Submitted by Cara Cummings on Tue, 07/29/2014 – 12:58pm As I passed the one-year anniversary of stepping into the role of executive director of The Land Connection, I stopped for a moment, while eating a bowl of perfectly ripe juicy tomatoes from my garden, to think about what we had been up to for the […]
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Humans of the Farmers Market
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Tue, 07/22/2014 – 10:36am This week, at the Urbana farmers’ market, Jeff and Stephanie explored a new method of getting to know their fellow market-goers. Modeled after the ever-growing blog Humans of New York, the two interviewed the reluctant but willing patrons that stopped by The Land Connection table. “What […]
Pissing in the Cistern
Submitted by Terra Brockman on Sun, 07/20/2014 – 11:02pm We need food in order to live. And we need what food needs in order for it to live: soil, water, sunshine, air, and an entire interconnected web of life. Maybe it’s because of what my parents named me, or maybe it’s because I talk with […]
How I Learned to Slow Down and Love Local, Organic Food
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Wed, 07/09/2014 – 3:15pm I didn’t grow up eating organic foods. I never went to the farmers markets near me or pick vegetables from my garden. I wasn’t a part of a co-op; I didn’t even know what a CSA was for most of my life. I was what I […]
The Experience of Creating an Experience
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Wed, 07/02/2014 – 12:34pm Wes Jarrell takes the class on a tour of Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery. It was the end of three days of intensive training and the room was quiet as our participants pored through the multi-page evaluations I had just handed them. After a minute, one […]
“What I talk about when I talk about running”
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Fri, 06/27/2014 – 3:49pm Anyone who is a fan of Haruki Murakami will know that quote. While the book itself is an underwhelming mix of memoir and travelogue, the idea behind the title is not. I do run, a lot, and so I often wonder what I would write if […]