Utah is home to over 17,000 farms, but many residents still have limited access to great local produce. Sure, our local farmers markets provide shoppers and vendors with a commercial space, but their weekly schedules can be difficult to accommodate. That gap is why Chelsey Leavitt launched the +7 Farm Store, a community market where customers can peruse products from over 70 local farms.
Chelsey and her husband, Clif, are longtime farmers who own and operate L2 Ranch in Oakley. Her passion for agriculture along with an inborn entrepreneurial spirit—she used to hire out her goats for lawn care when she was just a kid herself—led her to the pursuit of a farm-focused grocery store. “It just kind of runs in my blood,” she says. “I love selling things, I love local food, I love agriculture, and I love business. It’s all my passions in one little package.”
Currently there are two +7 Farm Stores in operation. The flagship store in Kamas opened in May of 2025, and Leavitt opened the Farmington location in May of this year. Both locations are cozy, welcoming, and filled with everything from eggs and beef to handcrafted ceramics and natural beauty products. The stores are also entirely self-serve—customers pop in during regular business hours, scan their products at a digital kiosk for payment, and they’re on their way.
Leavitt’s goal for these stores is to create a hyperlocal marketplace for growers in each community.
“My plan is to create a locally-produced food network,” she says. “So picture stores like these all over Utah.” +7 Farm Store vendors work directly with Leavitt, who evaluates each vendor’s products to make sure they meet a certain standard. “I have people that are interested in selling at the store drop off a sample,” she says. “I care about ingredients, so everything here is what I feed my family.”
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While speaking with Leavitt at the Kamas store, the space felt like a community gathering hub. Customers chatted with one another, and Leavitt knew most of them by name. I asked one customer named Patty what brought her to the store, and she was quick to reply: “I like that it’s local, it’s fresh, and everything’s clean,” she says. “I just love everything about it. It’s quick, convenient, and I love that.”
Local vendors like The Food Nanny, Willow Sage Herbals, and The Bake Shop can all be found at the Kamas location. Paige Courtney, owner of The Bake Shop, was grateful for a local partner to expand her bakery into Kamas. The Bake Shop’s main location is in Park City’s Kimball Junction area, but she lives in Kamas.
“We don’t have a bakery in our neighborhood which is horrifying,” Courtney says. “It’s the community I live in, and I felt a huge need for more baked goods out here. It’s nice to bring high-quality baked goods to our neighborhood.”
The Bake Shop is known for its sourdough bagels and bread loaves, but shoppers will want to swing by early in the day to stock up as they’re pretty hot ticket items for the Kamas crowd.
While Utah’s farm cooperatives and farmers markets continue to be a benefit to the community, the convenience factor of +7 Farm Stores is an exciting new player in Utah’s agricultural communities. The convenience factor combined with a self-serve system accommodates the busy shopper’s routines, and the idea of locally-sourced grocery stores throughout the state is a tasty thought indeed.
Thus far in Leavitt’s endeavors, the two operating stores have been thriving and community response has been nothing but positive. In keeping with her goal of building a local food network, she’s got plans to open another +7 Farm Store in Lehi, but she’s not stopping there.
“I have a list of 10 other locations that would be perfect, so I definitely plan on expanding,” she says. “I am actively looking for producers throughout Utah for all these different stores.”
