Article and video by Heather Faivre This spring students at the University of Illinois initiated a study of permaculture design at the Sustainable Student Farm on the South Farms of the Urbana, Illinois Campus. The study is called Restoration Agriculture, and the goal of the project is to compare the production of traditional corn and […]
Month: July 2012
Sangamon Watershed Celebration
Next week The Agricultural Watershed Institute invites you to celebrate the 8th Annual Sangamon Watershed Celebration at Shilling Center at Richland Community College. Taking place on the 27-28, with a buffet on the 27th, a Friday, starting at 6. There will also be exhibits and auctions, with the band Switchback taking the stage at 7:30. […]
New ASAP Event
There’s going to be an ASAP event on July the 26th over in Bloomington, and you all should be there. It’s going to be held at The Land Connection (address and the like are in the calendar section, if you’re interested) from 3-8 pm and will cover such illuminating topics as “farm entry, succession and […]
House Prepares to Discuss Farm Bill
One in a continuing series of posts concerning the 2012 Farm Bill In the last two weeks the Farm Bill has passed from the Senate to the House, with the latter preparing to take the bill to the House Agriculture Committee later this week for deliberations that might decide whether the bill is passed before […]
N 1st Street Farmers Market, Champaign
A few weeks ago we wrote about some of your options for sustainable and organic food around Chambana, and specifically on Urbana’s Farmers Market at Illinois and Vine. What we failed to report, however, was the North 1st Street Farmers Market in Champaign. Located each Thursday from 3-7 p.m. until September 1st at the parking […]
Registration for SAEA Open
Hold on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen, because it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for; registration for the Sustainable Agriculture Education Association’s 5th annual National Conference is now open! This year’s conference will take place September 9-10 in Corvallis, Oregon, on the site of Oregon State University. The theme of this year’s conference […]
Coming Next Week: Videos!
Hi everyone, hope you’re all asleep by now, but as I’m a night owl, I’m here, writing for your amusement. The weekend’s been slow on news, but up-coming this week, we’re going to have more Farm Bill news, as the legislation begins its journey through the House (and who knows what they’ll do it it […]