With land access being one of the top challenges across the U.S., farmers need creative ideas to access affordable, secure, and long-term land arrangements. Retirement investors have the potential to help! With the help of Mary Gelder (investor) and Wyatt Muse (organic farmer), we’ll explore a creative investment tool that allows you to generate retirement income while also making land available to farmers.
Past
UIUC 2024 Organic Systems Trial Field Day
What: UIUC 2024 Organic Systems Trial Field Day
When: July 25, 2024 2:30pm-5pm
Where: 4202 S. First Street, Champaign, IL 61822
Cost: FREE
Join the IDEA Farm Network and UIUC for this organic field day! This event will focus on roots, soil organic matter management, soil structure, and farmer on-farm experiences.
IFN Organic Field Walk & Cultivation Talk
Join the IDEA Farm Network for this organic field walk! McDonald Farms operates as a certified organic grain farm, employing a four-year crop rotation and cover crops to enhance soil fertility.
Twilight Tailgate with the Trees
What: Twilight Tailgate with the Trees
When: July 18, 2024 | 5-7pm
Where: 1349 County Road 1900 East, Urbana, IL
Cost: FREE
Come hang out with us and Savanna Institute at the largest agroforestry demonstration farm in the state–only 10 miles from the University of Illinois campus. Savanna Institute staff will give tours of the site, which features . . . BYOB encouraged, friends welcome. Erica Peters, the Central Illinois FarmLink Navigator, will be available at the […]
Cover Crop Conversations at Hoffman Organic Farm
What: Cover Crop Conversations at Hoffman Organic Farm
When: August 20, 2024 10am-3pm
Where: 4279 E. 12th Rd., Earlville, IL 60518
Cost: FREE
Join us, OGRAIN, Paul Hoffman, and IDEA Farm Network at Hoffman Organic Farm. We’ll focus on Paul’s organic field crops, but this family farm has much more to offer including organic vegetables and grass-fed lamb and beef. Our cover crop conversations will include frost seeded red clover post wheat harvest and cash cover cropping for […]
Integrating Crops and Livestock Pasture Walk
What: Integrating Crops and Livestock Pasture Walk
When: June 27, 2024 10am-3pm
Where: Hanson Land and Cattle-210 S Central St. Danforth, IL, Hanson Family Meats-1943 N 400 E Rd Gilman, IL 60938
Cost: FREE
Join us and see firsthand how Doug Hanson and his family have successfully integrated crops and livestock! Hanson Land and Cattle is a forage-focused operation that utilizes highly productive prairie soils and extensive annual and perennial forage sequence along with beef genetics selected to thrive in a forage-based beef program. We will start the morning […]
