"Meating" expectations from farm to fork. 

Illinois Extension educators are teaming up with Legacy Meats LLC in Sumner, Illinois, to kick off the summer twilight series and share information about high-quality cattle and hog production and custom processing. 

The vision for Legacy Meats was planted by combining the Brashear family's 50 years of experience with high-quality livestock with the Burns family's 50 years of knowledge of custom processing. They aim to "meat" customers' expectations from farm to fork, providing high-quality livestock, custom processing, and a fully stocked retail store while leaving a legacy one generation at a time.

There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. To register for any (or all) of the meetings in this series, go to go.illinois.edu/twilightseries or call (618) 695-2441.

Explore Additional Programs in the Southern Illinois Summer Twilight Series

During warm summer evenings, you’ll find our Local Foods team hosting events to highlight and demonstrate diverse farming enterprises across southern Illinois. Over the past nine years, the team has partnered with area farms to provide evening twilight meetings to allow participants to experience different types of production and marketing practices utilized by local producers. 

June 17 | Largemouth Bass Fish Farm and Diverse Row Crops Farm
McLane Farms (Jonesboro)

July 15 | Cut Flower Farm and Market
Blessed Blooms (Fairfield)

August 19 | Intensive Vegetable Production, Processing, and Freezing
Sunnybrook Gardens (Carmi)