Learning how to properly plant and care for the plants in a garden are important skills for kids to have, whether they are interested in food or farming or not. Stop by the market information booth to get your FREE Plant Seedlings / Plant Starts Kids Kit (while supplies last). Get dirty and have some […]
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Pumpkin Pie in a Bag
Sometimes making a pie can be overwhelming, but we’ve broken this recipe down to prepare pumpkin pie in a bag. The great thing about the pumpkin pie in a bag is that it can be made anywhere! It’s a fun activity to do with kids, too.
Rural Routes | Little Farm at Weldon Springs
Part of the beauty woven throughout the Little Farm at Weldon Springs is the openness with which Anna and Chris follow where their dreams grow, discovering and weaving new ideas into the farm as they go.
Rural Routes: Havilah Gardens
Havilah’s fish, microbe and plant system is called aquaponics—a farming system that involves growing plants without soil in a water-based solution (hydroponics) and fish cultivation (aquaculture).
Rural Routes: Humbleweed Farm
Starting a farm is no easy business, but Miky of Humbleweed Farm has a plan. Just past the turn from city to rural road, Humbleweed Farm sits quietly across a quarter-acre green plot splashed with soft pinks, bright whites, and yellows. Miky Eum, owner/farmer at Humbleweed, seems to flow out of the fields as she […]
Rural Routes: Middle Fork Mushroom Company
As mushroom farmers, John and Aaron join a growing contingent of farmers challenging the notion of what defines farming and opening doors to bring flavors new (and very, very ancient) to Central Illinois.
