Central Illinois Farm Beginnings

Do you want to raise heritage breed chickens? Blueberries?  Vegetables? Grass-fed Beef?  Central Illinois Farm Beginnings is for anyone wanting to start an entrepreneurial farm business, and we are gearing up for our fall classes.  Let us help you take the next step to fulfilling your farm dreams.

"Without Farm Beginnings, we would still be in the planning stages.  The class was a great forge for our ideas, putting them under pressure and forcing us to shape them.  Now, we are in the early stages of living our dream"  -Annie Metzger, 2009/10 CIFB Student

Apply Today at Central Illinois Farm Beginnings website.

Employment Opportunity

We are currently seeking proposals from Fundraising/Outreach Consultants to assist our organization in formalizing its fundraising program. CLICK HERE for more information.

Got Land?  Need Land?

The Land Connection has free step-by-step guides for land owners and land seekers.

• Are you looking for the right farmer to steward your farm into the future?

• Are you a new farmer who needs farmland?

Download our guides today. We have options and solutions!

The Land Connection is in the process of training "farm transition coaches" who will help farm families navigate the farm transition journey, and serve as an advocate for the farm family's goals. If you would like to learn more about becoming a coach, or working with a coach, please contact us. 

Local Flavors 

Local Flavors is a farm-to-table series connecting Illinois growers and producers with local restaurants. Participating restaurants will offer a lunch or dinner special highlighting fresh, seasonal, locally produced foods. Local Flavors of Central Illinois will be held on the third Thursday June - October at locations throughout the region.  

Local Flavors Dinners - 2012 Schedule