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’…
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Mark Your Calendar for Soil Health Week
Mark your calendar for Soil Health Week! March 7 - 11, 2022.
Make Local Food & Farms Part of the Conversation This Election
Before you cast your vote on Tuesday, November 3rd, you deserve to know where candidates running for Congress stand on the most pressing food and farm issues. This year, we worked with state and national…
Bringing the Next Generation of Farmers Back Home
Across the midwest farms are facing the challenge of how to keep the next generation on the farm; regenerative agriculture may be the answer. Growing up, Frank Rademacher watched dad run the family hardware store…
Growing a Movement with Farmers’ Stories
Sharing stories is one of the few human practices as old as agriculture. Just like becoming a good steward of the land doesn’t happen by accident, neither does becoming a strong storyteller, it takes training…
Frontera Farmer Foundation Grants Available for 2020
Rick Bayless is one of America’s top Mexican cuisine chefs of the past two decades best known for his TV shows and appearances, many books, and his slew of famous award winning restaurants in Chicago.…
Moving American Agriculture to “Net Zero”
For Illinois farmers, the climate crisis is no longer a distant threat - it’s here. Many have already adopted changes that make their farm operation more resilient in the face of uncertain weather. A new…
Farmers Training Farmers on Diversifying Profits
This week, Alliance communication coordinator Piero Taico joined two dozen farmers from across the state and region at the Routes to Farm two-day “Farmer-to-Farmer Marketing Intensive” at Angelic Organics Learning Center. The aim of the…
Health Insurance partially funded for Soil & Water Conservation District Employees
Notice we said partially… not fully. The Illinois Department of Agriculture returns to its’ practice of designating funds from the soil and water conservation program by allocating $1 million to Soil Water Conservation Districts (SWCD)…
Join Illinois Farmers Urging Climate Action
Farmers from every corner of the state tell us they have seen the impact of climate firsthand. This year’s devastating losses from extreme weather have brought home the urgent need to address the climate crisis…