[Communications] {AUA} Northern Illinois Young Farmers Field Day: Sat, Nov 4!

[Elawa Farm]

Hi AUA,



 Join the Northern Illinois Young Farmers chapter for a farm field day at
Earthlore Farm on *Saturday, November 4 from 10 am - 2 pm. *


Register here: Lessons from Year One of Scaling Up: Infrastructure, Crops
and Sales Oh My Tickets, Sat, Nov 4, 2023 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lessons-from-year-one-of-scaling-up-infrastructure-crops-and-sales-oh-my-tickets-737682778047?aff=oddtdtcreator>




*Lessons from Year One of Scaling Up:  Infrastructure, Crops and Sales Oh
My*

Explore your small farm dream through a firsthand look at how a diversified
produce farm south of Chicago is evolving and scaling up!

This interactive field day will look at the tools, techniques and
structures Earthlore Farm is using to develop, scale up and grow more local
food. Walk the land, hear about what's working, what's a challenge, and
connect with other aspiring farmers as you explore your own farm
dream/project. There will be a concentration on how infrastructure
(greenhouse, pack shed, cooler, irrigation, tractor and implements) has
been recently developed and a look at the tools (hand tools, 2-wheel and
4-wheel tractor) being used to prepare soil. Some discussion will also
happen about cropping sequences and how the available tools are adapted to
the crop selection. *Lunch will be provided*.

*About the Farm*: Earthlore Farm LLC is a small-scale produce farm growing
a diversity of local produce for a 50 member CSA and various wholesale
partnerships. It sits on 7.5 acres of sandy loam about 70 miles southeast
of Chicago in northeastern Iroquois County (just south of Pembroke in
Kankakee County) and is nestled between multiple tracts of conservation and
DNR land. Ben Jaffe and Caitlin Flannery (and their two young kids) have
been developing the farm over the last 6 years but recently have scaled up
operations after Ben made a shift, leaving12 years of non-profit
community-based urban farming (serving as Director at Chicago Lights Urban
Farm, Instructor at Windy City Harvest and more). Ben will share his
experiences building while growing, managing sales and employees, and
searching for balance amidst the overwhelm.

*Please email us if financial assistance would help make it possible for
you to attend this event: northernillinoisyoungfarmers at gmail.com
<northernillinoisyoungfarmers at gmail.com>*

*This event will be held rain or shine.*

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