The Champaign Farmers Market is only a week away from kicking off its 2020 season! Have you heard about the changes the Market is implementing this year? Here are some things to keep in mind when you come to support our local food producers. The Market & COVID-19 The Market has adopted a strong safety […]
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Essential Market Ingredients
Submitted Thu, 08/23/2018 – 12:31pm This week’s blog entry is from a guest writer. If you are interested in your article or blog entry being featured on the TLC blog, contact [email protected]. By: Joy Garling Prud’homme Exactly four and a half weeks ago I moved from Champaign to Stillwater, Oklahoma. It’s been a busy time, […]
Farmers Market Manager Receives Certification
The Illinois Farmers Market Association (ILFMA) along with The Land Connection, are pleased to announce that Joan Jach from Champaign, IL, recently completed the 2022 Illinois Certified Farmers Market Manager Program. Sponsored by the Illinois Farm Bureau and the University of Illinois Extension, the nine-week class launched in early January. A total of 26 managers […]
Farmers Markets and SNAP
Submitted by Sarah Simeziane on Mon, 05/07/2018 – 5:44pm Last week I got to make my National Public Radio debut, as a guest on WILL’s show The 21st with Niala Boodhoo, along with Catherine Dunlop (manager of the Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market) and Natalie Moore (WBEZ Chicago’s South Side bureau reporter). And of course, ever since […]
Farmers Markets, They Grow Up So Fast!
Submitted by Sarah Simeziane on Thu, 01/03/2019 – 11:36am In the grand scheme of things, we’re still a pretty young market here in Champaign. With the start of the new year, however, it has really struck me: this year the Champaign Farmers Market turns 5! It doesn’t feel like 4 years could have possibly gone […]
Final Days – A Look Back at TLC
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Tue, 07/19/2016 – 9:35am As I work through these final few days that I will be employed at The Land Connection, I can’t help but look back over the last two years with pride and awe at what we as an organization have accomplished. In 2013, when I was an […]