Justin Pippert, a friend of Cathy Irvine, who donated farmland to the Tallgrass Prairie Center, during a dedication ceremony on Friday at her late husband's family farm in Dysart. Irvine donated 77 ...

The Liberty Prairie Farm Store debuts Saturday in Grayslake with a bounty of organic vegetables and other locally-sourced products. But there's more to the business than what's on the shelves. The new ...

AMES, Iowa – A recently awarded federal grant will help an innovative Iowa State University program expand its mission to protect soil and water quality by planting strips of native prairie on ...

Back in 2003, a team of scientists from Iowa State University began to study how to best introduce conservation practices into working farmland without undermining the crop productivity of the fields ...

Kahle Atherton-Boutte (second from back) looks on as guests cross a creek during a llama hike at Prairie Patch Farm in Johnson County Oct. 1. The farm offers group hikes with llamas on the property’s ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) — After months of prepping the animals and buildings, Prairie Farm has opened the barn doors for visitors. "It's typically pretty busy on our first day and our first week, so we ...

A porcine resident of Centennial Park’s Prairie Farm in Champaign enjoys its bucket of food Monday as young visitors explore the site. Bentley Richards, 3, of Champaign pets one of Prairie Farm’s ...

One hot sunny May morning, Josie Meyer ’24 and a few friends were out on Luther’s Jewell Prairie with a truck full of seedlings and a water tank. It was the last stage of Meyer’s yearlong honors ...

The grant, through the Tourism Attractions Grant Program, is part of a $1.7 million investment to support a dozen local tourism spots across the state. Prairie Fruits said in a Sept. 2 press release ...