Earlier this week the Home-to-Market Act SB2007 passed out of the Subcommittee on Public Health in the Senate. Hooray! Thank you for helping us get it past this first hurdle. But now it needs your…
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…
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…
Your Organization Can Endorse the Home-to-Market Act Here Your Cottage or Home-Based Food Business Can Endorse the Home-to-Market Act here You can ask your legislator to support the Home-to-Market Act here This week, farmers and…
Register today for the Illinois Stewardship Alliance’s Annual Gathering of Stewards, featuring tale-telling, lively debate, general merrymaking, and the sweet organized chaos of democracy in motion. Your voice and your choice matter. Let’s use them…
You rolled up your sleeves, we’re proud of you! It’s been a hard year. You’ve weathered a pandemic, a tumultuous political landscape, and an uncertain economic one. You’ve made sacrifices and hard decisions. But you…
Do you care about soil health? Thriving ecosystems? Economic viability for farmers who are stewarding our land and resources? You’re invited to attend the Soil Health Caucus’s First Annual Meeting in January! Soil Health Caucus…
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…
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…
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…