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University of Illinois is partnering with the Center For Sustainable Community (CSC) to offer a first-hand experience in sustainable and organic farming applications. The tour will begin at the CSC office of the Stelle Community Center in Stelle, Illinois, and will highlight some of Stelle's most popular sustainable and organic agriculture features in a four hour guided tour.

Raising Grass-Based Food
Tour Mint Creek Farm's legume based meadows and rotational grazing system. Farmer, Harry Carr will explain how grass-based food production can improve our diets, reduce our environmental impact, and restore depleted soils. Harry will describe how animals, primarily ruminants such as sheep and cattle, convert the sun's energy into healthy foods by grazing and digesting nature's storehouse of grasses and legumes.

Intro to Permaculture
Understanding permaculture principles can make organic farming easier. Receive an overview of the principles of permaculture design and see examples of permaculture systems you can use on your own property. As the highlight of the talk, Mark will give a tour of the yard at the Greenhouse B&B where he and his wife Guia have built permaculture principles into their organic-gardening system.

CSC Garden, Orchard and Poultry Tour
Bill Land, CSC's Property Manager, will lead a hands-on tour featuring CSC's organic gardening, orchard production and chicken management.

$20 per person fee includes lunch.

To register for this tour, click HERE. For a map to Stelle, click HERE.

Questions? Call Dan Anderson at 217-333-1588.