Illinois Farm Beginnings
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Central Illinois Farm Beginnings (facilitated by The Land Connection and the University of Illinois Extension) serves Illinois counties south of Interstate 80.

For questions related to registration and payment:

Kathy McGroarty-Torres
Office Manager
The Land Connection
1227 Dodge Avenue, Suite 200
Evanston, IL 60202
Phone: (847) 570-0701
Fax: (847) 570-0711

All other questions and information:

Terra Brockman
Director of Farmer Training and Farm Beginnings co-facilitator
The Land Connection
1227 Dodge Avenue, Suite 200
Evanston, IL 60202
Phone: (847) 570-0701 or (847) 338-9849
Fax: (847) 570-0711


Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant
University of Illinois Extension Small Farm and Sustainable Agriculture Extension Specialist
Central Illinois Farm Beginnings co-facilitator
P.O. Box 410
Greenview, IL 62642
Phone: (217) 968-5512

All Farm Beginnings material was developed by the Land Stewardship Project and is based on the experiences of their farmer members. It is used by permission under license. For more information, please visit The Land Stewardship Project. Central Illinois Farm Beginnings adapts these original materials based on the experiences of its local farmers and steering committee members.