[FIG-ALL] February Locally Grown Workshops You Won't Want to Miss

Sat Jan 30 10:00:57 PST 2010

Small Acreage Workshop

Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010   8:45 - 2:00 pm 

Adams County Extension office, 330 S. 36th St. Quincy, IL 

Cost is $30 per person (includes lunch) Pre-registration is required. 

Click here to register online <https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=3992> 

Wondering what to do with that 5 or 10 acres? Here is the opportunity to learn about all kinds of interesting, economically beneficial opportunities for you and your family. This program will offer ideas for both existing producers and those looking for potential opportunities. Breakout sessions will include: Grape production; Vegetables; Tree fruits; Intro to food preservation; Timber; Poultry (eggs and meat); Blueberries. A general session will cover Marketing Your Products.

Tree Fruit and Vegetable School

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010   8:30 - 2:00 pm

Adams County Extension office, 330 S. 36th St. Quincy, IL 

Cost is $10 per person (includes lunch & Spray Guide) Pre-registration is required. 

Click here to register online <https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=4163> 

Topics include: Industry updates; Apple degree day modeling for insect control; managing scab, fire blight and fruit rots; insect control in cole and solaneceous crops; tomato diseases. Each participant will receive a copy of the U of I Spray Guide. 

Pies and Pastries

February 11, 2010  6:00 pm

Cornerstone Christian Church, Highway 24 East, Mt. Sterling, IL

Cost is $20 per person.  Pre-registration is required.

Click here to register online <https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=4036> 

Participants in the Pies and Pastries workshop will learn how to make basic pie crust dough. Then each participant will use the dough to make a one-crust pie shell, an individual tart and a fruit turnover.

Bread Basics

February 25, 2010 5:30 pm

Adams County Extension office, 330 South 36th St. Quincy, IL 

or

March 25, 2010  5:30 pm

Cornerstone Christian Church, Highway 24 East in Mt. Sterling, IL 

Cost is $20 per person  Pre-registration is required.

Click here to register online <https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=4202> 

Learn traditional methods of bread making which includes, kneading, shaping and baking.  Taught by Brenda Derrick, U of I Extension Nutrition & Wellness Educator, the session will include demonstrations, but mostly hands-on baking.

Youth age 8-15 are also welcome to participate in the baking workshops, but must be accompanied by an adult. The youth and adult team will be charged the $20.00 fee, but only one set of pastry or bread products will be prepared by the team. Youth 16 and older do not need to be accompanied by an adult. 

For more information on these and other Extension programs offered in Adams and Brown counties visit: www.extension.uiuc.edu/adams

Carrie Edgar, County Director
University of Illinois Extension - Adams/Brown Unit
330 S. 36th St. Quincy, IL 62301
217-223-8380 phone
217-223-9368 fax
www.extension.uiuc.edu/adams

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From: fig-bounces at lists.wrecking.org on behalf of Joel Gruver
Sent: Wed 1/27/10 6:44 PM
To: fig at lists.wrecking.org
Subject: [FIG-ALL] FIG dinner food sources

Hello FIGgies,

The FIG dinner would not have been possible without the support of the 14 local farms who donated or sold most of the ingredients in the meal.

Please keep these farms in mind when purchasing local farm products in 2010. Contact info for most of the farms is on the FIG local food guide.

Greenhouse tomatoes
  Flour Creek Farm (Augusta, IL)
  Mark Holst

  Canned tomatoes
  Basil Harvest ( Elmwood, IL)

Garlic
  Prairie Circle Farm (Macomb, IL)
  Mark Greul

 Noodles
  Treats for Your Tulips (Macomb, IL)
  Shirley Thurman

  Chicken and eggs
  Hickory Grove Farm (Colchester, IL)
  Ann Runner

  Onion and tomatoes
  Cory Crawford (Ursa, IL)

  Apples
  Camp Grove Orchard (Camp Grove, IL)

  Apples
  M&M&m Farm (LaHarpe, IL)

  Garlic and Butternut squash
  Barefoot Gardens (Macomb, IL)
  John and Karen Curtis

  Sweet potatoes, carrots, oregano, wheat
  WIU Organic Program (Macomb/Sciota, IL)
  Joel Gruver

  Beef (No Growth Hormones or Antibiotics)
  West Prairie Farm (Macomb, IL)
  Ken and Debby Dallefeld

 Honey
  Frey's Honey (Monmouth, IL)

  Green beans and potatoes
  Amish Cooperative (Macomb, IL)

  ColbyJack Cheese
  Ropp's Cheese (Normal, IL)

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Joel

Joel Gruver
Assistant Professor of Soil Science
School of Agriculture
Western Illinois University
(309) 298 1215
j-gruver at wiu.edu

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