Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 01/25/2016 – 8:44am As the executive director of The Land Connection I do a lot of different things like writing grants and reports, developing our budget, working with our great team on programming, and going to a lot of meetings. So when I get caught up in the day […]
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When you wish upon a market
Submitted by sarah@thelandco… on Mon, 01/11/2016 – 5:02pm With the first market season already more than two months behind us, the question I’m often asked is what I do with my free time in the off season. The answer is planning for next year. Once we examined what worked in the first season and what […]
Of partners and servants
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Mon, 01/04/2016 – 11:27pm “Land is our partner, not our servant.” –Dave Bishop, PrairiErth Farm This simple phrase, tucked into a presentation to our Farm Beginnings students a few weeks ago, could well serve as the foundation of our efforts to reform how we grow food. When a farmer treats the land […]
What should be our new season’s resolution?
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Tue, 12/29/2015 – 12:40am Ah, the holidays. Chestnuts, crackling fireplaces, big meals and tasty treats with family and friends. And even though this year was a tad unusual (kids playing outside in the sun instead of rolling out snow angels, the feeling of the holiday season is always in the […]
Who Gets the Farm?
This was the big question we talked about at the Sangamon Aquifer Celebration in Decatur last week. It’s actually a question I hear a lot at public events. People are well aware that the average age of farmers is headed upward, and they’re deeply concerned about what will happen to to farmland once the current […]
The Twelve Days of Market
Submitted by sarah@thelandco… on Sun, 12/06/2015 – 7:35pm On the first day of market, my farmer grew for me…. a mustachioed aubergine! On the second day of market, my farmer grew for me…. two fun kohlrabi (and a mustachioed aubergine!) On the third day of market, my farmer grew for me… three gorgeous bouquets (two […]
