See your impact in 2020
The Alliance’s Annual Report is here! 2020 was a year like no other. A global pandemic touched all of our lives – and it changed the way people think about food. We witnessed in real…
Introducing our 2021 State Policy Agenda!
UPDATE 3/1/2021: Take ACTION with the Alliance at the Virtual Food & Farm Week of Action! This February, Alliance members from across the state came together during our Annual Gathering of Stewards to discuss and…
Resilience Fund Grant Recipients
We are excited to announce the 27 farms selected to receive a grant from the Illinois Stewardship Alliance’s Resilience Fund! The Resilience Fund was highly competitive; we received over 80 applications from local food producers…
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What’s Cooking at the Capitol?: Video Series
Did you catch us last Wednesday on Facebook Live? In our new series, “What’s Cooking at the Capitol” you’ll get the skinny on what’s happening with food and farm issues making their way through the Statehouse while we prepare a quick and easy seasonal recipe.…
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Take Action! Sign the Petition for Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program
Lets cover 200,000 acres in cover crops! For two years in a row, the excitement and demand for Fall Covers for Spring Savings cover crop reward program for Illinois farmers has exceeded the 50,000 acres available! You can help show Illinois legislators that there is…
Take Action! Tell state leaders you want local, healthy, fair, humane, and sustainable food
Good Food = Local, Healthy, Fair, Humane, and Sustainable You can help shift millions of taxpayer dollars toward local, fair, healthy, humane, and sustainable farms and businesses. Illinois spends millions to procure food for public institutions such as veterans homes, hospitals, universities, schools, and prisons…
Take Action! Support the Home-to-Market Act in the House
Your support is needed to pass the Home-to-Market Act in the House In late April, the Home-to-Market Act SB2007 passed out of the Senate unanimously in a 57-0 vote! If you’ve been tracking the bill, now’s the time to do a little happy dance. It’s…
Farmers Virtually Fly to Washington to Advocate for Climate Action
The impacts of our changing climate are hard to ignore, especially for two Alliance farmer members; Kaitie Adams, Illinois Community Agroforester for the Savanna Institute (LINK), and Tom Arnold of Arnold’s Farmland. Kaitie and Tom represent the incredible diversity of Illinois agricultural landscape and are…
Rep. Underwood introduced new bi-partisan legislation to support farmers at the frontlines of the climate crisis
Illinois Stewardship Alliance is excited to see Representative Underwood and Representative Gallagher team up to introduce the Farmers Fighting Climate Change Act! For many Alliance farmer members, climate change has become one of the leading challenges faced on the farm today. With an increase in…
Op-ed – Invest in cover crops to save later
Written by Richard Lyons – This op ed appeared in the Bloomington Pantagraph and Decatur Herald & Review Two years ago, Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Agriculture made a wise investment in the future. They funded Fall Covers for Spring Savings (FCSS), a…
The Food & Farm Week of Action in numbers
Stewards showed up this week! We asked you to take action this week, and you showed up! Here’s our virtual Food & Farm Week of Action by the numbers 10 – New Bill Sponsors! 57 – 0 : Home-to-Market Act SB2007 sailed through the state…