Stojan's Family Farm

09/02/2026

Just a taste of fall…

08/19/2026

Guest appearance this morning in Winfield…💕

08/15/2026

Summer Fest Giveaway from Stojan's Family Farm! ✨🌽 August is the perfect time to enjoy fresh, locally grown Illinois sweet corn! Stop by Stojan’s Family Farm at the Naperville Farmers Market Summer Fest tomorrow for your chance to enter their raffle drawing and win a FREE dozen ears of sweet corn!

We can’t wait to see you tomorrow for a fun-filled Summer Fest celebrating local vendors, fresh food, and community!

08/15/2026

See you tomorrow in Naperville 💕

Summer Fest Giveaway from Stojan's Family Farm! ✨🌽 August is the perfect time to enjoy fresh, locally grown Illinois sweet corn! Stop by Stojan’s Family Farm at the Naperville Farmers Market Summer Fest tomorrow for your chance to enter their raffle drawing and win a FREE dozen ears of sweet corn!

We can’t wait to see you tomorrow for a fun-filled Summer Fest celebrating local vendors, fresh food, and community!

08/06/2026

Miracles in the corn field…

Most people look at a corn ear and see hundreds of kernels. Experienced gardeners see hundreds of individual pollination events.
That's what makes corn so different from almost every other vegetable in the garden.
Every single kernel begins with its own silk.
Each silk is connected to one tiny ovule inside the ear, and every one of those silks needs its own pollen grain to produce a kernel. Miss just one silk, and that spot stays empty. Miss hundreds of them, and you end up with an ear full of gaps.
That's why a perfectly filled ear of corn is actually a small miracle of timing.
The tassels have to be shedding pollen while fresh silks are still emerging. The wind has to carry enough pollen through the patch. Rain can wash pollen away. Extreme heat can shorten the pollination window. Even planting only a short row instead of a block can leave many silks waiting for pollen that never arrives.
It's also why veteran corn growers almost always plant in blocks instead of one long row. Corn depends on the wind—not bees—to move pollen from plant to plant. The more pollen floating through the patch during tasseling, the better the odds that every silk gets the one pollen grain it's waiting for.
The next time you peel back the husk on a beautifully filled ear, remember what you're really looking at. Not just rows of kernels... but hundreds of tiny pollination successes that all had to happen at exactly the right time.

08/02/2026

Mom was supervising today…

07/18/2026

Sweet Corn & Melons available at Batavia Farmers' Market and Naperville Farmer's Market tomorrow until noon or sold out! See you at the market!

07/04/2026

Happy Fourth of July! We're OPEN! Stop by the Naperville Farmers Market today from 7 AM–Noon and stock up on fresh produce from Stojan's Family Farm and our other 50+ vendors for your family dinner or holiday cookout. What's more American than shopping fresh and local? 🇺🇸

06/20/2026

Ready to see you in Naperville or Batavia this morning!

06/05/2026

Just one day until we are back, Naperville! We are thrilled to kickoff the 2026 Naperville Farmers Market season Saturday, June 6th 7am-noon rain or shine! Look forward to seeing you soon! ✨✨✨