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Make the Trip to Pecatonia to Learn More About Better Grain Growing
The rising sector of farms producing artisan and heirloom grains using sustainable practices is one of the biggest developments in better for people and the planet farming. Andrea (Andy) Hazzard is one of the leading practitioners and strongest voices for positive food systems change in the Chicago region.
To learn in detail about her Good Grain practices, you should consider making the trip this coming Friday (July 19) to her Hazzard Free Farm in Pecatonica, Illinois — about 13 miles northwest of Rockford — for the field day presented by Practical Farmers of Iowa.
The event starts at 4 p.m. central time at 14041 Kelley Rd. in Pecatonica, then there will be a caravan to a second location at 5111 Ahrens Rd. A light dinner will be served at the second location.
Here is Andy's bio from the organizers' event page:
"Andrea Hazzard farms heirloom corn, oats, wheat, barley, rye, flax and other small grains, oilseeds and dry beans on Hazzard Free Farm, her small farm outside of Pecatonica, Illinois. After starting with a small vegetable CSA in 2007, Andrea decided to switch to grain production in 2012. Building on what she learned from her farming family growing up, she has expanded her diversity of crops and underseeds all her small grains with clover to increase ground cover and stabilize nutrient flow. She processes all her own grains and sells to local restaurants, grocers and co-ops, along with shipping her orders. Andrea is eager to share her seed-saving process, show her diversity of crops and walk through steps for processing and marketing food-grade grains."
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