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From Our Farm to Your Breakfast Table

How to Buy Our Products

Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup
Our products are available for pickup or mail order through the Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup shop. 
Phone: (309) 874-3360
Address: 5257 Old Route 66, Shirley, IL 61772
Email: info@funkspuremaplesirup.com
Website: funkspuremaplesirup.com
Green Top Grocery in Bloomington
Our products are available on the shelves at Green Top Grocery Co-op. 
Address: 921 E. Washington St., Bloomington, IL 61701

Phone: (309) 306-1523
Website: greentopgrocery.com
Sous Chef in Peoria
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Our products are available on the shelves at Sous Chef. 
Address: 1311 SW Adams St., Peoria, IL 61602
Phone: (309) 670-2433
Facebook: @souschefpeoria
Market on the Hill in Mt. Pulaski
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Our products are available on the shelves at Market on the Hill
Co-op. 

Address: 125 S. Lafayette St., Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548
Phone: (217) 270-0005
Website: marketonthehill.com
Mill River Marketplace in Sycamore
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Our products are available for pickup at Mill River Marketplace. 
Address: 1330 E. State Street, Unit B, Sycamore, IL 60178
Phone: (815) 991-5053
Website: tbof-marketplace.myshopify.com/
Home Delivery Options
Select products are available for home delivery in the following locations.
Central Illinois: Market Wagon (website) 
Chicago: Timberfeast (website) 
St. Louis: Eat Here St. Louis / Find Your Farmer (website)

About Our Products

Our fruits and grains are grown without herbicides, pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers.
​Our grains are milled with 
all of the nutritious bran and germ intact by Hazzard Free Farm in Pecatonica, Illinois.

Our Product List

Hard Red Winter Wheat Whole Berries

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2-pound and 5-pound bags

These wheat berries (whole wheat kernels) are our freshly harvested 2020 heritage Warthog hard red winter wheat grown on 9 acres of transitional organic ground in Funks Grove. Unprocessed and straight from the field, they retain all their fiber, nutrition, and flavor. What can you do with them, you ask? Boil and simmer until tender to make a breakfast cereal (delicious with Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup!), savory side, or salad topping. Basic cooking instructions are included on the back of the bag, and recipe ideas are available on our Recipes page. Or, use any powerful blender or grinder you’ve already got at home to mill up the freshest, most nutritious flour you’ve ever had.​

Hard Red Winter Wheat Rustic Stoneground Whole Flour

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2-pound and 5-pound bags

​Bakers love our stoneground Warthog whole wheat flour for the delicious flavor it adds to pastries, muffins, breads, and more. Use it on its own or mixed with a higher-protein or all-purpose flour for greater leavening.

Ingredients: whole wheat flour

Rustic Stoneground Whole Wheat Pancake Mix ​

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with Funks Grove Pure Maple Sugar
24-oz bag
(makes three batches of eight pancakes each)
8-oz bag (makes one batch of eight pancakes)

Ingredients: whole hard red winter wheat flour, baking powder, pure maple sugar, salt

​This is our farm's first-ever baking mix, and it remains our most popular. We've learned over time that there are people who apparently don't like pancakes (news to us!) but who will make an exception for our stoneground whole wheat pancakes. Sweetened with a touch of Funks Grove Pure Maple sugar, this is how pancakes are supposed to be.
Old-fashioned pancake recipe included on back label. For tips on making waffles instead, see our Tips & Tricks page.

The Whole Four Acres Pancake Mix ​

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with Funks Grove Pure Maple Sugar
24-oz bag 
(makes three batches of eight pancakes each)
8-oz bag (makes one batch of eight pancakes)

Ingredients: whole hard red winter wheat flour, cornmeal, pure maple sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda

Some folks think that the best pancakes contain cornmeal, and since we grow delicious deep orange Floriani flint corn, we thought we’d try them out. We consulted with some experts and experimented until we came up with a recipe that used all four acres of our crop rotation in 2019. These pancakes are a perfect combination of fluffy and crunchy, with just a little sweetness from Funks Grove Pure Maple Sugar.
Recipe included on back label. We recommend using buttermilk! To find out why, what to do if you don't have any on hand, or how to make waffles instead, see our Tips & Tricks page.

​Jonnycake Mix

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with Funks Grove Pure Maple Sugar
24-oz bag (makes three batches of eight jonnycakes each)
8-oz bag 
(makes one batch of eight jonnycakes)

Ingredients: cornmeal, pure maple sugar, salt

Our Jonnycake mix is based on the rich color and flavor of an heirloom flint corn variety called Floriani that we've loved growing on our farm the past few years. We then kick it up with Funks Grove Pure Maple Sugar and a dash of salt. Think of it like an all-corn pancake, but know that it takes longer to cook, and it will absorb all the butter in your pan and then some. The result is a crunchy, toasty cake that wows with flavor. Delicious topped with sweet or savory toppings, like Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup or salsa & sour cream! This mix also can be substituted for regular cornmeal in any recipe for improved flavor, texture, and heartiness.
Note: While we do not add any gluten-containing ingredients to this mix, we do not recommend this for anyone with a severe gluten allergy. Although we take great pains to avoid it, we cannot rule out accidental contact with our wheat flour.
​​Jonnycake recipe included on back label. For more ways to use this simple but delicious mix, see our Tips & Tricks page.

