by The Land Connection Staff Now that we have begun to return to the office – while remaining safe and wearing masks – we no longer feel the need to offer snapshots of our lives in isolation. That being said, we may provide more fun looks into the lives of the TLC staff from time […]
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Stay-at-Home Snapshots: Week 2
by The Land Connection Staff Here are some of our musings on life in isolation… Cay My week summed up into a few sentences? I can give you one name… Cesar Millan. Yes, Cesar Millan “The Dog Whisperer”. Why did I think that bringing home a new puppy the same week my family and I […]
Stay-at-Home Snapshots: Week 3
by The Land Connection Staff Here are some musings on life in isolation as some of us semi-return to work with the opening of the Champaign Farmers Market… Julia Over the years, I have had a dilemma finding the right place for my favorite lamp. It became clear that it was going to be part […]
Sustaining a Pivot in Real Time: Imagining Resilient Local Food Systems
by Carol Hays, The Strategic Collaboration Group, LLC As we all are acutely aware, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the frayed fabric of our nation’s food system. Since the outbreak, news of system breakdown seems to be everywhere we look. Over-reliance on repeated monocropping of largely non-food crops is leaving farmers financially underwater while […]
Think Global Local. Act Local
by Cassidy Dellorto-Blackwell & Jacquelyn Evers We’ve been “sheltering in place” in Illinois for going on nine weeks. If you’ve been the select household member to brave the frenetic energy at the grocery store, or if you’ve listened to the news, it’s obvious that something weird is happening with our food system. The arrival of […]
