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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…