Finding Common Ground

On November 12, over forty landowners, land seekers, and service providers gathered at Soulful Prairies for the fourth annual Common Ground Gathering. These events bring together the northern Illinois agricultural community to network, trade resources, and make new...

For Sale By Owner: Varna Farm (Marshall County)

Tim and Deb Friedman have a long history of renting land to young farm families in their community. Now they’re looking to take the next big step - retire and sell their eight-acre farm (six acres tillable) in Marshall County, which is located about 40 minutes north...

Service Provider Profile: Curt Ferguson of The Estate Planning Center

  Finding the right help can make all the difference when you’re farming, searching for land, or figuring out the future of your farm. With that in mind, we want to introduce you to a service provider who comes highly recommended - Curt Ferguson of The Estate Planning...

Are You Connected? A Land Access Guide to Broadband in Rural America

Marjorie Sawicki works with new farmers through Food Works’ Southern Illinois Farm Beginnings program. One beginning mushroom grower she works with struggles with slow Internet speeds and sometimes has to wait 20 minutes for invoices to be uploaded to customers for...

Land Access is the Top Challenge for Young Farmers, Survey Finds

A good field walk gives you fresh ideas for your farm and business. It also provides the opportunity to be inspired and reenergized by the farmers giving the walk and those attending, too.  The free field walk at Tulip Tree Gardens in Beecher, IL (Will County) on...

Help Us Find Good Service Provider: Looking to Start an Egg-Laying Operation? Connect with Kakadoodle!

Marty Thomas signs all of his emails with an interesting tagline: “Software developer – Trying to be a farmer.” The two professions might not seem to go hand-in-hand, but after talking with Marty and perusing his website, Kakadoodle, there’s no doubt this interesting...

Historic Zinniker Farm Seeks New Lead Farmer

  Mark and Petra Zinniker are seeking a farmer/farm family to help steward their organic, biodynamic farm into its next phase. This opportunity is particularly unique because the Zinnikers are planning to directly involve the community in their succession planning and...

Learning Circle Educating and Empowering Women Landowners

  Last month, a diverse mix of widows, wives, daughters, and women farmers gathered at Riley Town Hall for the The Land Conservancy of McHenry County’s (TLC) first Women Caring for the Land Learning Circle gathering of 2022. TLC has been hosting learning circles for...

Land Access Success – Garlic eScape Farm

Last February, Silvia Abel-Caines, a garlic farmer and ruminant nutritionist for Organic Valley, made a farmer profile on our site. We were impressed by her drive, enthusiasm for teaching, and passion for engaging the community. At the time, Silvia had her garlic...

Resource Highlight – Land Access 101 Presentation

  On May 25th, our team at Northeast Illinois FarmLink presented to the second Stateline Farm Beginnings cohort of 2022  - an energetic and thoughtful group of seven farmers looking to grow their farm business knowledge and experience. Stateline Farm Beginnings is...

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