Meet Our Team!

Joe grew up on a small hobby farm where he was inspired to become a farmer. He Received a bachelor degree at the university of Wisconsin and worked for many other farms to start his journey as a farmer.

After learning and recognizing the future of agriculture was going to be in producing regenerative nutrient dense food. Joe and Hannah started Wanda Farms to provide the local community the food they were looking for. Joe's worked an off farm job in his family automotive interior repair business since starting the farm in 2017 to help fund this passion project.

Joe enjoys working with the animals, smelling the fresh cut hay fields, and sharing their farm life with the community, and of course being an advocate for regenerative farming.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Ribeye

Hannah grew up in the Crystal Lake, IL. She went to college for engineering, with the intentions to work in the Christian mission field. However, after meeting Joe in college and getting married to Joe soon after, she to fell in love with the farm life and works alongside Joe on the farm. Hannah is a key part of the operation. Her roles have continued to evolve, however, her main role today is office manager and raising their 3 children. She of course will fill in with packing orders and helps collect eggs when needed.

Hannah loves to watch sunrises, take the children on walks at the farm, growing fresh vegetables in her garden, and of course cooking up great meals with our high quality meats.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Whole Chicken

Titus was born July 2020 as true gift from God to our family. He still in training, but don't be surprised to see him already helping out on the farm. He loves to feed the pigs apples from the orchard and help drive the tractors.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Breakfast Sausage

Frank was born in November of 2022. He's got a true farmer spirit in him. He's a tractor and truck enthusiast. He loves helping dad with any skid steer work. When you don't find him working, he's either playing with his toy tractors or looking at picture books with tractors.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Breakfast Sausage

Tom and Mary are Joe's parents. They have been here since the beginning. They have encouraged and helped Joe along the way with Wanda Farms. They help out with whatever they can, but don't be surprised to see them fill in at a farmer market or helping to wash eggs.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Breakfast sausage links and eggs

Aaron is a key person in our operation because he manages the farm from day to day. He oversees the care of our livestock and the smooth operations of the farm. He loves getting to work with all of the animals.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Pork Breakfast Sausage

Robert has been working at the farm since the beginning in 2019. He works with our farm manager to take care of all of our animals. You could find Robert rotating the animals to fresh pasture, collecting eggs, or helping with making repairs around the farm. He loves that his role give him so much variety from day to day. His favorite job is driving tractors and spreading manure.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Everything

Matt is one of Joe's brothers and helps out on the farm when he's not doing his career in geology. As a geologist, he's fascinated with the regenerative farming impact on soil health. His favorite part of the job is getting to be around animals, especially the pigs and of course looking at all rocks on the farm!

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Eggs

John is also known as "Pastor John" here on the farm. When he's not working hard in the ministry serving at his church. He's working on Wanda Farms to pack and deliver orders. He loves to organize, bringing that which is chaotic to a place of order and efficiency so he is perfect for this busy role doing all things in the warehouse. He also has the job title "Freezer Warrior" because he braves the negative temps in the walk-in freezer to organize and prepare all of our orders.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Pork Italian Sausage & Chicken Breakfast Sausage

Pete was our 1st worker on the farm and was a key member in the beginning years with all the building projects. He has been a family friend for many years and still works part-time doing repairs and working on various farm projects. We appreciate all the hard work and dedication he has shown to the farm over the years.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Everything

Tara works behind the scenes on marketing tasks like the website, social media pages, and community partnerships. You may also meet her at a local Farmers Market. Her favorite part about working at Wanda Farms is helping to support and grow a local family business. Although she works from home during the week, she loves the days she comes out to the farm!

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Pork Chops & Ribeye

If you have visited us at a Farmer's Market, chances are you have met Savannah! She is up early and works hard to bring our farm's products to the markets. She loves getting to meet our customers and talking with those who really care about the product.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Ground Beef