Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Thu, 01/05/2017 – 5:03pm I am so pleased that the days are beginning to lengthen, the sun rising ever so marginally earlier and setting slightly later. It is breathing life into these wintery days. Even though the days are short in light, they are most definitely long in activity! For, […]
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The theme always goes back to environment
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Mon, 12/05/2016 – 5:23pm Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Acres USA conference in Omaha, NE. It was a great trip! I love long drives, and the 8 hours from Champaign to Omaha was perfect! I very much enjoy attending talks by forward thinking scientists and farmers. […]
Uff da, Duluth!
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Mon, 08/28/2017 – 9:27pm Last week, I traveled to Duluth, Minnesota for the summer meeting of the Farm Beginnings Collaborative. This 1,400 mile 4 day trip was my first excursion into the far north of the country and I found it fascinating. The lands were flat, forested, and full of […]
We have set a place at our table for you, join us!
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Mon, 10/30/2017 – 10:48am November 18th marks the start of the thirteenth year of Central Illinois Farm Beginnings. It is amazing to think that we have been training beginning farmers for so many years. To date, we have shepherded 199 beginning farmers through the business planning process! As always, our […]
We Need a Policy Platform
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Tue, 05/22/2018 – 7:46am You’ve likely heard the news on Friday that the House Farm Bill was voted down; a casualty of the heated immigration debate. Regardless of the proximate reasons the bill failed, this was a very good thing. As I discussed in my blog last month, the House Farm […]
Winter Conferences – We Become Family
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Mon, 01/28/2019 – 5:15pm What a wonderful weekend I just spent in Madison, Wisconsin, at the Ograin Conference. Ograin is the sister conference to our own Organic Grain Conference. It is organized by Dr. Erin Silva, Harriet Behar, and Jody Padgham. This year, the conference theme was organic no-till. Dr. […]
