Twilight Tailgate with the Trees

Come hang out with fellow farmers, tree-lovers, and   at the largest agroforestry demonstration farm in the state–only 10 miles from the University of Illinois campus. This 120-acre agroforestry demonstration farm features . . .

• a 20-acre windbreak featuring 11 designs and 28 species
• a 15-acre hazelnut variety trial featuring 5 new hazelnut cultivars
• a 15-acre elderberry, black currant, and heartnut alley cropping system
• a 70-acre grain and timber alley cropping experiment featuring 6 species

Thank you to The Land Connection for co-hosting this event!

Land Acknowledgement

The Savanna Institute Illinois Demonstration Farms grow on the unceded lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Meskwaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw peoples. The soil we work with and the nourishment it provides are rich only because of generations of knowledge, wisdom, and care. This land continues to carry stories, fight for survival and identity, and celebrations of resilience and joy. It is our obligation as agroforesters not only to acknowledge this past, but actively support, listen to, and amplify the rights and demands of Indigenous communities, now and into the future.