CONNECT with partners

Support and collaborate with farmers / educators / organizations across the Chicagoland region as a network of PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.

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Discover and collaborate on farmer-focused EVENTS throughout the Chicago foodshed organized by partner organizations.

— WHO WE ARE —

FARMERS

EDUCATORS

organizations

— CONNECT WITH PARTNERS —

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County

To partner with the residents in and around McHenry County to preserve natural, scenic and agricultural land for the benefit and health of the whole community

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Michael Fields Agricultural Institute

We believe that responsible food and farming systems can help solve some of the most pressing environmental and social problems of our time.

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Northern Illinois Young Farmers Coalition

The Northern Illinois Young Farmers chapter aims to support major themes in NYFC policies: #farmingisapublicservice, debt relief, access to land and educational resources for organic farmers.

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Food Works

Food Works is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a sustainable food economy in Southern Illinois. Through farmer training and consumer education, FoodWorks promotes long-term farming networks that create healthy soils, healthy food, and healthy communities in the 23 counties that make up Southern Illinois.

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Center For Agrarian Learning

Supporting the future food economy.

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Farmers Rising

Lifting up the people ​doing local and regenerative farming

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The Land Connection

The Land Connection trains farmers in resilient, restorative farming techniques; informs the public about the sources of our food and why that matters; and works to protect and enhance farmland so that we, and generations to come, will have clean air and water, fertile soil, and healthy, delicious food.

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This Old Farm Alliance

This Old Farm’s mission is to support the family farm by processing, marketing, and distributing locally raised, wholesome meat, produce, and value-added food. The true cost of production takes into account the environment, sustainable farm wages, and value to the customer.

With nearly 200 members in our Alliance, we’re making ethically-grown food a reality.

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Pembroke Farming Family

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