Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Mon, 04/01/2019 – 11:15am Last month, I had the privilege to travel to Washington DC and meet with our Federal lawmakers about issues important to organic farmers. I am a newly elected organizational member of the Policy Committee of the Organic Farmers Association (OFA). OFA is a national lobbying organization […]
Event Recaps
My First Experience at the Good Food Expo
Submitted by Jacquelyn Evers on Tue, 03/26/2019 – 9:41pm A couple Fridays ago I had the privilege of attending the first day of the Good Food Expo hosted by FamilyFarmed in Chicago, Illinois. This event was an opportunity for me to learn more about the Good Food movement and meet a few of the many […]
You are Here: Illinois Food Policy 2019
On Friday, February 15, I attended the Chicago Food Policy Summit in Chicago and got a chance to hear about many of the policy topics that are being addressed in Illinois this year that have a direct impact on our food system. While some of the initiatives were Chicago-centric, many of them were statewide. Some […]
Winter Conferences – We Become Family
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Mon, 01/28/2019 – 5:15pm What a wonderful weekend I just spent in Madison, Wisconsin, at the Ograin Conference. Ograin is the sister conference to our own Organic Grain Conference. It is organized by Dr. Erin Silva, Harriet Behar, and Jody Padgham. This year, the conference theme was organic no-till. Dr. […]
Reciprocity… It’s a tough nut to crack
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Thu, 12/06/2018 – 8:49pm This month I am taking a short break in my blog series “On-Farm Variety Trials” to share thoughts inspired by my weekend excursion to the Perennial Farm Gathering in Madison, Wisconsin. Some call it permaculture, some call it woody perennial polyculture, some call it growing a […]
My First Cup
Submitted Fri, 11/09/2018 – 10:45am This week’s blog entry is from a guest writer. Mark Cannon tells us about his experience competing for the first time at our Artisan Cup & Fork Chef Competition in September. Mark Cannon, Pitmaster at Black Dog Smoke and Ale House, Urbana I didn’t know what I was getting into when […]
