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Soil Health Week
Mark your calendar for Soil Health Week! In 2022, the Alliance’s Soil Health Farmer Caucus will work with state lawmakers to introduce a resolution that creates a day and week to celebrate one of Illinois’…
Illinois Plant Sales Tax Places Unfair Burden on Small Farms
Illinois Farmers are exempt from paying sales tax on seeds but not for plant starts In Illinois, farmers do not have to pay sales tax on their seed purchases. However; this same exemption does not…
Farmers face unprecedented pressures heading into 2021
Local Food Farmer Caucus: Pressures Report In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois direct market farmers face new challenges while navigating pressures they experienced long before the global pandemic. Like many of us, local…
Support Conservation on Public Lands HB2819/Miller
Nearly every drop of rainfall that hits Illinois flows west and down to the Mississippi Gulf, carrying with it our soil and our runoff nutrients. Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution comes from wastewater treatment plants, industrial…
Industrial Hemp Seminar
Join us at Rolling Meadows Brewery & Farm for a free industrial hemp seminar on March 19 from 11am until 3pm. The day will consist of presentations and discussions on the following topics: Update on…
Finalized hemp rules are right around the corner!
On February 5, the Illinois Department of Agriculture hosted a public hearing to give hopeful hemp cultivators, processors, and other stakeholders a platform to voice their concerns, suggestions, and praises for the proposed industrial hemp…
Small Grains Workshops
Illinois Farmers are facing mounting challenges. Tariffs are eliminating markets and driving down the prices of corn and soybeans. Water quality and soil health are ever-present concerns. And, the lack of diversified crops and biodiversity…
10% Pledge for Local Food
Illinois is an agricultural powerhouse, yet more than 95 percent of food consumed in Illinois is imported from outside the state. For chefs and cooks that means the product they’re getting is often times past its…