo
Pickle Kits are back! Arming you with the materials and information to learn how to make your own refrigerator pickles - each kit comes with Homestead-raised cucumbers, dill & garlic, as well as, pure sea salt, instructions in a Homestead Collective Jar with wooden lid. All you’ll need to do is add vinegar and water, then let them marinate in your fridge!
Available for walk-up on Saturday at the Farm Stand open from 9a - 5p!
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5058 State Route 156
Waterloo, IL
62298
