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Meet our Newest Staff Members
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Mallory Krieger
Farmer Training Program Manager
Mallory grew up on an Ohio farm where her father and grandfather worked the land. She spent her summers roaming the acres with her younger brother and many cousins. Mallory passed many hot summer hours helping her grandmother freeze and can the bounty from her large farm garden ...
Birgit McCall
Office Manager
Birgit grew up in a college town in southwest Michigan, in a household that enthusiastically supported sustainable agriculture, local foods, and family farms. There was a short period in her life where she rebelled by eating store bought sandwich bread (instead of home-baked), but she soon came to her senses ...
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Market Corner
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We have a delicious array of local produce, grains, treats, and flowers lined up for you this afternoon.
Stop by the Sampling Tent for a taste of the market; featured ingredients this week include watermelon and eggplant.
Illinois Stewardship Alliance will be joining us in the Community Tent. Learn more about the upcoming Local Flavors dinners, as well as Local Food Month in September.
We'll also be joined by the Champaign-Urbana Pollinator Count, a collaboration between the the UIUC Department of Entomology and the Champaign Parks District to monitor pollinator use of flower beds in local parks.
As always, the Champaign Farmers' Market accepts Link, and we'll double your benefits up to $20
each week
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This week you'll find:
- Melons
- Peaches
- Blueberries
- Plums
- Green beans
- Wax beans
- Sweet corn
- Raspberries
- Tomatoes
- Peppers
- Apples
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- Zucchini
- Cucumbers
- Carrots
- Eggplant
- Cabbage
- Kale
- Chard
- Collard greens
- Summer squash
- Cherry tomatoes
- Apple cider
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- New potatoes
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Pattypan squash
- Scallions
- Radishes
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Fresh herbs
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Currants
- Fresh herbs
- Mixed bouquets
- Sunflowers
- Cider doughnuts
- Popsicles
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- Bread
- Scones
- Pastries
- Flour
- Oats
- Cornmeal
- Buckwheat
- Wheatberries
- Granola
- Popcorn
- Pancake mix
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All this and more from 4-7 this afternoon. Come enjoy yet another gorgeous afternoon with us at the Market and load up on fresh local food!
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Farm Fresh Now! Recipe of the Week
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Watermelon Salad with Feta Cheese and Mint
Apparently, July is national watermelon month. But here in central Illinois, I'm voting to move it to August. As the weather heats up, and the melons start to arrive by pick-up load to farmers' markets, I'm personally going to see if I can get tired of eating them (not likely). And I'm going to start by making a no-bake watermelon pie--okay, that's not actually true, it's really a mint, feta, watermelon salad, but I say, serve it like pie!
Visit us at the market today to pick up your free
recipe card
and nutrition card! Find all of our Farm Fresh Now! recipes
on our website!
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Workshops, Field Days, and Grant Opportunities
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THE LAND CONNECTION WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS
Managing Risk in Organic Grain Farming - Workshop Series
This series of workshops is designed to help you manage risk in organic grain production, marketing, and financing. There will be four workshops starting on J
uly 28 and going through February. Each workshop costs $25 to register, or $75 to register for all four. Learn more about the workshops and register here.
Agritourism Farmer Training Intensive
August 27-28,
Ottawa Visitor Center, Ottawa, Illinois
Agritourism helps farmers bring the public onto their farms and tell the story of their products. It can also be a powerful revenue stream, but there are many barriers to success that can be difficult to overcome. This two-day intensive workshop includes expert speakers and a full day of tours of successful agritourism operations that will leave participants with a deeper understanding of the marketing options, legal issues, operations and infrastructure, and aesthetics that make for a successful agritourism enterprise. You may attend either day for $90 or both at the discounted price of $175.
Register online here.
Central Illinois Farm Beginnings
Classes start October 22
Applications are open for our year-long farmer training program. Now entering its 12th year of creating successful farm businesses, Central Illinois Farm Beginnings (CIFB) gives aspiring farmers the opportunity to write a plan for the development of their farm business over the course of nine winter classes and with the guidance of expert farmers from the region. After the completion of the coursework, students are matched with a mentor farmer as they begin their first year of production. Scholarships are available for this course and now is the time to apply! Learn more and apply online here!
GRANTS
International Leaders in Urban Ag Award
August 15
INUAg is now accepting submissions for the 2016 Leaders in Urban Agriculture Awards.
Awards will be presented for 1st ($1,000), 2nd ($700), and 3rd place ($300) in each of the following categories to urban farming projects building better food systems around the world:
- Educating Communities: Projects that empower youth, students, or community members to grow food in urban settings
- Food Justice: Projects that use urban agriculture to improve access to fresh food in underserved communities
- Innovation: Ideas or products that improve the viability of urban farming
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
Feast on the Farm - A farmer, a baker, a brewer, and a chef
August 6
Hazzard Free Farms
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