Historic Tazewell County barn in need of repairs and new roof
The barn sits on 100 acres that once sustained a family; today its owner is exploring ways it could be used to help sustain a community.
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The barn sits on 100 acres that once sustained a family; today its owner is exploring ways it could be used to help sustain a community.
Today on Food Trek: Host Tory Dahlhoff pulls the old food truck out of the garage, air up the tires, swap out the fryer grease, fire up the grill, and hits the road with Chef Ryan Smith to cook and chat with the owners of Sous Chef, a small grocery in downtown Peoria where they have written their own recipe for connecting local farmers to the community.
Getting more people on farms is no easy feat with conventional agriculture continuing to position less and less farmers on larger swaths of land.
Getting more people on farms is no easy feat with conventional agriculture continuing to position less and less farmers on larger swaths of land.