Submitted Mon, 08/07/2017 – 4:28pm Hello! This is Kacey from Two Million Blooms, and I’m honored to be guest blogging for The Land Connection today!Since graduating from the Central Illinois Farm Beginnings (CIFB) program, a lot has happened! Here’s the skinny. Added 30 additional treatment-free hives Worked closely with a mentor Established a second apiary […]
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Keeping up with the grants
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Mon, 03/23/2015 – 1:56pm We at The Land Connection love a good story, especially when it’s true. This year’s Farm Beginnings course let us welcome yet another stellar class of beginning farmers to the farm, and among them were Tony and Danielle Grant of Danvers. Tony Grant and his family started […]
Local Uniqueness, National Thinking: Farm Beginnings Collaborative
Submitted by Cassie Carroll on Fri, 03/31/2017 – 10:37am I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Farm Beginnings Collaborative meeting last week in Portland. Maine with our Executive Director, Cara Cummings. Farm Beginnings Collaborative is the national alliance of regional groups who are offering Farm Beginnings programs. The Collaborative is growing and now includes ten […]
Our Farm Beginnings students have flown the nest!
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Sat, 03/18/2017 – 12:41pm The 2016-17 Central Illinois Farm Beginnings class has concluded their classroom sessions! Congratulations to our students who made it through 63 hours of rigorous learning on topics ranging from enterprise budgets to legal liability management to whole farm planning. Starting in October, our students traveled from […]
Perpetual Student
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 10/24/2016 – 4:02pm I sat in the back the class with my notebook, camera, and the day’s agenda on my lap, and took in the warmth of the room that was lit with crisscrossing strings of globe lights–the kind that you might see on a patio in the summer–and […]
Rush Creek Farms: Jen and Andy Miller
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 04/14/2014 – 10:42am If you have peeked ahead in your TLC Farmer calendar, you already know something about Jen and Andy Miller, owners of Rush Creek Farm in Sidney, Illinois. The day I was out talking with them last summer was one of those perfectly beautiful Midwestern sky days, […]
