Heartland Community College Astroth Community Education Center Normal, IL 61761 October 28 9.00-4.00 http://www.igencc.org/symposium
Month: October 2011
Jim Larkin acting director at the IL Department of Agriculture
Jim Larkin is a fourth-generation family farmer who lives on the farm where he was raised in the McLean County town of Towanda. He joined the Illinois Department of Agriculture in 2003, and has served as bureau chief of Agricultural Products Inspection since 2004. He manages a 680-acre grain farm, which includes 80 acres devoted […]
World Food Day and Delivering Development
2011 marks the 31st celebration of World Food Day, which began in 1981 to recognize and bring awareness to the work of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, which works to improve food security around the world. Both FAO and the UN cite food price volatility and food insecurity a key causes See http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/92495/icode/ and […]
Annie’s Homegrown $100,000 in Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships
Annie’s Homegrown is pleased to announce we are again offering $100,000 in scholarship funds to students studying sustainable and organic agriculture. Sustainable and organic agriculture is at the very root of our philosophy: Planet to Food. Food to People. People to Planet. We believe healthy soils and healthy farms are the foundation for healthy foods, […]
Go see GROW at the Art Theatre
Thursday, October 20th 6:30 PM GROW! Is an independent film that takes a look at this new generation of sustainable farmers through the eyes, hearts and minds of 20 passionate, idealistic and fiercely independent young growers. This 50 minute documentary was filmed by Anthony-Masterson on 12 farms throughout the state of Georgia during an entire […]