Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Organic farms catering to area residents, restaurants

Organic farms catering to area residents, restaurants
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/12/r_9iljpqzvqs2vzgcacvxjhw/index.xml

"A veritable cornucopia of McHenry County's bounty is picked up each week in boxes at Michael Walkup's small Crystal Lake farm on the street that bears his family's name.  His family goes back six generations on the land, so the tomatoes are not the only heirloom that he has on his farm across from Veterans Acres Park.  For the past five years, Walkup has been feeding a small, but steadily growing, population in McHenry County – locavores, people who buy and consume produce that is grown locally."

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