Additional Categories
Please click a category to view the included resources.
- Climate and Weather Info
Weather, frost free dates, soil temps, etc. - Composting
- Food Safety, FSMA, GAP's, and 3rd Party Audits
- Fruit Production
- General Vegetable Production Information
- High Tunnel Production/Season Extension Planting Dates
- Integrated Pest Management
- Legal Issues in Urban Farming
- Marketing
- Soil Contamination
Links and documents related to soil contamination with heavy metals and other materials - Soils
- Spreadsheets and Templates
Spreadsheets and templates that can be used for production planning, financial analysis, and recordkeeping - Transplant Production
- Urban Ag General Resources
- Urban Ag Ordinances and Policy
- Urban Livestock
Contact Us
Zachary Grant
Extension Educator, Local Food Systems and Small Farms
University of Illinois Extension
4747 Lincoln Mall Drive
Suite 601
Matteson, IL 60443
Phone: 708-679-6889
FAX: 708-679-6855
zgrant2@illinois.edu
Sarah Batka
Program Coordinator, Horticulture
University of Illinois Extension
Enterprise Center
2205 Enterprise Drive, Suite 501
Westchester, IL 60154
Phone: 708-449-4320
FAX: 708-492-1805
sbatka@illinois.edu
Local Food Systems and Small Farms
Upcoming Programs
- 2019 Chicagoland Seed Swaps
A compilation of area Seed Swaps and Seed Starting Events.
- 2019 Small Farm Winter Webinar Series
Thursdays at 12 noon, CST Please pre-register at go.aces.illinois.edu/SmallFarmWinterWebinar
- Extension Program Participant Waiver
Effective 10/18/18, all Extension program participants will be required to sign this waiver form to participate in any Extension programs. Forms will be provided on site.
- Soil Screening for Heavy Metals at CCGA Annual Conference 3/30/2019
to Register for the CCGA conference Saturday March 30, 2019 at Breakthru Ministry: http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/conference/
- Soil Screening for Heavy Metals at Good Food Expo - Saturday March 23, 2019
Saturday, March 23, 2019 UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL Workshops Hours: 10:30am – 4:00pm Workshops Location: Level 1 of UIC Forum in combined Rooms D-E-F
