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- A Word from Woody: How to Create Healthier Farms, Families, and Communities (0)
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- Healthy Soils Healthy Waters Advocacy Day- April 26th (1)
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- Illinois Stewardship Alliance Welcomes New Executive Director (0)
- Join us for Local Food Lobby Day- April 6, 2017! (1)
- Illinois Stewardship Alliance Announces 2017 Legislative Priorities (1)
- Conservation Cropping Seminars: Changing the System (0)
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- Small Dairy Intensive Workshop to Help Farmers Start Milking Operations (0)
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- Waverly Lake Watershed Cover Crop Field Day: November 22nd in Franklin (0)
- Soil Health and NLRS Workshop: November 21st in Havana, IL (0)
- 2017 Conservation Cropping Seminars! (1)
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- We’re Hiring: Executive Director (1)
- Changes at Illinois Stewardship Alliance (0)
- 2016 Summer Conservation Cropping Seminar (0)
- Fund-A-Farmer Livestock Grants Now Available! Due Nov. 21st (0)
- Illinois Stewardship Alliance joins forces with Routes 2 Farm to host the Routes 2 Farm: Emerging Challenges for Direct-Market Farms (0)
- EQIP Conservation Funding: First Deadline November 18, 2016 (0)
- Good Food Organization Guide: We Made the List! (0)
- 2016 Springfield Holiday Farmers Markets (0)
- Make A Nomination for the Golden Beets 2016 (0)
- 2016 Candidate Questionnaire (0)
- Call for nominations for outstanding beginning farmers! (0)
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- Field Day at PrairiErth Farm: Sept. 6th (0)
- New Campaign Challenges Residents to Buy Locally for Month of September (0)
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- You’re Invited to Harvest Celebration 2016! (1)
- Dekalb County Farm Stroll – July 24th (0)
- At the Fork Film Screening – July 13th (0)
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- FREE 2016 Summer Conservation Cropping System Field Day Tour (0)
- Tap Into Local Farms July 18th! (0)
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