Submitted by Terra Brockman on Fri, 08/22/2014 – 12:51pm In this season of abundance, it’s worth taking a moment to appreciate the fact that just about every vegetable you eat, not to mention grains, started with a seed — a miracle of life inside a hard overcoat. Seed, like life itself, is better when shared. […]
Seeds
Lobbying for Local Food
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 05/09/2016 – 1:53pm About a month ago, Sarah and I headed down to Springfield to join the Illinois Stewardship Alliance for their annual Local Food Lobby day at the state capital. Neither of us had ever attended a lobby day event or attempted to lobby for a cause before, […]
My seed nursery
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Thu, 12/25/2014 – 10:43pm My plant set-up, in its current state as a home for some tender refugees from the winter. For the first time in years, I spent most of the 2014 growing season in the office instead of on a farm. However, a farmer doesn’t fade so easily. […]
Return to Form
by Lisa Bralts I’m sure you know how it is. Everything’s ready to go. Supplies have been acquired; plans are in place. Said plans are verging on being put into action when some external factor – over which there is no control – comes rudely into play. Perhaps that external factor is weather (it often […]
