GRAIN SUSTAINABILITY l The rise of sustainable grain production and the craft spirits movement will intersect in an Aug. 27 field day at a downstate Illinois farm...

FARMS & FARMERS l How many volunteers does it take to pick a garlic bulb? Find out by pitching in at Garlic eScape Farm, located in the Chicago exurb of Woodstock...

FARMERS MARKETS l Ravinia Farmers Market in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park is teaming with the summer Ravinia Festival on a combo concert-farmers market event..

SUSTAINABILITY l Chicago Innovation's Climate Summit on June 18. Bob Benenson of Local Food Forum will moderate a panel of experts on sustainable food and farming...

CHEF PHILANTHROPY l Chicago Chefs Cook has raised millions for philanthropic & humanitarian causes. Their #HowLocalCanItGet campaign hits home for Local Food Forum..

REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE l A longtime Chicago-area local food advocate is calling to replace a long-stymied airport plan with a regenerative farming research center

COMPOSTING l International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), which is coming up May 4 to 10, is a great opportunity to learn more about why composting is important. Illinois alone has more than 50 events planned

IN MEMORIAM l Farmers don't tend to be household names. But Herman Brockman, whose life of achievement ended on April 8 at age 90, is legendary to the community pursuing a better food system

REGENERATIVE FARMING l Will Harris is a rancher whose regenerative practices at his White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia have made him a hero to many of us in the better-for-people-and-the-planet food movement. This short video may make him your hero too

ORGANIC FARMING l Organic Farming Research Foundation asks you to sign a petition TODAY to support a major organic farming research bill...