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 […]
Graduate Profiles
Central Illinois Farm Beginnings Graduate Profile: Gail Record
Wed, 08/07/2013 – 5:15pm Clarewood Farm and Bakery Springfield, Illinois Central Illinois Farm Beginnings 2008-2009 An interview by Cara Cummings Gail Record was making and selling zucchini bread in the 70s, when most people didn’t even know what it was. But once they tasted it, they loved it, and they would come back to her market […]
Central Illinois Farm Beginnings Graduate Profile: Rebecca Fischer
Submitted by Terra Brockman on Wed, 08/21/2013 – 1:42pm Renewal Acres, Quincy, Ilinois Central Illinois Farm Beginnings 2006-2007 An Interview by Terra Brockman Back in 2006, Rebecca Fischer saw a notice in her local newspaper about a brand new course called Central Illinois Farm Beginnings. “It sounded like exactly what I would want to learn about: […]
Gray Farms Produce
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 01/27/2014 – 5:21pm Both Marty and Crystal Gray grew up on farms, but it wasn’t until they left and were living and working in the suburbs of Chicago that they realized they wanted to to be closer their family, and to try farming as a business. But even though […]
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, […]
