Upcoming ISA
Events
Nov 22:
Meet Your Local Producers
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Other
Upcoming Events
2008:
Farmers Markets - Find one located close to you More
October 13:
Land Grant Universities Presentation More
November 6:
Food Not Lawns Organizational Meeting More
Resources
Available From ISA Website
Buy Fresh
Buy Local
Central Illinois Directory Now Available
Find local food and local farms in central Illinois! Click here to view our directory
which lists farmers, retailers, restaurants and farmer's markets that
are members of the Central Illinois chapter.
2008 Farm Bill Program: Count Specialty Crops as
Base Acres
A new 2008 Farm Bill Pilot Program will allow farmers to switch acres
tocucumbers, green peas, lima beans, pumpkins, snap beans, sweet corn
and
tomatoes as long as these crops are grown under contract for
processing.
Click here to read more
Who owns the organic industry
If you want authentic local organic produce, it is clear you need to
buy local.
Click here
to learn about the companies that market organic products
Illinois
Legal Farm Guide This guide, developed with
input from ISA, seeks to inform farmers and growers about what they
need to know to legally sell farm products directly to consumers. More
From
Asparagus to Zucchini A Cookbook offering
guidance to cooking farm-fresh, seasonal produce. Click below to
preview the table of contents and order online from ISA. More
Organic
Agricultural Products: Marketing and Trade Resources - 7 Guides
Seven guides, each of which focuses on a
separate type of information or research source. More
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Welcome
Illinois
Stewardship Alliance
Working to
promote family farmers and a healthy food system
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ISA is a
citizens' organization that promotes a safe and nutritious food system,
family farming, and healthy communities by advocating diverse, humane,
and socially just and ecologically sustainable production and marketing
practices.
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  2008 Sustainable
Agriculture
Production
Scholarship
Program Application
The Illinois Stewardship Alliance will offer a limited number of $1,000
scholarships to any Illinois student with at least a 2.75/4.0 GPA, who
is
planning to attend or is attending an accredited post-secondary
sustainable agriculture production program during the 2008-2009
academic year. The intent of this scholarship program is to increase
the number of sustainable agriculture farmers in Illinois.
Click
here to view and print the application.
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Illinois Stewardship Alliance's
Marketing Tool for Farmers in Central Illinois
Buy Fresh Buy Local (BFBL), is a local foods' campaign to encourage the
community to support local farmers. This includes everyone from
individual consumers to larger buyers, including restaurants and
grocery stores. Through the BFBL campaign, consumers can identify
locally produced foods and farmers can reach new local markets.
Learn more
about BFBL
BFBL Directory Listing and BFBL Membership Forms
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Local Flavors
Illinois
Stewardship Alliance
announces a new dinner series, Local Flavors, that connects central
Illinois growers and producers with local restaurants in Springfield.
At Local Flavors dinners, participating restaurants will offer a dinner
special highlighting fresh, seasonal, locally produced foods. The
series will open new markets for local growers and give restaurants an
opportunity to work with local growers. Local Flavors dinners are held
the first and third Thursdays of the month. If you live in the
Springfield-area please join ISA in supporting local farms and local
restaurants! The next dinner is October 16 at Sebastians Hideout.
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more
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