Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 12/01/2014 – 2:13pm I feel like Thanksgiving snuck up even faster than ever this year. But hey, maybe people say that every year. I am never really ready for the cold or the holidays and the long wait until I can see the glorious red of tomatoes at the […]
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Final Days – A Look Back at TLC
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Tue, 07/19/2016 – 9:35am As I work through these final few days that I will be employed at The Land Connection, I can’t help but look back over the last two years with pride and awe at what we as an organization have accomplished. In 2013, when I was an […]
Give Thanks and Give Back
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 11/23/2015 – 2:10pm It snowed last night. And Thanksgiving is coming up this week. It has finally happened – the holidays are officially upon us. The holidays are supposed to be a time of joy and of thankfulness, a time where friends and family come together to spend time […]
Here’s to a year! Pass the Champaign!
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 06/22/2015 – 10:16pm I’m coming up fast on one year since I first moved down to Champaign to work for The Land Connection. One year ago, I had recently graduated, and didn’t know what path I wanted to take. I had interned for The Land Connection during my undergrad, […]
How I Learned to Slow Down and Love Local, Organic Food
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Wed, 07/09/2014 – 3:15pm I didn’t grow up eating organic foods. I never went to the farmers markets near me or pick vegetables from my garden. I wasn’t a part of a co-op; I didn’t even know what a CSA was for most of my life. I was what I […]
Humans of the Farmers Market
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Tue, 07/22/2014 – 10:36am This week, at the Urbana farmers’ market, Jeff and Stephanie explored a new method of getting to know their fellow market-goers. Modeled after the ever-growing blog Humans of New York, the two interviewed the reluctant but willing patrons that stopped by The Land Connection table. “What […]
