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Illinois Farm Bureau
Farm Community Responds During Trying Times
19 minutes Posted Apr 23, 2020 at 5:19 pm.
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A group of Illinois young farmers and agriculture professionals stepped up and raised funds to help replenish Illinois food banks and pantries. Listen in on Aaron Mitchell, a 28-year old farmer who serves on Illinois Farm Bureau’s (IFB) Young Leader Committee, Steve Ericson, executive director of Feeding Illinois, and Raghela Scavuzzo, IFB’s director of food systems development, as they share thoughts on food availability, efforts to replenish pantry shelves, and the short and long-term future of the food and farming sector as we battle COVID-19.