Submitted by Terra Brockman on Tue, 06/03/2014 – 7:59pm Like many farmland inheritors, Kris McIntosh and her sister Kathryn knew next to nothing about farm management when they took over the land that has been in their family for more than three generations.Both sisters have families and jobs some 150 miles from their central Illinois […]
Terra Madre
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Tue, 06/03/2014 – 10:16am Terra Madre is the biannual international Slow Food event. Held in Turin, Italy, in October, this four day convention brings together farmers, artisans, food activists, and eaters to celebrate good, clean and fair food. The theme of Terra Madre 2014 is biodiversity and family farming. Not […]
My Favorite Season
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Tue, 05/27/2014 – 8:10am My favorite season is now. I will say this every time a new fruit or vegetable ripens and becomes available, either in my own urban farmette (as I like to call it), or at the farmers’ market. So today is my favorite time of year because […]
An interview about agritourism with Rachel Armstrong, founder of Farm Commons
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Tue, 05/13/2014 – 1:36pm Rachel Armstrong, founder and attorney of Farm Commons In planning our Agritourism Farmer Training Intensive, we knew that we needed someone to speak in depth about the legal and liability issues inherent to bringing the public onto one’s farm. We also knew that we wanted Rachel […]
Urbana’s Market at the Square
Submitted by Akshita Siddula on Mon, 05/05/2014 – 10:08am This past Saturday Urbana’s Market at the Square began the 2014 season under a bright, beautiful sun. I, like thousands of other folks from the area, was able to stroll around in Lincoln Square Village and take in all the different tables and stalls offering up […]
Cheers
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Mon, 04/28/2014 – 5:07pm I started writing this blog post last week on the train to Chicago. I was intending to write about how I’ve started watching Cheers on Netflix, and how the closeknit social group on the show is reminiscent of what it is like to be part of […]
