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Eggs are available — but pricier — as the holiday baking season begins

By DEE-ANN DURBIN, JOSH FUNK and MARK VANCLEAVE
Nov 25, 2024 2:54 pm - Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season.
Farmers and landowners invited to join Common Ground networking event Dec. 8

Submitted by The Land Conservancy of McHenry County
Nov 19, 2024 3:01 pm - Area farmers and farmland owners with an interest in local sustainable agriculture will have the opportunity to network at the upcoming Common Ground Gathering on Sunday, Dec. 8.
Barrington Hills couple faces uphill battle to keep flower farm open to public

By Steve Zalusky
Nov 16, 2024 1:15 pm - Barrington Hills residents Chris Yamamoto and his wife Sarah Gul want their Little Ducky Flower Farm open to the public. Their efforts are meeting resistance from the village and some neighbors.
Illinois Extension brings informative presentations to Greater Peoria Farm Show

By Amy Zepp, Illinois Extension
Nov 07, 2024 8:07 pm - Meet with agriculture specialists from University of Illinois Extension and learn about the latest research during the Greater Peoria Farm Show, Dec. 3-5.
Students explore career choices at Lake County event

By Joe Lewnard
Oct 31, 2024 9:33 am - A group of 130 Fremont Middle School students from District 79 in Mundelein were among the 4,200 eighth-graders and high school students who attended to learn about careers and jobs in a variety of fields.
‘Providing a free home inspection’: Annual arrival of box elder and stink bugs is a good reason to button up

By Mick Zawislak
Oct 25, 2024 7:56 pm - Just like colors changing or frost on the pumpkin, a sure sign of fall is the arrival of box elder and stink bugs looking for warmth inside your home
At least 75 sickened as deadly McDonald’s E. coli outbreak expands

By JONEL ALECCIA
Oct 25, 2024 10:58 am - A deadly outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has expanded, with at least 75 people sick in 13 states, federal health officials said Friday.
Here’s how the Smithsonian Zoo grows bamboo for its pandas

By Afia Barrie
Oct 18, 2024 12:18 pm - At a 3,200-acre facility in rural Virginia, the zoo harvests over 13,000 bamboo stalks a year. The process is ramping up for the new pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao.
Farm Foundation celebrates opening of its Innovation and Education Campus in Libertyville

Daily Herald report
Oct 14, 2024 12:10 pm - The Farm Foundation Innovation and Education Campus, billed as the Chicago area’s first food and agriculture sectors innovation hub, recently opened on the centennial Cas...
Bacon hogs the spotlight in election debates, but reasons for its sizzling inflation are complex

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Oct 10, 2024 3:53 pm - Prices for bacon are always volatile. Among other things, they're subject to weather, animal disease, feed costs, seasonal demand and, according to Harris and other critics, some price gouging by giant food conglomerates.

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