by Jeanne | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Christina Foster (left) and Illinois FarmLink team member, Jeanne (right), discuss the process of converting conventional row crop farmland to pasture at Christina’s farm in Sugar Grove. Agriculture is a climate problem – and a climate solution. This is the...
by Jeanne | Feb 21, 2024 | News
We’re happy to report that The Land Connection’s Illinois FarmLink program helped make a farmland connection story happen in Kane County. In October 2023, Mark Harbecke of the town of Sycamore in DeKalb County signed a five-year lease agreement with the Kanchwala...
by Jeanne | Jan 18, 2024 | News
Photo #1: On a chilly December Sunday, land seekers and landowners from northern Illinois gathered at Duke’s Alehouse in Crystal Lake for the 5th annual Common Ground event, hosted by Illinois FarmLink, Angelic Organics Learning Center, Center for Agrarian...
by Jeanne | Jan 17, 2024 | News
In addition to my role as the Navigator for the southern region of Illinois FarmLink, I also own and operate a vegetable farm in Carbondale – BeetRoot Farm. Having just gone through my own land access journey, I’m able to bring the land access lessons I’ve...
by Jeanne | Jan 17, 2024 | News
Lauren Virnoche started Ecotone Herbs in 2019 with six seasons of farming under her belt. Through the cultivation of plants, she hopes to support resilient communities – of the wild, the cultivated, and the human. Lauren grows native plants, herbs, and...
