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Agriculture & Natural Resources
The University of Illinois Winnebago County Extension Office strives to offer programs and workshops that benefit agriculture producers in Winnebago County. For programs and dates please access the University of Illinos Extension upcoming events calendar on the website.

Featured Websites
Soybean Rust (Illinois) Illinois IDEA Pesticide Safety Education Program farmdoc MarketMaker
Local Programs
Local Foods Initiative

Local Foods Initiative
Do you know where your food comes from? U of I Extension-Winnebago County has a new Local Foods Directory for Northern Illinois (http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/winnebago/downloads/16715.pdf) We are now partnering with producers and related organizations in the county to provide information and programming in support of local foods.

Additional Resources

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Online Forms & Surveys

Illinois Master Naturalist Program-Winnebago County APPLICATION
Program Registrations

Registration - Local Foods for Northern Illinois Directory
Register by December 31, 2009

News & Updates
Local Food Systems Blog
Want to stay up to date on what is happening in the way of Local Food programming, training and education?
Tips for Crop Watchers
Providing practical, timely, useful crop production information.
Podcasts

Closing Market Report

A daily review of farm and agriculture markets in the Midwest
Upcoming Events

Northwest Illinois Grazing Conference - December 8
Stockton, Illinois (Jo daviess County)
December 8, 2009

Private Pesticide Applicator Training & Testing Clinic
Sycamore, Illinois (DeKalb County)
February 23, 2010

Contact Us
For more information about these programs, please contact:

Margaret Larson
County Extension Director, Stephenson and Winnebago Counties
Stephenson County Unit
Highland Community College
Building R
2998 W Pearl City Rd
Freeport, IL 61032
Phone: 815-235-4125
FAX: 815-232-9006
mklarson@illinois.edu

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