Allan & Jeanne Sexton Meadow Haven Farm was founded by Allan Sexton and his wife, Jeanne.  Allan, a retired holistic veterinarian who has a life-long interest in nutrition and health, decided the only way to really produce good healthy food for their five children and now twelve grandchildren was to produce it himself.  Allan and Jeanne searched for the best farmland they could find for their idea of an organic farm that would raise grass-fed, grass-finished beef, pastured chickens and eggs, as well as Allan’s large garden and orchard.  They found it in Bureau County, Illinois, about two hours west of Chicago. 

Jeremy & Cherie House joined them a few years later.  Jeremy farmed and dairied with his father and Cherie was a junior high school physical education teacher and coach.  They now live on the farm and have a young son to add to the population of well-nourished farmers.