The 4th annual Artisan Cup & Fork is just around the corner. As we gear up for this delicious chef-competition fundraiser, we are excited to tell you about a new addition to the event. The Land Connection is partnering with the nonprofit organization American Fundraising Foundation (AmFund) to host an exclusive Trips of Lifetime Silent Auction. […]
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Sliced & Diced: A Home-chef cooking competition
If you are known among your friends and family as an amazing cook, then we have an experience you don’t want to miss! The Land Connection is hosting a home cook cooking challenge during the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival. The challenge will be similar to Food Network’s Chopped. Participants will receive a “basket” of local ingredients […]
Tomatillos, Not Just For Salsa Verde
While visiting relatives in Pennsylvania over the 4th of July, I rediscovered my love for tomatillos. Rey and I were preparing a meal for my extended family and decided to source everything locally. We were hitting up several farmers markets and farm stands around my parent’s farm. We got everything we needed but realized we […]
Eggwardo Doesn’t Eat Eggplant, but You Should
Since the mascot for the Champaign Farmers Market is Eggwardo the Eggplant, eggplant holds a special place in my heart. This is partially due to the fact that I am the one who dresses up as Eggwardo. That is right, we have a giant eggplant costume that I wear for special events. Maybe, if you […]
Caring for Your Body While Caring for the Land
Join The Land Connection on Thursday, August 22, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at PrairiErth Farm in Atlanta, IL for our workshop on Farm Workplace Safety. Farming is strenuous work. Working in the fields, washing and packing up produce, transporting it to wholesale and retail outlets. All of these activities present different stresses for […]
Champaign Farmers Market Now Offers WIC & Senior FMNP Match Vouchers
Starting July 23, The Land Connection and Champaign Farmers Market will offer a limited number of triple match voucher booklets for WIC and Senior FMNP recipients. Community members that receive farmers market vouchers as part of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program and the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (Senior FMNP) can bring their […]
