The Land Connection

Healthy Farms.

Healthy Food.

Healthy Communities.

Farmer
Training Farmers
Market Classified
Ads
land connection farming family

Training

Twilight Tailgate with the Trees

By

What: Twilight Tailgate with the Trees
When: July 18, 2024 | 5-7pm
Where: 1349 County Road 1900 East, Urbana, IL
Cost: FREE

Come hang out with us and Savanna Institute at the largest agroforestry demonstration farm in the state–only 10 miles from the University of Illinois campus. Savanna Institute staff will give tours of the site, which features . . . BYOB encouraged, friends welcome. Erica Peters, the Central Illinois FarmLink Navigator, will be available at the […]

Cover Crop Conversations at Hoffman Organic Farm

By

What: Cover Crop Conversations at Hoffman Organic Farm
When: August 20, 2024 10am-3pm
Where: 4279 E. 12th Rd., Earlville, IL 60518
Cost: FREE

Join us, OGRAIN, Paul Hoffman, and IDEA Farm Network at Hoffman Organic Farm. We’ll focus on Paul’s organic field crops, but this family farm has much more to offer including organic vegetables and grass-fed lamb and beef. Our cover crop conversations will include frost seeded red clover post wheat harvest and cash cover cropping for […]

2025 Organic Grain Conference

By

What: 2025 Organic Grain Conference
When: February 5 & 6, 2025
Where: iHotel, Champaign, IL
Cost: EARLYBIRD TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! $75 Single Day $125 Full Conference

The 8th Organic Grain Conference & Trade Show is scheduled for February 5-6, 2025 at the i-Hotel in Champaign, IL. Join us for two days of dynamic grain content!

Integrating Crops and Livestock Pasture Walk

By

What: Integrating Crops and Livestock Pasture Walk
When: June 27, 2024 10am-3pm
Where: Hanson Land and Cattle-210 S Central St. Danforth, IL, Hanson Family Meats-1943 N 400 E Rd Gilman, IL 60938
Cost: FREE

Join us and see firsthand how Doug Hanson and his family have successfully integrated crops and livestock! Hanson Land and Cattle is a forage-focused operation that utilizes highly productive prairie soils and extensive annual and perennial forage sequence along with beef genetics selected to thrive in a forage-based beef program.  We will start the morning […]

2024 Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day

By

What: 2024 Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day
When: September 11, 2024
Where: MEIGS Horticultural Research Farm 9101 S 100 E Lafayette, IN 47909
Cost: $75

Purdue University’s MEIGS Horticultural Research Farm in Lafeyette, Indiana will be the host site for the 2024 Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day (MMWCFD). MMWCFD connects farmers, machinery manufacturers, and the allied trades for a single day event that draws farmers from all over the Midwest.

Planning for Agritourism in Illinois

By

What: Planning for Agritourism in Illinois
When: Monday, December 4th, 1-5pm
Where: Curtis Orchard, 3902 S Duncan Rd, Champaign, IL
Cost: $10

The Land Connection along with the Illinois Farm Bureau invites you to join us at Curtis Orchard in Champaign to explore what planning for agritourism in Illinois looks like, where it could grow and what you need to know to get there.

shopping at the farmers market

Donate to The Land Connection

Sign up for our Newsletter
Translate »