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Midwest Food Distribution

Open for business! Connect with farmers growing organic and regeneratively grown food in the Midwest

New in 2025! Connect with a new enterprise serving Tennessee chefs with products from Down at the Farms in Fairbury, Illinois, home of one of the most advanced local distribution centers in the country. We are already connecting the top restaurants and grocers in Tennessee with more than 120 farmers in the Midwest who manage sustainable, non-toxic, growing systems, and are working together to plant diverse crops desired by chefs at Michelin star restaurants and beyond. Contact us today if you'd like to learn more and benefit from high-quality food you can trust for your business, community, and family. 

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Each week, we send our clients hundreds of ingredients to choose from. Get a sample list.


Order deadline: Mondays at 11 am CT

Delivery window: Fridays between 11 am and 3 pm CT

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Questions? Call Denise Nicol in Nashville at (615)218-3017, or email orders@thinkregeneration.com.

About T.R.E.E. Midwest Food Distribution

Fostering Entrepreneurs

Our T.R.E.E. projects help entrepreneurs lower the risk to start businesses that are critical to improving our farms and distribution of healthy food.

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Farmers Helping Farmers

More than 120 farmers are working together to plan crops, learn agronomy, coordinate distribution, share equipment, and more.

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Regionally Focused

Our teams at Think Regeneration and Down at the Farms are based in Illinois and Tennessee, meaning our efforts are 100% local and regionally focused.

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Soil Health Trials

Providing Health Outcomes

The farmers from whom we source our food have a modern understanding of soil biology, the leading indicator of flavor and nutrition in a growing system. 

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Relationship-Driven

Providing Health Outcomes

Providing Health Outcomes

For more than three years, we have worked together with our partners to raise more than $1.1 million for food purchasing, infrastructure, labor, and services.

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Providing Health Outcomes

Providing Health Outcomes

Providing Health Outcomes

Our first pilot prescription food programs are directly improving the lives of patients with chronic diseases.

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Why are Our Soil Health Standards Important?

We do not require our food producers to be organically certified, but we do require our farmers, ranchers, and added value products to use organic and beyond practices. This means no pesticides or herbicides are being used, and our network is focused on building better soil health every year. We verify their practices through on-site farm tours and on-site distribution center qualitative testing, and provide them regular education on the latest in soil biology and regenerative farming systems. Our business is focused on connecting soil health and human health, and we will not take shortcuts. Explore topics about how soil health connects to topics like climate change, flavor and human health in our reference desk.

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Connecting Food to Health

Our first prescription food pilot is launching in April 2025 at Run-A-Way Buckers!

• Treating 5 (or more) patients in Pembroke Township who have Type 2 diabetes, Down at the Farms Rx is  connecting more than 140 family farmers with new prescription food pilot programs across Illinois. These pilots are unique in how they start with biological soil health on the farm, which we are learning leads to more nutrient density, a key factor in helping patients offset chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity. 


In 2025 we will be:


• Treating 5 (or more) patients in Pembroke Township who have Type 2 diabetes

• Measuring outcomes like a1c decline, weight loss, and more

• Working with farmers to create more nutrient dense products through soil agronomy

• Expanding this program and supporting new pilots across Illinois

About the Documentary

Produced and directed by our friends at Wild Onion Market, watch a short film about our  partners at Run-A-Way Buckers, run by the Stewart family. Learn how Brenda, Reggie Sr. and Reggie Jr, as well as their entire family, are connecting farming to food to community and beyond. Also featuring Marty Travis and the crew at Down at the Farms.


Click the button below to learn about this exciting new partnership.

Down at the Farms Rx

Scenes from Our Work in the Midwest

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