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Invitation to Teachers: Preview a Kidding Season Field Trip

If I told you that baby goats can teach you scientific principles, you’d likely tell me that’s too good to be true. Spend time with baby animals AND learn key concepts straight out of Next Generation Science Standards? Come on…

But it’s true. And I know, because we do it every year.

Easily the most popular programs at Angelic Organics Learning Center are the kidding programs. Every spring, we invite the community to join us in caring for newborn goats and their mothers. For the farm, kidding season is a crucial time to have...

Read All About It! The First Three Field Days of the 2017 Season
May 10 2017 - 3:31pm
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The 2017 season has begun and Upper Midwest CRAFT has already facilitated three successful field days! John Hendrickson’s topic of Managing for Profitability (with the added bonus of an equipment demonstration from Alabama-based Oggún Tractor) gathered 12 participants on...

Get Growing this Earth Day!
Apr 15 2016 - 1:13pm
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Earth Day 2016 is officially recognized on April 22, but we're celebrating with one solid month of growing workshops for all ages! Angelic Organics Learning Center is located on Angelic Organics farm – one of the largest and oldest biodynamic, community supported agriculture (CSA) farms in the country! We sit on 186 acres of majestic land, roughly 90 miles from Chicago, 75 miles from Milwaukee, 60 miles from Madison, 35 miles from Lake Geneva, 20 miles from Rockford and 10 miles from Beloit. All workshops occur at 1547 Rockton Rd., Caledonia, IL 61011. ...

The Power of a Food + Farm Immersion
Oct 9 2015 - 11:11am
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Our first Weekend Wellness Retreat had a positive impact on both the attendees and the leaders. Read two of their stories....

Launch or Expand Your Sustainable Farm
Sep 10 2015 - 11:20am
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Applications still available for the 2015-16 Stateline Farm Beginnings! Check out our FANTASTIC new video and learn more about the course, as well as its impact on graduates...

Learn & Share Farm Hacks at the Good Food Fest
Mar 11 2015 - 8:53am
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Chicago
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good food festival, chicago, farm hack

Grab your lunch and come join farmers from around the regional foodshed in an open session to share your best farm hacks: innovative techniques and tools that you've developed or discovered to save time, energy and, of course, money. From root washers to chicken feeders, discuss your best ideas and systems, and present your prickly problems to other farmers.

Freedom and Fresh Air on a Farm Overnight
Jul 17 2014 - 6:01am
On-Farm
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As people started tumbling out of cars I could see their faces light up as they took it all in. The kids didn't waste a second before scrambling over fences to pet the goats, running through the orchard, checking out the campfire, and gathering sticks. What is the deal with boys and sticks anyway?

Building Sustainable Community
May 5 2014 - 9:22am
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By Kellie Laurson, On-Farm Initiative Program Assistant

As the clay seeped through the spaces between my toes, I felt connected.

Straw. Sand. Manure. Water. Hands. Feet. Heart.

This is the recipe for community as taught to me last weekend at a cob workshop, facilitated and hosted by Randy and Jessie Mermel, two of our beloved On-Farm Educators. I’ve had the opportunity to be at the Learning Center daily for over 2 years now as on-farm staff. The spirit of the place keeps me coming back. I love our food. I love our animals. I love our...

Naturally Artful Eggs
Apr 18 2014 - 2:11pm
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Workshops

The Blackhawk Buddy House has been packed the last two days with eggcellent crafts. On Thursday, the younger children dyed eggs with natural dyes, made with coffee, tumeric, onion skins, cumin, cabbage and hibiscus flowers. Over 38 children came from Blackhawk Courts housing project to dye their eggs. It was a bustling kitchen!

Many C.R.A.F.Ty Things Happening
Mar 10 2014 - 11:07am
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By Shelbie Blank, Farmer Training Program Assistant

February 28th CRAFT members gathered at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute in East Troy, Wisconsin for the annual CRAFT Open Meeting! Learn more about the meeting details, the first CRAFT Field Day of the year "Rightsizing Your Farm" panel discussion and a QuickBooks Recordkeeping workshop which also took place at the meeting.

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