Submitted by Jeff Hake on Tue, 05/13/2014 – 1:36pm Rachel Armstrong, founder and attorney of Farm Commons In planning our Agritourism Farmer Training Intensive, we knew that we needed someone to speak in depth about the legal and liability issues inherent to bringing the public onto one’s farm. We also knew that we wanted Rachel […]
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Urbana’s Market at the Square
Submitted by Akshita Siddula on Mon, 05/05/2014 – 10:08am This past Saturday Urbana’s Market at the Square began the 2014 season under a bright, beautiful sun. I, like thousands of other folks from the area, was able to stroll around in Lincoln Square Village and take in all the different tables and stalls offering up […]
Cheers
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Mon, 04/28/2014 – 5:07pm I started writing this blog post last week on the train to Chicago. I was intending to write about how I’ve started watching Cheers on Netflix, and how the closeknit social group on the show is reminiscent of what it is like to be part of […]
Rush Creek Farms: Jen and Andy Miller
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 04/14/2014 – 10:42am If you have peeked ahead in your TLC Farmer calendar, you already know something about Jen and Andy Miller, owners of Rush Creek Farm in Sidney, Illinois. The day I was out talking with them last summer was one of those perfectly beautiful Midwestern sky days, […]
My Farm Dream
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Tue, 04/01/2014 – 9:25am Over the melon field at Broadturn Farm, Scarborough, ME. Traditionally speaking, I’ve never been a farmer. The title implies land ownership, independence, and ruggedness. Having never been a land owner or numero uno on a farm and certainly having never cut a rugged figure, I didn’t […]
Life on a Kenyan Farm
Submitted by Akshita Siddula on Mon, 03/24/2014 – 4:54pm Last fall I was interning at an international nonprofit organization in Mombasa, Kenya and staying with a host family. My family consisted of six direct siblings and two loving parents. While some of my siblings were older and lived outside of the home, the three that […]
