You really Dished it out! Story Slam videos and recap
Something truly incredible happened on Sunday October 4, 2020! Over 600 Illinoisans passionate about local food, thriving ecosystems, and vibrant communities came together – virtually, of course – for our inaugural The Dish fundraiser (which…
Eat•Drink•Vote: Your Guide to Federal Food & Farm Issues in 2020 and Beyond
Illinois Stewardship Alliance hosted a series of Facebook Live events entitled Eat Drink Vote, bringing together farmers and organizations from across the state to discuss each of the nine key issues from the Alliance’s Illinois…
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Local Food Farmer Caucus Kick-Off: Dec. 2nd & 3rd
Calling all local food farmers! Farmers like you across the state are banding together in the Alliance’s new Local Food Farmer Caucus to drive a state policy agenda on the issues you care about. We’re kicking things off in December with a launch party where you…
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Illinois Food and Farm Voter Guide
We solicited input from members and worked with state and national partners to create a Food & Farm Candidate Questionnaire featuring nine questions on the most pressing issues facing farmers and eaters, including food security, climate change, racial equity and more. See how your candidates…
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 across Illinois requesting nearly $1 million in support. There were…
Show local food farmers some love <3
When the pandemic emptied grocery store shelves, local food farmers answered the call. They were there for us, as they have been all along, when we need them most. Now they are coming together to lead us in building a more resilient, just, and regenerative…
Farmers Organizing Can Change the Way We Do Food
Local Food Farmers are Banding Together Local food farmers: When the pandemic emptied grocery store shelves, you answered the call. Your local food was there for so many of us, as it had been all along, when we needed it most. You stepped up —…
Fresh Food from Farmers of Color Fund AWARDS ANNOUNCED!
Fresh Food from Farmers of Color Fund (FFFC) awards 25 Farmers of Color over $670,000 in grant funding to Increase Local Food Production and Expand Access to Healthy Food on Chicago’s South and West Sides WOODLAWN – The Fresh Food from Farmers of Color Fund…
Alliance Member, Andy Hazzard, Forges Own Path
Andy Hazzard, a farmer at Hazzard Free Farms and Alliance leader, was highlighted in the Artisan Grain Collaborative’s newsletter, The Crumb. Andy is working with other farmer members in the Alliance to build and grow our Local Food Producers Caucus. The Crumb features stories, opportunities,…
Get Rewarded for Covering your Soil
It’s that time of year again, fall harvest time. Mornings, afternoons, and evenings spent in the cab of the combine hoping to end the season with great yields. This is also the time to keep your soil shielded and the microbes fed during the winter…
You can help farmers protect our soil and water
Nearly every drop of rain that falls on Illinois farmland runs off the field, into our waterways, and takes soil and pollution with it. Pollution from Illinois and Iowa makes its way down to the Gulf of Mexico where it’s created a hypoxic dead zone…