🐄 Trusted by Chicago’s Best — Now Available to You
We source from 100+ local farms. The same ones that supply Chicago’s most celebrated chefs and restaurants.
These farms raise animals right — on pasture, without shortcuts — producing the kind of food that usually never leaves a professional kitchen.
Now, it’s in your kitchen.
No reservations needed.
🛑 The Grocery Store Wasn’t Built for Your Health
Factory-farmed meat. Misleading labels. Aisles of ultra-processed food.
The modern grocery system is optimized for shelf life—not your family’s well-being.
🌱 Iron & Acre Flips the Model
We partner directly with small local farms to deliver bi-weekly grocery plans packed with pasture-raised meats, organic eggs, and seasonal extras.
No middlemen. No mystery meat.
Just honest food from real farmers—raised right and delivered fresh.
🍳 Cook with Confidence
🥘 Easy, Flexible Recipes
Family meals without the mental load.
Each plan includes simple, adaptable recipes built around your Iron & Acre staples — beef, poultry, pork, eggs, dairy, and seasonal produce.
✨ No fancy tricks. Just food that works.
🛒 Short, Smart Shopping Lists
We’ve got your base covered.
You’ll receive core ingredients every other week — we’ll tell you exactly what fresh extras to pick up so your meals come together fast.
🔪 Real-Life Cooking Tips
Confidence in the kitchen — without the pressure.
Quick tips for busy weeknights, picky eaters, and not burning the garlic.
🎯 Practical over perfect, always.
How It Works — Real Food, Rebuilt.
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🧭 Step 1: Choose Your Plan
🔍 Take the QuizTake a quick quiz to find the grocery plan that fits your household.
We’ll match you to a curated mix of pasture-raised meats, eggs, and staples—sized just right to avoid waste or guesswork.
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🌾 Step 2: Shop the Farmstand
🛒 Stock up or keep it simple. It’s all in your hands.Once you’ve picked your plan, you’ll unlock access to the Farmstand—our rotating selection of seasonal produce, eggs, and farm-raised meats.
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🚛 Step 3: Local Delivery, Done Right
📦 Delivery DetailsWe deliver every other week in reusable thermal bags—right to your door.
You can subscribe or buy once—either way, it’s fresh, local food packed with care.
♻️ Thermal Bags🧊 Kept Cold
🚚 Local Driver
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🥩 Real Food. Honest Prices.
💡 Why Regenerative Farming MattersSkip the grocery markup and eat like a local.
Every order supports regenerative farms and brings better meat, eggs, and staples to your table—for less.
"⭐️ ' The eggs alone are worth it. My kids noticed the difference immediately.”
— Maya, Glencoe
🧑🌾 “We built Iron & Acre because grocery shopping was broken. This is our fix—one delivery at a time.”— Pete & Stacy, Founders
Let's Get Back to What Matters
Your grandparents didn’t need ingredient labels — they knew the farmer, the butcher, the baker. Food wasn’t a guessing game. It was simple, real, and enough.
We’re not selling nostalgia. We’re rebuilding trust — one meal at a time. No wellness fads. No fake claims. Just honest food, raised right and delivered straight to your door.
Because feeding your family should feel good again.
🎟️ Join the Farm Pass — Local Food, Member Perks, No Delivery Fees
🛒 Farm-Fresh Plans for Every Households
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The Grove Plan
4 lbs Pasture-Raised Meat + 1 Dozen Eggs
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The Homestead Plan
7 lbs Pasture-Raised Meat + 1 Dozen Eggs
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The Harvest Table Plan
10 lbs Pasture-Raised Meat + 2 Dozen Eggs
Regular price $94.99Regular priceUnit price per
Why Iron & Acre
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🐄 Real Meat, Raised Right.
Meat with a backstory, not a barcode.
We partner with farms like Knollwood Dairy where animals are raised the way nature intended — on open pastures, with care, dignity, and zero shortcuts. -
📍 Sourced Local. Delivered Fresh.
Everything in your plan comes from farms within 100 miles — delivered bi-weekly to reduce stress, waste, and your carbon footprint.
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🥕 No Junk. Just Real Food.
No mystery sauces. No trendy snacks.
Just clean proteins and organic eggs — the foundation of real meals for real families.
Let customers speak for us
Love it. Helps mix things up in good way with our meal planning. Need to remember to order vegetables next time
We gave Iron & Acre a shot for no particular reason and we’re incredibly happy we did. Steaks (and bacon) were unreal, eggs were crazy fresh, and produce tasted like it came straight from the farm. A+ experience. Will be back.
We’ve tried several boxes, and this one wins by a mile. Homestead Plan delivers every time — the ground beef is our favorite!
Everything was so thoughtfully packed and labeled. It made dinner planning actually fun.
Gave this as a gift to friends with a new baby. They LOVED it—no planning, just cook and eat. Will send again!
We fed our family of 4 for two weeks off one box. Everything was fresh, easy to cook, and local. Highly recommend.
This box made weeknight dinners so much easier. Great quality, and the beef was unreal.
The flavor is incredible—especially the steaks. You can taste the difference. Plus, the recipe cards were actually useful.
The Grove Plan was a perfect intro to Iron & Acre. Delicious cuts and the eggs were amazing. Already looking at upgrading!
Ordering was easy and straightforward. I received my delivery the next day! Beef was packaged well and the process couldn’t have been smoother. Oh ya - did I mention the steaks? Unbelievable! Best I’ve ever eaten. We’re now monthly subscribers. Thanks Iron&Acre!
Homestead has changed how we plan meals. It feeds our family of four easily, and I spend way less time grocery shopping. Big fans!
The Grove Plan is exactly what we needed. No waste, always fresh, and the quality is top-notch. We love knowing where our food comes from.
🚜 Meet the Hands Behind the Food
Know Your Farmer. Trust Your Food.
We’re proud to partner with Stock Farm in Sullivan, WI — a regenerative farm run by people who believe that good food takes time, and great stewardship never takes shortcuts.
They raise poultry, lamb, and pigs with deep care — rotating pasture to build soil health, and feeding families like yours with integrity and purpose.
🥕 Grocery Store vs. Iron & Acre
Here’s how we make meals easier, fresher, and more local.
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Iron & Acre replaces your staples, stress, and guesswork—not your entire store.
📍 Do We Deliver to You?
We deliver within 10 miles of 60015 (Deerfield).
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You're not joining a box. You're resetting the way you grocery.
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Meet The Owner:
Why I Started Iron & Acre
After 20 years scaling teams and building systems in the corporate world, I realized something was broken—but not at work. It was at home, in how we fed our family.
We were spending more time and money than ever on groceries… and still coming up short on meals we felt good about.
So I went back to my roots—working on farms as a kid, feeding cattle, hauling hay. That’s where I learned what real food looks like. And that’s where Iron & Acre began.
We’re not here to disrupt food. We’re here to rebuild trust—by partnering with local farms and simplifying how families grocery.
Eat better. Feel better. Support better.
One delivery at a time.
-Pete, Founder