CCFB News» May 2023

Celebrated our CCFB members during Member Appreciation Week! We truly value and appreciate your support. Thank you!

Get your camera and capture moments by showcasing your best photos depicting theme of Agriculture in the Spring. Send in your photos – selfies, pictures of others, landscape, etc.

Nearly three years ago, a ball of mane and tail bounced his way into our lives. Our veterinarian referred to him as “old fashioned”. He is on the shorter side. Stocky. Thick. And fluffy.

In the United States, 30 to 40 percent of the food supply is never eaten, wasting the resources used to produce it and creating environmental impacts. Food waste is the single most common material landfilled and incinerated in the U.S.

One of my favorite events to attend growing up was the Coffee and Doughnut Sundays held once a month in the downstairs kitchen area of our church.

Many of today’s farmers were raised on farms where it’s been the family business for decades and through generations. That wasn’t the case for Carl Smits, owner of Smits Farms in Chicago Heights. His father was a builder, but somehow Smits was always drawn to farm life. “I always liked tractors, farms and growing things, even as a little boy,” he said.

Good news for the soon-to-be senior in our house: The nation’s largest employer is looking for applicants.

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Recipe printed with permission from Gibby's Gourmet Mushrooms LLC, Chicago Ridge

May on the Farm
May is a big flower and plant season for our area greenhouses and farmstands. Early-season vegetables are growing and vegetable transplants such as tomatoes, peppers and squash are going into the ground so that farmers’ markets will be well-stocked in July. Strawberries are blooming as its fruit matures at the end of May. Tender asparagus stalks are ready to be snapped and munched. I am so ready!