Ag Fun Website Lives Up to Its Name
The Illinois Ag Fun website can help locate your nearest farmers’ markets, orchards, wineries and pumpkin patches.
Get an Education in Local Food at Illinois Community Colleges
Six community colleges across Illinois offer courses and training programs to prepare students for careers working in the local food sector.
Farm Facts: Pumpkins
More than 1 billion pounds of pumpkins are produced in the the United States each year, and more than 495 million of those pounds are grown in Illinois. These are more facts about pumpkins.
Life’s a Peach at Eckert’s Country Store
The sixth and seventh generations run Eckert’s Country Store and Farms in Belleville, the largest you-pick apple and peach orchard in the nation.
Illinois Farms Are Tuned in to Technology
Today’s Illinois farmers are armed with crop-yield monitors and biotech hybrids.
Morrow Plots is an Urbana Legend
Morrow Plots at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is country’s oldest experimental crop field.
