Past Meetings
Sowing Success: Cultivating Tomorrow's Agriculture through Innovation and Workforce Development
Maggiano's Little Italy
516 N. Clark St. (Entrance on Grand)
Chicago, IL 60654
https://www.maggianos.com/locations/illinois/chicago/516-n-clark-st./?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Maggianos
Dean Germán Bollero shares the latest discoveries and workforce development initiatives from the College of ACES at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that are propelling the agricultural industry forward.
Preserving Working Lands with Conservation Easements
Illini Center
200 South Wacker Drive, 19th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Please join us on Monday, November 13th as we welcome Dan Lobbes with The Conservation Foundation!
Fall field Trip to Fair Oaks Farms
Fair Oaks Farms
856 N 600 E Fair Oaks
Fair Oaks, IN 47943
https://fofarms.com/
Join the The Chicago Farmers on Saturday, October 21st for a fall field trip to Fair Oaks Farms
Futures Markets Purpose and Function at the CME Group Headquarters
CME Global Headquarters
20 South Wacker Drive
Chicago , IL 60606
https://www.cmegroup.com/
Please join us on Monday, October 16th at the CME Group Global Headquarters to learn about the origin of the world's largest futures exchange, told through historical events.
Farmland Returns and Prices in the “New Normal”
Illini Center
200 South Wacker Drive, 19th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Please join us for our September 11th Chicago Farmers Luncheon at the Illini Center, Chicago with speaker Dr. Gary Schnitkey, Soybean Industry Endowed Chair in Agricultural Strategy within the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University
2023 Summer Tour
Whiskey Acres Distilling Co.
11504 Keslinger Rd.
Dekalb, IL 60115
http://www.whiskeyacres.com/
May Luncheon - Collaboration between EPA & Agriculture
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago LaSalle Dining Room
230 S. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60604
Please join us on Monday, May 8th as we welcome Debra Shore, EPA Region 5 Administrator!
April Luncheon - Land Values
Illini Center
200 South Wacker Drive, 19th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Please join us on Monday, April 3rd as we welcome Russell Hiatt, Hiatt Farmland Services and Luke Worrell, Worrell Land Services, LLC who will present the latest land values and lease trends as shared at the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers
March Luncheon - Sustainability Through Soil
Discovery Partners Institute (Formerly The Illini Center)
200 S. Wacker Drive, 19th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
February Luncheon - Discovery Partners Institute
Discovery Partners Institute (Formerly The Illini Center)
200 S. Wacker Drive, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
January Luncheon - Adventures in Urban Agriculture
Illini Center
200 South Wacker Drive, 19th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
