Submitted by Terra Brockman on Wed, 02/12/2014 – 10:49pm Last Saturday, on yet another frigid and snow-swept day, some 20 people gathered to talk about the future fate of their farmland. As introductions were made, it became clear that every person’s family farmland situation was different, and many were complex.Yet a common undercurrent ran beneath each […]
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Time to Grow
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Fri, 02/07/2014 – 11:58am This is the afternoon of the fourth day in my new position as Farmer Training Program Manager with The Land Connection. First let me tell you why I love this work and why I’ve insisted on this career path, this mission, for the past several years, […]
Ghanaian Cuisine
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Wed, 01/29/2014 – 11:03am While I was on vacation, I made an effort to only eat local cuisine – or at least I tried. The typical breakfast was an omelette, with tomato and onion, either next to toast or as a sandwich. This would be accompanied by a mug of instant […]
Gray Farms Produce
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
