Submitted by sarah@thelandco… on Mon, 10/03/2016 – 1:08pm Last week I got to witness a perfect storm moment: all the things I’ve been working so hard to accomplish with our farmers’ market wrapped up in one family encounter. We had held a promotional drawing the previous week to draw more Parkland College students out to the […]
Of Balance and Community
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Tue, 09/27/2016 – 10:43am This morning I woke to the first crisp air of the fall. It is a welcome shift from the blazing heat of a summer out of place. The mixed signals from the Earth have had me off balance this month. The waning day length, the blooming […]
Dispatches from the 2018 National Direct Agricultural Marketing Summit
Submitted by Sarah Simeziane on Mon, 09/24/2018 – 9:55am Last week I flew out east to attend the first ever National Direct Agricultural Market Summit, organized by the USDA, Farmers Market Coalition, Farm Credit Council, Food Distribution Research Society and National Value Added Conference. Held in Arlington, VA, the Summit was designed to pull together farmers market […]
The Thing about Okra
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 09/19/2016 – 4:53pm The tomato and cucumber vines have started to wither, the eggplants seem to be frozen in time (they have stopped growing altogether) and the fall crop of greens that came up so beautifully, now looks like freshly mowed grass (thanks, bunny), but the pace suddenly seems […]
We challenge you to eat local (and we’re working hard to make eating local less of a challenge)
Submitted by sarah@thelandco… on Mon, 09/12/2016 – 5:12pm School’s back in session, the temperatures are slowly started to dip, and people will not shut up about pumpkin spice everything. Fall is tiptoeing into our lives, and I for one am very excited. Fall has always been my favorite season–I love the crisp air, the leaves […]
Why Burning Oak Farm Teamed Up with the Artisan Cup & Fork
Submitted by Cassie Carroll on Mon, 08/29/2016 – 5:54pm There’s a new event on the block – the Artisan Cup & Fork – downstate Illinois’ premiere food competition. The tagline, “Life is too short to drink bad booze and eat bad food” is the perfect way to describe this unique culinary experience. The event highlights 8 […]
