Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 09/14/2015 – 4:40pm Last week’s market got rained out. And it wasn’t the warm summer downpour that we’ve held multiple markets in, but rather a bone-chilling rainstorm that made the few vendors and TLC staff members that were there tremble under tree cover in hopes it would pass quickly. […]
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Progress at the Farm Progress Show
Submitted by Bob Porter on Tue, 09/08/2015 – 9:40am At the Farm Progress Show in Decatur last week, I saw encourging signs that even among conventional farmers there is growing recognition of the importance of sustainable farming practices. During two panel discussions, one on cover crops, the other on wildlife restoration, the conversation made it […]
My trip to Uganda: new plants, new people, and “oh s$#%” moments
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Tue, 09/01/2015 – 6:17am Any journey might break you. A good journey will put you back together. Rural road in Iganga district, on the way to class. I recently traveled to Uganda to work with rural smallholder farmers as they strive to begin farming as a business. Currently, smallholder farmers […]
Farming Beautiful
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Tue, 08/25/2015 – 8:16am Farming is inherently beautiful. The reorganization of soil, water, and sunlight into a rainbow of colors and all of the architectural combinations that we have not thought of yet, that end up reorganized yet again before they end up on our plates. And then there are […]
An Evening in the Dirt
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 08/17/2015 – 4:14pm It was July of last year and I had just moved to Champaign. In fact, it was one of the first times I had even stepped foot on a farm. It was a beautiful, sunny, clear blue day. There was a slight breeze, and Tomahnous Farm […]
The season for eating local is every season
Submitted by Bob Porter on Mon, 08/10/2015 – 3:35pm One thing you can’t really avoid noticing when you’re buying local food (or growing it yourself) is that stuff changes. Those gooseberries I enjoyed experimenting with a couple of months ago? Gone. That fresh asparagus I like so much? Sorry! Rhubarb? No. On the other hand, now there’s sweetcorn. […]
