Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 01/27/2014 – 5:21pm Both Marty and Crystal Gray grew up on farms, but it wasn’t until they left and were living and working in the suburbs of Chicago that they realized they wanted to to be closer their family, and to try farming as a business. But even though […]
Just Food?
Submitted by Terra Brockman on Tue, 01/21/2014 – 9:20am “I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech These words […]
An Ode to Snow
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Sun, 01/05/2014 – 12:58pm I have a not very smart geranium. I’ve had it since 2008. Every summer, it sits on my porch and blooms a few times and then does nothing but sit there looking green. By the time the first night below freezing rolls around, I drag it […]
Injecting Common Sense Into the Antibiotics Debate
Submitted by Terra Brockman on Fri, 12/27/2013 – 7:38am My first 4-H animal, Frosty, was a pretty heifer with a robust constitution and a feisty disposition. She had calves each year and never once came down with mastitis or any other infection that required antibiotic treatment. I was not quite so feisty or robust as […]
Conservation Easements – Preserving Farmland, Protecting Wildlife
There are a couple different kinds of conservation easements, and they make good sense for different situations. But first, what exactly is an easement? In essence, it is a restrictive covenant placed on a piece of land that ensures that the land can only be used for a designated purpose. Restrictive covenants are perhaps most […]
2014 Farm Calendar Available Now!
Submitted by Terra Brockman on Wed, 11/27/2013 – 4:19pm Shakespeare wisely noted “How many things by seasons season’d are.” In this season of harvest abundance and giving thanks, we’d like to invite you to follow the seasons with The Land Connection’s 2014 Farmer-Annotated Calendar. You’ll find out what your hard-working local farmers are doing all […]