Maple Bran Muffin Mix 

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with Funks Grove Pure Maple Sugar
12-oz bag (makes one batch of twelve muffins)

Ingredients: whole hard red winter wheat flour and bran, pure maple sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt

Start your day happy and healthy with our hearty maple bran muffins. These are great fresh out of the oven, and only get better if you mix in some fruit or nuts. We use Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup as our liquid sweetener of course, but you can also use other syrups or some local honey. We've had rave reviews of our muffins from folks young and old, and we think you'll love them too.
Recipe included on back label. We recommend using buttermilk! To find out why and what to do if you don't have any on hand, see our Tips & Tricks page.

Fruit Wowzers!

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Autumn Berry Punch
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Black Currant Jam
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Martian Grape Jelly
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Pear Cobbler
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Pumpkin Apple Butter
Fruit Leather made with local fruit & Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup

Three-packs of: 
Apple Pie: Heritage apples, pure maple sirup, cinnamon, salt
Autumn Berry Punch: Autumn berries, pure maple sirup
Black Currant Jam: Black currants, pure maple sirup
Martian Grape Jelly: Mars grapes, pure maple sirup
Pear Cobbler: Bartlett pears, pure maple sirup, cinnamon, salt
Pumpkin Apple Butter: Heritage apples, pumpkin, pure maple sirup, cinnamon, salt, allspice, cloves, nutmeg
Variety packs: 
3-in-1 Pack: one each of Apple Pie, Black Currant Jam, and Pear Cobbler
5-in-1 Pack: one each of Apple Pie, Autumn Berry Punch, Black Currant Jam, Martian Grape Jelly, and Pear Cobbler
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These satisfying snacks are a local, healthier version of fruit roll-ups that definitely "wow" with flavor! We've combined fresh, local fruit with Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup to create a delicious, nutritious, long-lasting fruit leather snack that we call Fruit Wowzers!
The original...
- Black Currant Jam, our "original" flavor, is made from fruit grown in Ogden, Illinois, and with its intense sweet-tart-sour flavor, you'll know how we came up with the name "wowzers!"
​Freshly harvested and back in stock...
- Our Apple Pie flavor combines our own heritage apples with maple sirup plus a touch of cinnamon and salt so you can take homemade apple pie goodness with you wherever you go.
- Our Pear Cobbler flavor is made from Bartlett pears grown by our neighbors in rural McLean, combined with maple sirup, cinnamon, and salt to create a sweet, subtle treat that celebrates the fruit's light floral decadence.
Our newest flavors... 
- Autumn Berry Punch is made from wild autumn berries foraged from the woods surrounding our farm. These tart little gems pack a punch that is mellowed a bit by the sweetness of maple sirup, creating a deliciously wild treat straight from the grove. 
- Martian Grape Jelly is made with our Mars grapes, a black seedless variety that was established on our farm more than a decade ago. These may be straight from our farm, but we think you'll agree that their just-off-the-vine grape flavor is out of this world! 
- Pumpkin Apple Butter combines subtly sweet pumpkin (from our friends at PrairiErth Farm in Altanta, Ill.) with warm spices, pure maple sirup, and the bright, tart flavor of our own heritage apples to bring you all the deliciousness of the fall harvest in one little roll. 
Our red currant tart flavor is currently out of stock until our next harvest. 
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3-in-1 Pack
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5-in-1 Pack

Bumblebee Mix – Black & Yellow Popcorn

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28-ounce bag (4 cups)

Dakota Black is an open-pollinated popcorn that has rich flavor and great crunch—a perfect pairing with our light and fluffy yellow popcorn. This black and yellow combo makes us think about our friends the bees, but the colors aren’t the only reason we call this our bumblebee mix! Purchasing our products supports our efforts to attract and nurture pollinators by providing them with on-farm forage and habitat.

Ingredients: Dakota Black popcorn, yellow popcorn

Maple Ramp Seasoning - NEW

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Seasoning salt made with Funks Grove Pure Maple Sugar and Funks Grove ramp powder 
2-oz bag


You won't find a seasoning like this anywhere else. Made with Funks Grove Pure Maple Sugar and wild ramps harvested right here in the grove, plus salt and black pepper, this sweet-and-savory blend is good on just about everything: try it as a rub on steak, chicken or fish; on roasted vegetables, French fries, or the seasoning in a dressing; sub it for garlic on garlic bread; and of course it's perfect on our Bumblebee Mix popcorn. We even like it sprinkled on toast for breakfast!

Funks Grove is well known for its rich sugar maple forest, but that forest is also home to a robust colony of native ramps. Ramps are a native species of onion, Allium tricoccum, that emerge in the spring as the maple sirup season begins to wind down. We harvest just the leaf tops to leave their roots completely intact, and turn it into a fine, bright-green powder. This seasoning is a real "taste of the grove" and is a testament to the health and bounty of these old forest soils.

​Ingredients: salt, pure maple sugar, black pepper, wild ramp powder
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