Stories of Healthy Soil & Clean Water

Will County pushes for conservation with local food production and processing

On Thursday, November 21, the Will County Board adopted a resolution urging creation of a systems approach for increasing the supply of “locally produced/processed foods to complement global supply chains that may be disrupted in emergency events.” Will County Board Chair Judy Ogalla (R-Monee) spearheaded passage of the resolution.  The sole farmer on Will County’s... Continue reading

Burke Davies retires after more than four decades in service of conservation agriculture

Community members visited Marion County Soil & Water Conservation District Wednesday to acknowledge Burke Davies’ four decades of service in the field of conservation agriculture.  Burke has served as resource coordinator for the district in Salem since August 1987, and his agriculture life has included everything from walking beans, reclaiming mines, spending days in the... Continue reading