Growing at MCC

TODAY 🥕🫑🍎💐🐖🐔
Doors are open now until 3 PM. Come check out 12 different farms offering CSA subscriptions in McHenry County. Cut flower subscriptions, vegetable boxes, meat, and eggs - imagine the bounty of local goods you could have this season!

CSA Fair
FREE to attend
Other farm goods for purchase today

organized by and

Wow! Thank you to all who came to The Great Seed (and soil!) Event at MCC today.
So …many …people! So many plant people in the County and beyond. Hope springs eternal, indeed.

Offered in partnership with U of I Extension Master Gardeners in McHenry County.

Curious about CSA’s? Does receiving a regular box of local farm products appeal to you?

Join us Sunday Feb 22 ! 12-3 pm
Free

10 - yes 10! - local farms will be on hand with exhibit table to answer questions about their CSA options. Community Supported Agriculture is like a “membership” of sorts with lots of different delivery options, product mix, and payment options. There is certainly a good fit for you and yours.

In addition, Kids Fruits and Veggies To The Rescue!, (kids ages 4-10) will start at 12pm (ending at 1pm) at Duke’s the same day. Registration not required, but strongly encouraged as limited spots are available. Registration link in bio.

Grab lunch or a beer at Duke’s and visit the CSA fair!

The Green Living Expo at MCC is happening now through 3pm! After a break last year, this free event is back full force with vendors and activities, all focused on sustainability. 🌎🤘🌎🤘
Come be inspired and meet some excellent people :)

A bit of the fall harvest from the MCC, Student Farm… all three of which came from . What you see here is Glass Gem popcorn, Eclipse dry beans, and Honeynut butternut squash. If it weren’t for the darn dear, we would’ve had quite a bit of that corn!
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Athletics is hosting the MCC Baseball Hall of Fame event this weekend for the 2016 season and our floral design program was asked to make the centerpieces! Courtney and her students from the Intro to Floral Design class made these masterpieces! Congrats to the players and nice job designers!

As founding members of the Northern Illinois Young Farmers chapter, we are SO happy to see this farmer-focused event in its 4th year!

DATE: September 19-21

New this year - a whole weekend extravaganza! Join us Friday evening to Sunday afternoon.
OR… for just one meal or one workshop! It’s up to you.
Find more information at the link in our BIO

LOCATION: Hazzard Free Farm

5111 Ahrens Road, Pecatonica, IL 61063

THEME: Interconnectedness

Farm-ily started as a farm-to-table dinner for farmers, created by farmers.

Tickets in Bio! 🐝🥕💥🕺🏻🏄‍♀️

The Center for Agrarian Learning at MCC was very happy to host last Fridays “Community Forum” led by U of I Extension in McHenry County.
Within the first 10 minutes, I overheard a great connection made between Community Health Partnership of IL in Harvard, and the McHenry County Conservation District. It was a day filled with such networking!
We hope to host future events for community members to assess needs and obstacles and brainstorm solutions - there’s such great work happening in our County. Thank you Extension, and all who attended!