Mar 7, 2024 | Events
Join the Illinois Farmers Market Association and market managers from across Illinois the first Monday of the month for online networking and casual discussions. When: First Monday of each month at 12 p.m. Where: Online using Zoom Cost: Free, but please...
Mar 1, 2024 | Events
Join us at the 2025 Everything Local Conference, January 29-31, 2025 in Springfield, Illinois! Everything Local is hosted in partnership with the Illinois Specialty Growers Association and the Illinois Farm Bureau. Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Specialty Growers...
Feb 21, 2024 | News
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has surged in popularity since 2020 when the COVID 19 Pandemic started to impact food distribution across the United States. Although not a new concept within the farming industry (early CSA models in the United States date back...
Feb 17, 2023 | News
Don’t you just love the aroma of artisan bread, fresh and warm from the bakery or your home oven. Makes you want to eat it right away, by itself or with some local creamery butter. And increasingly, that artisan bread is made from healthful, sustainably produced grain...
Oct 15, 2022 | News
To the casual shopper, a food cooperative, or co-op may look like any small independent grocery. But it is so much more. And that is why our latest Buy Fresh Buy Local Illinois article is celebrating October as National Co-op Month by featuring two thriving co-ops at...