February News
Trail marker in our woodland
Upcoming Events
  • Maple Syrup Hike | February 26 | 12-4pm | Register
  • Restoration Work Days | Multiple dates | 12-4pm | Register
  • Winter Farm Tour for Photographers | March 5 | 3-5pm | Register
  • Spring Break Camp | March 21-25 | 9am-3pm | Register
Letter from our Executive Director
An equitable food system is one in which everyone, especially people living in low-income communities and communities of color, can participate, benefit and prosper. Please just sit with that for a moment: everyone can participate, benefit and prosper. Everyone can prosper. 
Meet the Beginning Farmer of the Year
Vanessa Quiñones, the dynamic owner-operator of The Victory Garden Farm, joined Angelic Organics Learning Center’s farmer training community in 2014 as a Stateline Farm BeginningsⓇ participant. In 2021, the public voted her as Beginning Farmer of the Year, an award presented by Routes to Farm, an alliance of farmer training organizations across Illinois and Indiana.
What's Growing at Roots & Wings
During this time of the year we are knee deep in planning for the upcoming season. Every year we go into the season thinking this planning process should become easier, but it never fails, there are always new things to consider, and factors that complicate and slow down this process. This planning process lies all in the details. 
The Importance of Camp
The experiences kids have at camp have always been important, if not life changing. At Angelic Organics Learning Center we go beyond getting kids off their screens and into the great outdoors. Our campers experience the rhythms of farm life.
Hiring: Awesome Summer Camp Counselors
We still have a few openings for summer camp counselors, a position that runs July 5- August 6 and involves leading a wide variety of programming with overnight summer campers, including providing overnight supervision, facilitating animal chores, and nurturing positive group dynamics to create a healthy living environment. Full job description and application instructions available on our website.
New Partnership: FuFlun's Foods
We are excited to announce our new 1% for the Planet partnership with FuFlun’s Foods, an Illinois based wellness company offering regeneratively grown and alchemically extracted adaptogenic mushrooms, botanicals and hemp. Learn more about this pre-industrial partnership in our new blog.