Producer

Echollective Farm grows a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers on 51 acres in Eastern Iowa. The farm started in 2000 as a small garden aiming to grow food for The Red Avocado, a former Iowa City restaurant. Since 2000, Echollective has expanded and now grows food for a number of area outlets including: local restaurants, New Pioneer Coop, Iowa City Farmers Market, CSA (veggie subscription), and a local food hub selling to institutions including the Iowa City Schools.
We also grow flowers for local florists and seed garlic for farms all over the northern United States.

When people like you support farms like us, you are helping us do right by the bees, worms, waterways, soil, and our community. Thank you for being a part of the collective effort that makes Echollective possible!

Our Mission: Together with our Iowa Community, Echollective Farm grows food to nourish people and the planet.

Our Vision: We envision a future in which all Iowans — regardless of race, class, or geography, have access to fresh, organically grown, local food that is grown with consideration for clean water, breathable air, and healthy soil.

As farmers, we see our work as service to the land and our community. Yes, we grow food, but first and foremost, we care for the creek, woods, cultivated soil, and people connected to our farm. Caring for people and the planet means that we use organic and sustainable growing practices and focus our energy on growing for communities located a half hour of less from our farm. For 20 years, the land that Echollective calls home has never been sprayed with non-organic pesticides or herbicides.