Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Tue, 06/17/2014 – 10:14am Last year, The Land Connection was putting out a recipe a week for 26 weeks as part of our Farm Fresh Now! guide to in-season eating. These are all archived on our website, so you can still read all about cool things to do with some […]
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Inheriting Land: Challenges and Opportunities
Submitted by Terra Brockman on Tue, 06/03/2014 – 7:59pm Like many farmland inheritors, Kris McIntosh and her sister Kathryn knew next to nothing about farm management when they took over the land that has been in their family for more than three generations.Both sisters have families and jobs some 150 miles from their central Illinois […]
Inheriting Land: Challenges and Opportunities
Like many farmland inheritors, Kris McIntosh and her sister Kathryn knew next to nothing about farm management when they took over the land that has been in their family for more than three generations. Both sisters have families and jobs some 150 miles from their central Illinois farmland, but they nevertheless wanted to figure out […]
My Favorite Season
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Tue, 05/27/2014 – 8:10am My favorite season is now. I will say this every time a new fruit or vegetable ripens and becomes available, either in my own urban farmette (as I like to call it), or at the farmers’ market. So today is my favorite time of year because […]
An interview about agritourism with Rachel Armstrong, founder of Farm Commons
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 […]
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 […]
