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Succession Planning Webinar Available as Video
by Illinois Farmlink | March 17, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
How do we say that we feel our succession planning webinar on March 9th is really worth watching without seeming really immodest? Well, here’s the video link so you can judge for yourself. (Click here or video link below to watch.) This webinar brought together two...
Creative Landowner Fosters Local Food and Community
by Illinois Farmlink | March 17, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Soulful Prairies is approx. 80 acres of diverse prairie, pasture, woodland, and a pond. Click here to enlarge map.Linda Bruce, owner of Soulful Prairies in Woodstock, knew two things would be true of her farmland when she purchased it 12 years ago: it would allow her...
Bring Your Farm Business Dream to Life – Enroll in Stateline Farm Beginnings Now
by Illinois Farmlink | March 17, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Break ground on your farm dreams in spring 2022! We were excited to hear from our friends at Angelic Organics Learning Center that a second Stateline Farm Beginnings® cohort will be happening this spring. We share this news because the following are true: (1)...
Local Organic Juice Company Seeks Land to Grow Own Vegetables
by Illinois Farmlink | February 17, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Kaitlin Soto and son holding a sample of her company’s juices that are made with organic, non-GMO, natural fruits and vegetables and are cold pressed and bottled in glass.Kaitlin Soto founded Flourish Juice Co. in 2016 and operates her business out of Joliet,...
Livestock and Poultry Manager Positions Worth a Graze
by Illinois Farmlink | January 27, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Emily and Levi Powers of Alden Hills Organic Farms with their pasture-raised Belted Galloway cattle.Levi Powers of Alden Hills Organic Farms recently let us know about two full-time job openings offering good pay, benefits, and hands-on experience raising livestock...
Make Succession Planning a Success for Your Family & Farmland – Webinar on March 9th
by Illinois Farmlink | January 27, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Landowner Nina Langoussis came across our farmlink website and described it as a “godsend.” Nina is on the lookout for partners or tenants to graze livestock on her land and is hopeful that networking through the Northeast Illinois FarmLink community might surface...
Northern Illinois Farmland Opportunity for a Grazier
by Illinois Farmlink | January 27, 2022 | News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
On November 30, the McHenry County Conservation District issued a bid packet (found here) for a six-year lease for transitioning an 80-acre farmland parcel west of Marengo to certified organic production. Bids must be submitted by January 4th. This is big news....
Farmland Lease Success in Lake County
by Illinois Farmlink | December 22, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Jordan Blakeslee stands on the farmland he has just leased in Libertyville. (Photo: Jordan Blakeslee)Jordan Blakeslee grew up eating fresh, homegrown foods from his family’s gardens. This helped cultivate a lifelong interest in health and nutrition that was rekindled...
Bison Return to McHenry County
by Illinois Farmlink | December 22, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Last week we had the privilege of seeing six year-old bison being released into their new 30-acre fenced pasture at the Pleasant Valley Conservation Area in McHenry County. About a year prior, we walked that same land with three family members of Ruhter Bison LLC and...
Sharing Land Access Trends and Challenges in Kane County
by Illinois Farmlink | December 22, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Jim Kurczodyna presenting to the Kane County Agricultural Committee in mid-November.The Kane County Agricultural Committee recently invited me to share information about our land access work as well as my family’s own journey to owning farmland. Some Kane County board...