Farming

Karen Stallman of SIU School of Medicine's Farm Family Resource Initiative shares how rural farm families are dealing with accelerating changes in rural life and provides a lifeline at 833-FARM-SOS.

Central Illinois 'Skip gen' farmer, Paul Butler, left his software engineering gig in STL to return to his grandfather's Macon County farm. Tech has changed things since he grew up on it in the 1970s.

Ben Banach and Hannah Tomlin are the couple behind Moon Girl Farm. Banach is a former standup comedian and Tomlin holds a doctorate in educational policy studies. They grow chemical-free fruits, vegetables and herbs on their farm in Pleasant Plains. They spoke with Community Voices about how they started farming and their approach to growing produce.

Ben Banach and Hannah Tomlin are the couple behind Moon Girl Farm. Banach is a former standup comedian and Tomlin holds a doctorate in educational policy studies. They grow chemical-free fruits, vegetables and herbs on their farm in Pleasant Plains. They spoke with Community Voices about how they started farming and their approach to growing produce.

Betty Haynes is the Director of Communications at The Illinois Beef Association, a nonprofit organization that strives to make sure the beef industry is…

There’s been a lot of changes in agriculture through the decades, from the equipment used to the amount of land needed to sustain a livelihood. Gary Oxley…

This is a statewide debate about a real rural issue Growing up in Rushville, Carrie Johnson, the granddaughter of Schuyler County pig and dairy farmers,…