Fortified by lunch, prepared with talking points, loaded with information packets, and stocked with heirloom seed packets (thoughtfully donatated by Baker Creek Seeds (rareseeds.com) , we walked to the capitol. Continue Reading
Category Archives: Around the Farm
Zooming with the Farm
A couple of weeks ago, we did our first Cedar Valley Sustainable Zoom event. Liz Stelk the executive director of the Illinois Stewardship Alliance joined us to talk about the IL Local Food Farmers Caucus (Jody was on the organizing committee), current policy initiatives/concerns, and how policy work is integral to Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm.… Continue Reading
Working with Gunthorp Farm
Post on holiday turkeys and working with Gunthorp Farms. This is our 17th year of sustainable farming,wow! (Sometimes I don’t at all feel like I’m 50, other days…) My friend Greg Gunthorp has been farming much longer. (He has a schedule that make me feel exhausted, and I pride myself on being indefatigable.) He’s a pioneer in marketing… Continue Reading