Greg Wade, master baker at Little Goat restaurant in Chicago, taught “From Grain to Bread” on September 29th. He discussed and demonstrated making country sourdough, focaccia, naan, and baguettes in a wood fired bread oven. Growing, harvesting and milling grain… Continue Reading
Long-time friend of Spence Farm Foundation, Chris Pandel - Executive Chef of restaurants Balena and The Bristol - named the foundation as his charity of choice at the 2013 Allegrini Wines “Cook Off For a Cause” fundraiser on September 10th.… Continue Reading
Our September 8th and 9th Chef Camp asked the question: what does sustainability mean to you? Many campers shared thoughts about how to bring variety and diversity to foods offered to people who often do not have much say in… Continue Reading
In the US, of the 3,281,534 agricultural producers, there are 289,999 farmers over the age of 75 according to a USDA survey. In comparison, there are only 54,147 under the age of 25. The national average farm size is 421… Continue Reading
Our “Chores and Smore’s” farm tour took people around the Spence Farm, highlighting the animals and vegetables raised on the farm, with a bit of local history and discussion of sustainable agriculture in the mix. It was so dry out… Continue Reading
Whole Foods Market Sponsors Spence Farm Foundation. Once again, Whole Foods Market has donated $2000 in support of Spence Farm Foundation. They are our lead corporate sponsor for our fundraiser Harvest Feast: Chicago 2013. Why donate? Spence Farm Foundation is… Continue Reading
The Bluestem Branch of the Bank of Pontiac and Spence Farm Foundation will be teaming up at harvest time to help make the potato “crop mob” a success. Denise Kinzer and Carolynne Saffer discussed to possibility of our two organizations… Continue Reading
Learning to drive a tractor is as much art as it is science and thankfully the attendees of our Driving and Maintaining Your Tractor field day had a very detailed explanation of how to both maintain a tractor and… Continue Reading
Spence Farm Foundation and Prairie Central Junior High are partnering to raise potatoes on the school’s campus to benefit local food pantries and also to be a teaching tool for the school. The plants are looking great and there… Continue Reading
On June 23rd and 24th, 12 chefs and over a dozen presenters participated in our 4th Chef Camp. Highlights of the event were the tour and discussion about logistics of the Spence Farm, beekeeping session, harvesting from the fields, butchering,… Continue Reading