Twilight Tailgate with the Trees 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 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 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 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 […]
Book Club: April 11 Join The Land Connection and Healthy Champaign County for their first ever joint Book Club!
Book Club: March 21 Join The Land Connection and Healthy Champaign County for their first ever joint Book Club! The club will read Ken Meter’s book, Building Community Food Webs.
Ken Meter on Building Community Food Webs Enjoy a special evening with renowned food systems analyst and author Ken Meter, including a reception, presentation, and book signing.
2024 Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day 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.
End-of-Year Celebration The Land Connection invites you to help us celebrate the close of 2023 with a special event during the last indoor farmers market of the year.
Planning for Agritourism in Illinois 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.
