Facilitators

One of the great strengths of Central Illinois Farm Beginnings is that it is co-facilitated by three people with strong backgrounds in sustainable farming.

Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, Small Farms Specialist with the University of Illinois Extension.

Click here to learn more about Deborah.

Click here to visit her Illinois Small Farms web site.

Leslie Cooperband, co-owner of Prairie Fruits Farm and faculty member at the U of I Laboratory for Community and Economic Development.

Click here to visit her Prairie Fruits Farm web site.

Terra Brockman, founder of The Land Connection.

Click here to visit The Land Connection web site.

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 . Central Illinois Farm Beginnings adapts these original materials based on the experiences of its local farmers and steering committee members.