Some successful organic and natural farmers in are willing to share what they've learned on four separate tours sponsored by University of Illinois Extension.

Click here for online registration for one or more of the tours.

Each tour is $20 per person, and $10 for each additional family member. Children under the age of 10 are free.

The four organic tours are:

Thursday, July 26 - Exploring the Option: Transitioning to Organic, Brockman Centennial Farm in Danforth

Monday, August 20 - Growing and Marketing Naturally, First Fruits Farm in Mahomet

Thursday, August 30 - Organic Grain Production: Incorporating Animals into the System, Plapp and Butler farms in Malta

September 6 - Diversified Organic Grain and Cooperative Marketing, Duane and Margaret Baker's farm in Oblong

For additional information, contact Dan Anderson (217-333-1588; aslan@uiuc.edu).

The tours are sponsored by University of Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program; University of Illinois Extension; The Illinois Department of Agriculture C-2000 Sustainable Agriculture Grant Program; Mid-west Organic Farmers Coop; The Land Connection; Windsor Organic Research Trial; and the local Extension offices in Champaign, Ford/Iroquios and Dekalb Counties.