The Liberty Prairie Foundation recently launched the Northeast Illinois FarmLink website, the first resource of its kind in our region. This exciting new site is designed to help local agriculture in the area survive and thrive. Northeast Illinois FarmLink is a website where farmers looking for land and farm landowners looking for farmers can efficiently find each other. Like similar sites …
Two local foundations are partnering to provide small grants to organizations and groups in Lake County engaged in innovative local food projects that are feeding communities across the County. The Liberty Prairie Foundation (LPF), a small private operating foundation headquartered at the Prairie Crossing Farm in Grayslake, recently released a request for proposals for its annual Lake County Community Food …
Tucked away right off of Highway 60 in Mundelein is the Fremont Township Community Garden, an oasis of biodiversity that serves as an outdoor classroom for gardening, conservation education, and more. Back in 2014 when the garden was established, Garden Coordinator Alicia Dodd wanted to design a dynamic, multi-functional space that encouraged people to explore, learn, taste, rest, and play …
