good food grown well :: season 26
common good farm
raymond, ne

Common Good Farm is in our 26th season of growing good food (& plants) through good farming in Lancaster County, Nebraska! We’re a mom & pop farm...food is grown from seed to harvest by Evrett Lunquist & Ruth Chantry.  Our farm is located just 1.5 miles north of Raymond, Nebraska. Farming in Southeast Nebraska since 1996, we are a certified organic & certified Biodynamic®/Demeter farm – one of about 150 Demeter-certified Biodynamic farms in the United States. In some ways, the certifications are just a reflection of our striving to grow the highest quality produce, eggs & meat through soil vitality & regeneration & conscientious farming practices. We use Biodynamic & organic seeds as available, focus on open-pollinated & heirloom varieties & limit our use of hybrids.

Our impulse for farming Biodynamically comes from our experience with observing plants as living things, not merely as passive recipients of soil-based nutrients. With Biodynamics, farming is about creating a whole farm as a vibrant entity through the farmers’ impulses. Biodynamics & sustainable farming are exciting & creative endeavors...directed but not prescriptive.

We grow over 45 different kinds of produce -- 2 acres of veggies & herbs. We also offer an organic plant sale each Spring-into-Summer, raise certified organic pastured hogs and 100% grass-fed/grazed beef & a pasture-based laying flock for gorgeous certified organic eggs.

We feel called to grow good food, pure & simple...for people we know or come to know. We steward the earth through our work, growing the most delicious, nutritious foods we can...truly good food grown well! As stewards & through our farming practices, we preserve & create wildlife habitats, enliven plant & animal communities, as well as continue to create a livelihood on  our small diversified family farm.

In 2020, we changed to Farm Memberships for those that want to join in...a change from our long-standing traditional boxed CSA. Check it out & jump in for 2022.

Eggs are available year-round at the farm & at Open Harvest & at Natural Grocers in Lincoln. Open Harvest also carries our produce seasonally & our organic veg, herb & flowers plants in the spring. Meats are  butchered throughout the year.

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updates & events

2022 FARM MEMBERSHIPS -- NOW OPEN & ACCEPTING MEMBERSHIPS FOR 2022. And remember,  ANYONE can shop & buy at the farm...membership not required, though there are benefits to our farm members AND we appreciate the steadfast and early season support.  Our offering is a simple, hopeful, delicious opportunity if you choose to jump in! Find more info about it here.

ANNUAL ORGANIC PLANT SALE 2022 -- We're slated to open our annual plant sale on Friday, April 15, 2022. As weather and production permits, we may have an early sale day here or there prior. We have most of our farm favorites on deck, as well as some fun new varieties to offer as well. Get your garden plan ready! We offer everything from perennials like asparagus, horseradish & rhubarb, annual veggies, perennial & annual herb plants & some pollinator friendly flowers.

GET THE INFO & stay up-to-date! Jump onto our email list and watch Facebook to get on-going information about pop-ups on-farm, notification about reserving grab & go veggie bags, meat forms, and other updates.

GRAB & GO PRODUCE BAGS -- Watch for our weekly emails by jumping onto our email list. We also send out information on bulk veg opportunities in season...like kale, basil, tomatoes and more! Custom orders & on-farm pop-ups are also other options to be on the lookout for this season. ON-FARM POP-UPS are another great option to keep an eye out for...and pre-order opportunities too!

PASTURED PORK -- Contact us for order form for 2022 pork for a March 2022 ordering cycle.  Will be very limited availability...mostly ground pork available. Too good to miss out...grown right here. Contact us for forms!

100% GRASS-FED/GRAZED BEEF -- We're sold out of beef & are we are waitlisted for 2022 butchering dates. Contact us to get on our email list for future ordering rounds.

Find our pastured, certified organic eggs year round at Open Harvest in Lincoln at 1618 South St, at Natural Grocers in Lincoln and on farm by arrangement. Also available at Natural Grocers in Lincoln, The Mercato in Lincoln and Natural Grocers - West Omaha. Our eggs received a Gold Star Exemplary rating in The Cornucopia Institute's Organic Egg Scorecard...read more here! Our certified organic eggs are rated Gold Star Exemplary Eggs! We're part of The Cornucopia Institute's Organic Egg Scorecard and our eggs are ranked FIFTH IN THE NATION! Find more about it here with our gold standard exemplary rating! 

ON-LINE PAYMENT & DONATION OPTIONS! We're old-school with payments, but we have a few on-line payment options. You can donate a box of veg (or plants or eggs...farmers' discretion), and we have options for paying on-line for our farm membership, plants & veg in season.  Easy-peasy!

Available at the Farm Gate: Find more details under Farm Offerings for what we're currently have available.

Common Good Farm In the News & On the Web: Lincoln's Journal Star highlighted a video documentary project that Open Harvest produced  in 2012. Find the Journal Star article here. The Open Harvest "Higher Ground" documentary video (parts one & two) are on Vimeo part 1 and part 2.

Directions to the Farm from Lincoln: go north on 10th st., following it as it becomes Hwy 34 west. Continue past Kawasaki, turning north/right onto Hwy 79. Continue to Raymond Rd. (flashing yellow light) & turn east/right. Go 1 mile to NW 40th St. Turn left/north & go 1 1/2 miles. Farm is west side of the road. If you get to Davey Road you went to far. ( Address is: 17201 NW 40th St., Raymond, NE, 68428