Part of the beauty woven throughout the Little Farm at Weldon Springs is the openness with which Anna and Chris follow where their dreams grow, discovering and weaving new ideas into the farm as they go.
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Rural Routes: Havilah Gardens
Havilah’s fish, microbe and plant system is called aquaponics—a farming system that involves growing plants without soil in a water-based solution (hydroponics) and fish cultivation (aquaculture).
Rural Routes: Humbleweed Farm
Starting a farm is no easy business, but Miky of Humbleweed Farm has a plan. Just past the turn from city to rural road, Humbleweed Farm sits quietly across a quarter-acre green plot splashed with soft pinks, bright whites, and yellows. Miky Eum, owner/farmer at Humbleweed, seems to flow out of the fields as she […]
Rural Routes: Middle Fork Mushroom Company
As mushroom farmers, John and Aaron join a growing contingent of farmers challenging the notion of what defines farming and opening doors to bring flavors new (and very, very ancient) to Central Illinois.
Sarah’s Kitchen Creations: Fall Harvest Grain Bowls
by Sarah Buckman, Common Ground Food Co-op As cooling weather falls upon us each October in Champaign-Urbana, I am always stunned by the bounty of local foods harvested this month. October straddles the last of summery heat-loving foods like our favorite nightshades all the while welcoming the harvest of cool-loving salad mixes, brassicas, and storage […]
Seeds of Uncertainty: How Tariffs are Changing American Agriculture
This is the second blog in a series by Neel Koritala. Neel is a student at the University of Illinois studying Earth, Society, and Environmental Sustainability. Neel is interested in climate research and policy and has been a part of climate research in New Zealand. He will be sharing changes in state and federal policy concerning the food and farm system through blogs for The Land Connection in his last semester as a student.
