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Events
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Getting Started With Swine | Livestock Production and Principles for Beginners Webinar Series
Thu, 01/26/2023 - 12:00
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Fresh Thoughts Movie & Book Club | Kankakee County
Fri, 01/27/2023 - 12:00
Kankakee County Extension Office
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Annual Backyard Maple Syrup Production Workshop - 2023
Sat, 02/04/2023 - 12:00
Dixon Springs Agricultural Center, Simpson, IL
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Stateline Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:00
NIU-Rockford
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Goats and Sheep Workshop
Thu, 02/16/2023 - 12:00
Jackson County Extension Office, 402 Ava Rd., Murphysboro, IL 62966
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Getting Started with Grazing | Livestock Production and Principles for Beginners Webinar Series
Thu, 02/23/2023 - 12:00
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Balance Sheet Construction and Analysis: Farming Financial Literacy
Thu, 03/02/2023 - 12:00
Jackson County Extension Office, 402 Ava Rd., Murphysboro, IL 62966
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Backyard Poultry Workshop
Thu, 03/09/2023 - 12:00
Jackson County Extension Office, 402 Ava Rd., Murphysboro, IL 62966
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Cash Flow and Keeping Financial Records: Farming Financial Literacy
Thu, 03/16/2023 - 12:00
Online
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Income Statements - Measuring Profitability: Farming Financial Literacy
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 12:00
Online
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Composting Workshop
Tue, 03/28/2023 - 12:00
Jackson County Extension Office, 402 Ava Rd., Murphysboro, IL 62966
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Evaluating and Adjusting Cash Leases: Farming Financial Literacy
Thu, 03/30/2023 - 12:00
Franklin County Extension Office, 1212 Route 14 West, Benton, IL 62812
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Blog Posts
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Broomcorn Research at University of Illinois
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Find joy in holiday gift giving while supporting your local farm community
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Purchase more than pumpkins this season: Discover the savory side of cucurbits
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Interesting and Brief: A History of Apples & Their Uses
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Let plants do the work, it's time to plant fall cover crops
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Southside Occupational Academy horticulture program seeds community
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Fair Shares Combined CSA benefits farmers, consumers, and community
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Planting Summer’s Treat: Strawberries
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Your patience has paid off, plant tomatoes and peppers now
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Local farmers rely on you this spring
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Perseverance and patience grow an urban farm in West Pullman
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Cut flower grower builds community with his 'more than one person' approach
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Try growing potatoes this spring: Boost your storage pantry power
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Add Agroforestry Plants to Your Garden
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Make your tree fruit and small fruit pruning plans now; reach out to Extension for resources
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Small urban farm sticks to social mission and achieves high yields
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Order your seed catalogs now; plan better for next year
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Giving Thanks for Farmers
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Finding local foods for your Thanksgiving feast
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Hazelnuts: A native plant is a new crop for Illinois
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Prepare your bees for winter
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Homework, teamwork, and passion power the 'real food for real people' operation of one Central Illinois farmer
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Choose local foods this Thanksgiving
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Consider local turkeys this Thanksgiving
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El Paseo Community Garden is not just growing food, it's growing leaders and community
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Put your garden to bed with fall/winter cover crops!
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Urban beekeeper's planned expansion pays off during pandemic
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The wonderful wild pawpaw: America's largest, least-known tree fruit
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What to expect at the farmers market
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Three types of investment set up a beginning urban farmer for success
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Spring cover crops help start the season weed-free
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CSA: What is it, and why should I care?
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Black currant: growing favor for a blast of flavor.
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How to care for backyard chickens in winter
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Local foods offer a cornucopia of fresh Thanksgiving options
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Growing and Harvesting Okra
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Creating a vision for your urban agriculture project
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Farmers are my kinda people
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Cleaning, Sanitization, and Disinfection on the Produce Farm: What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter?
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Sub-Freezing Spring Temperatures and Crops
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How to Plant a Fruit Tree
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Home Cook to Small Business: Start your Side Hustle as a Cottage Food Operator
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Frost Seeding Pastures and Hay Fields
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The Reality of Growing Plants for a Living
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Ephiphany Farms brings 'farm to fork' to backyard gardeners
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Farmers, have you checked your stored grain lately?
