Submitted by Cara Cummings on Thu, 06/19/2014 – 10:30am Living on the food trail has so many advantages–and on Sunday I was lucky enough to spend my day savoring some of the cheese, gelato, meats, and wines that are produced on some of the incredible farms we have right here in east central Illinois. The […]
Cara Cummings
A Midsummer Afternoon’s Reflection
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 […]
Baking Local
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Sun, 11/09/2014 – 8:46pm This past Saturday afternoon was chilly, and although the last of the garden beds waited to be mulched, the garlic that needed to be planted sat on my counter, and the chicken’s water was still at risk of freezing, I decided to wait for a warmer […]
Beet the Gray
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 01/02/2017 – 4:58pm This time of year can be rough for those of us who love to grow food. We have passed the fall relief stage (remember when we were waiting for that hard freeze so we could finally pull the tomato plants?), we were excited to use some […]
Cathe Capel: Student, Mentor, Teacher
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Tue, 02/25/2014 – 9:47am Cathe Capel, owner of Seven Sisters Farm in Sidney Illinois, is a 2009 Central Illinois Farm Beginnings (CIFB) graduate. But that was only the beginning of her relationship with The Land Connection. She has also been a mentor, a board member, CIFB facilitator (for the third […]
Cheese Season, and All Things Goat
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Sun, 03/08/2015 – 8:27pm What started out as a nice photo of bread and cheese, turned into not just a recipe of slicing up some cheese and fruit, and pairing it with good bread, but really long blog about what to do with all things goat–cheese, caramel, yogurt, whey, and […]
