Illinois Stewardship Alliance

🚨 Time is running out for HB4922.

The Emerging and Socially Disadvantaged Farmer Grant Program passed the House with strong bipartisan support, but it has now stalled in the Senate with only days left in the legislative session.

This bill does NOT create new funding. It simply creates a pathway for already-allocated resources to finally reach emerging and socially disadvantaged farmers working to feed Illinois communities. 🌱

For years, these funds have existed in the budget without clear implementation guidelines, leaving many farmers without access to the support intended for them. HB4922 changes that.

📣 Your legislator may be in a leadership position and can help move this bill forward. Contact them today and urge them to act before session ends.

👉 https://secure.everyaction.com/kidPaLqmFki2lCRDx-TtdQ2

We are close. But we need action now.

The Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition just dropped their summer event calendar geared towards graziers all across the state of Illinois!

Check out their calendar chock full of free pasture walks where you can see how other IL producers are successfully grazing and go home with some ideas to implement on your own acres.

Plus, they're hosting the Heart of America Grazing Conference in Illinois July 15-16! Register for two days of learning including a farm tour, producer presentations, a virtual fence panel discussion, the latest research on grazing, and more!

Learn more and register at: ilgrazinglands.org/events

Our friends at Farm Aid are hosting a powerful conversation next Thursday on farmer mental health following climate disasters. The conversation will feature farmers and service providers from North Carolina and Washington State sharing their experiences, challenges and why prioritizing mental health is vital.

Register today 👇

Breaking Bread is Farm Aid’s Lunch and Listen series, featuring stories that uplift our shared history of food and farming, organizing and resistance. Join us next week for a conversation on farmer mental health in the wake of climate disasters. This conversation will feature farmers and service providers from North Carolina and Washington State sharing their experiences, challenges and why prioritizing mental health is vital.
This event is free. Register now! https://www.farmaid.org/breakingbread-register