The Weblog
The local foods movement is alive and well in Champaign County! Here are some updates on other projects while we finalize our virtual market:
Local Producers Map:
Our local producers map is ready for publication and you will soon be able to find it on gochampaign.com. Copies will be distributed around the community, in the local telephone book, and other “hangouts”. The guide lists the location and contact information for nearly 50 local producers within our county. The map was a project of the Local Food Council and printed with the help of some local sponsors including the Monument Square District, Champaign Bank, the Community Improvement Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, the Farm Bureau and others. It is a great start to finding a local source for Champaign County’s finest!
Part Three-Market Vendors
Today, we feature Heidi, from Hickory Acres Farms…
Welcome to all the new market customers! It’s so exciting to see all this growth and so wonderful that Pam & Mark are taking on all this responsibility. Thank you!
We moved to Champaign County over 20 years ago and after living in Mechanicsburg for 8 years found a beautiful plot of land and built a house to raise our family and have some horses and chickens.
I worked for a couple years on a CSA farm in Springfield and helped plant seeds, transplant to the field and harvest, wash and pack.
I love growing things and no matter how many times I plant seeds, some no more than a speck, it never ceases to amaze me that that one tiny seed can become a beautiful flower or delicious fruit or vegetable.
If you could see inside my house right now you would either laugh or call me crazy. My small greenhouse is filled with tomato and pepper plants so the overflow of flats of flowers for my cutting garden is now covering my living room, dining room and entry way floors. Hopefully the weather will improve and I can get them planted and soon have bouquets for you. Until then I am enjoying providing plants for your gardens.
Heidi Lyons from Hickory Acres Farm