Illinois organic farming growth and limits in 2000s
Illinois had 22000 acres in organic crops in 2001 versus 80000 in Iowa and 91000 in Wisconsin. Organic sector growth hit about 20 percent annually, with $1 billion in 1990 sales and $14.4 billion in 2005, projected $32 billion by 2009. Massive land use for nonedible crops and a farm processor gap constrain expansion.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Organic Trade Association
Illinois farmers listen session aims to shape local food plan
Illinois farmers gather at Dunn-Richmond Center in Carbondale for the first of six statewide listening sessions. The task force, led by Jerry Bradley, seeks first hand input from Leslie Duram Chuck Paprocki and Tom Grant along with lobbyist Jim Braun and Debbie Hillman. Participants call for a local food movement focus nutrition education and state initiatives to boost locally grown produce and jobs in rural Illinois.
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Leslie Duram
SIUC
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Dayemour
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Tom Grant
Dunn-Richmond
Carbondale
Jim Braun
Springfield
Illinois Farmer- Consumer Coaliion
Debbie Hillman
Evanston Food Policy Council
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Kroger and Schnucks
Debbie Buchheit
Lick Creek
Bradley
Protest at funeral ends without incident in McLeansboro
At Harre Funeral Home representatives of a protest group attended a flood victim's service but were kept across the street by police. McLeansboro Chief Robert Crow and state and county officers deployed crowds control units. no major problems were reported. Healy, 35, died in a car trapped by floodwaters. funeral included his 12-year-old daughter present.
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McLeansboro
Robert Crow
Illinois State Police
Hamilton County
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