Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Thu, 08/18/2016 – 4:46pm This is my first blog entry at TLC and I have grain on the mind. One of my first large tasks as the Farmer Training Program Manager has been to finalize the planning of our upcoming workshop on organic grain marketing. It has my head swimming with […]
Matt’s Wild Cherry, and other things that seemed like a good idea in February
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Fri, 08/12/2016 – 7:09am Back in February when I was sitting at the dining room table with my seed catalogs, I was planning big. I had decided that I would go all out in the garden this year, and that my big crop would be tomatoes. Seduced by all the […]
Why do I Love My Market?
Submitted by sarah@thelandco… on Mon, 08/08/2016 – 2:41pm We’re at the halfway point of our second season at the Champaign Farmers’ Market, and it feels like a fitting time to reflect on the question at the heart of National Farmers’ Market Week celebrations: why do I love my market? The job of a market manager […]
Tips for Farmers’ Market Meal Planning
Submitted by Cassie Carroll on Tue, 08/02/2016 – 12:32am I, for one, know how a busy week can quickly run away from you. Next thing you know – BLINK! It’s Sunday again. You ask yourself, ” I had SO many plans… what happened to the week?” That’s me. If I’m not focused on the few things […]
Managing Risk in Organic Grain Production
This workshop was held at Goldmine Farms in Pana, Illinois in July 2016. Goldmine Farms is owned and operated by Jack Erisman, who has been farming organically since the early 1970s and now grows over 2000 acres of organic grains, from yellow corn for tortillas to the rare perennial intermediate wheatgrass, and also raises grass-fed […]
Hopeful at the End
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Tue, 07/26/2016 – 6:29am In under a week, I leave the Midwest, and I’ll do so feeling hopeful. Despite a frightening political landscape and the frequent dread of checking the morning news, my time here has taught me that our hope should rest first in the people around us and […]
