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

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Beef Stew

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

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Ancestral Beef Sticks

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

Oliver is the wordsmith behind Wanda Farms, crafting emails and blog posts that connect, inspire, and educate. He loves the creative process and the power of words to influence others to live a better life. You won’t find him out in the fields, but his work helps bring the farm’s mission to more families every day.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Gourmet Ground Beef & Tomahawk Steaks

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Cowboy Cut Ribeye

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Chicken Chorizo

If you’ve visited us at a farmers market, there’s a good chance you’ve met Tyler. He’s up early and works hard to bring our farm’s products to the market each week.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Pork Breakfast Patties

Dayton is one of our egg processors. He gathers, transports, checks, washes, and packages all of our pasture-raised eggs to ensure every carton meets our standards for freshness and quality.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Ham Steak

Holly helps prepare all of our pasture-raised eggs for families each week. She gathers them from the pasture, brings them in for washing and inspection, and packages each carton with care.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Eggs

As part of our egg processing team, Leah handles the full workflow: gathering eggs from the pasture, transporting them to the washroom, inspecting each one, washing, and packaging them for customers.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Eggs

Ella oversees daily egg processing tasks, including collecting, transporting, washing, checking, and packaging our pasture-raised eggs. Her work helps keep our customers stocked with fresh, reliable eggs.

Favorite Wanda Farms Product: Eggs