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Parsnips – An Underrated Vegetable
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News Releases
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Modern homesteading series generates interest among local residents
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Financial literacy series supports southern Illinois women in agriculture
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Agricultural Experiment Station's NIFA-funded research innovates for Illinois
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Illinois receives $14.4M to create local food system for underserved populations
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Illinois Extension teams advance programming through $80K grant awards
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Cook County grows horticulture team with new bilingual educator
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Extension finds common ground, connects public with agriculture
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New U of I farm apprenticeship turns out veggies and well-equipped farmers
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IIlinois Extension launches new website to support cottage food businesses
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The Flock Farm to host twilight meeting on pasture-raised livestock
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Young farmers seek solutions to entry barriers
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Young farmers seek solutions to entry barriers
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Bugs can be a solution for high-tunnel farmers
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Rethinking Agronomy Day at U of I means pop-up events and more
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Home-to-Market Act expands options for Illinois’ growing cottage food industry
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Crop scientists explore using predator insects to eat pests in high tunnels
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Farm women are decision makers – Annie’s Project prepares them well
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The spice is right: Researchers explore growing ginger in Illinois
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The University of Illinois Extension and Purdue University Extension present Bi-State Small Agriculture Virtual Conference
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Time to prune the fruit trees: Let University of Illinois Extension help you this winter with upcoming programs
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Make a big difference on small farms with winter workshops
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Be part of the future of farming, take the Illinois agriculture needs survey
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Local Extension Office Honored at State Convention
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Take the Local Thanksgiving Challenge
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Bring homegrown foods to the table this Thanksgiving
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Jackson County to host hybrid heritage chickens workshop
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Prevent accidents by focusing on safety during busy harvest season
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Consider cover crops this fall
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Help save lives, learn how to support mental health in farm, rural communities
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Farm Stroll 2021 Offers Tours of 12 Small Family-Owned Farms
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Get in on the conversation with Extension’s Farm Talk Fridays
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Safe canning techniques are essential when preserving at home
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Dixon Springs research takes center stage at upcoming forums
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2021 Summer Twilight Series - Bauman Family Farm
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Extension names new agriculture outreach leadership
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Research study focuses on predatory insects used as biological control in high tunnels
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Add spice to your life with growing and cooking with herbs program
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Local growers learn about strawberry production at twilight meeting
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Tomato Production
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2021 Southern Illinois Summer Twilight Series
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Choose Healthy Foods From Local Growers
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Communities searching for answers to food system gaps
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Dream big with expert updates for northern fruit, vegetable farmers
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Southern Illinois growers rely on Extension's sound production advice
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Illinois Extension grows local foods team with new educator in Central Illinois
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Stateline Fruit & Vegetable Conference: Pumpkin Varieties & Hard Cider Production
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Improve profitability, sustainability of local food, small farm specialty operation
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Annual Conservation Cropping Seminars now available online
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Learn how to start a community garden on January 20
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CropFlix takes annual crop management conference online with binge-worthy content
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Attend every session of 2021 Illinois Specialty Crop Conference
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Be creative with your Thanksgiving meal
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Local foods offer a cornucopia of fresh Thanksgiving options
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Farmdoc Illinois Economic Summit: Farm management guide in difficult times
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Healthy Meals in the Field for Farm Families
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Have You Inspected Your Well?
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Extension initiative supports urban ag programs, career paths for youth
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Make hitting the hay a priority during harvest
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Take time for electrical safety during fall harvest
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Farmdoc expands field crop resources with launch of new website
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Funding increases fresh produce availability to local residents in need
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New educators and specialists join Illinois Extension team
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Learn to extend your gardening season at free Extension webinar
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Raise chickens in your own backyard
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Enjoy home-grown asparagus with backyard gardening webinar
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Follow safe food production practices: COVID-19 facts for farms, markets, and gardens
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Time to Prune Your Raspberry and Blackberry Plants
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Over 50 Fruit and Vegetable Growers Attend University of Illinois Extension’s Stateline Fruit and Vegetable Conference
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Local Foods and Small Farms Educator Joins Extension
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Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training
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FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Certification Training
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Farm Life is Uncontrollable, Know the Warning Signs of Stress
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Small Farmers Invited to Free Extension Webinars
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Extension to Host Industrial Hemp Workshops throughout Southern Illinois
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Extension staff honored for ag literacy programming
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Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training Course
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Produce Safety Alliance - Grower Training Course
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Extension Highlights Research at Jackson County
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Extension Hosts Ewing Agronomy Field Day
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Jackson County Extension Office to Host Twilight Meeting
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Dixon Springs Ag Center to Host Twilight Meeting
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Mileur Orchard to Host Upcoming Twilight Meeting
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Twilight Meeting Provides information on High Tunnels to Local Residents
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Residents Learn about Production and Marketing of Fruit
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Ewing Agronomy Field Day
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Staff
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Sarah Batka
Local Food Systems and Small Farms Program Coordinator
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Alex Burbach
Jo Daviess County Program Coordinator
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Sarah Farley
Local Food Systems and Small Farms Extension Educator
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Nick Frillman
Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator
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Douglas B. Gucker
Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator
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Nikki Keltner
Program Coordinator - Stephenson County
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Grant McCarty
Extension Educator Local Food Systems and Small Farms
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Kathryn Pereira
Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator
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