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Local Food Growers Receive Help

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Glaciersend Website.
A Typical Selection Of What is Available From Local Southern Illinois Growers.

June was a tough month for farmers and smaller growers in southern Illinois.

However, in between the rain showers, a beam of good news arrived in the form of a

$10,000 grant from the non-profit Faith In Place group, and the Little Egypt Alliance of Farmers, or LEAF.

To learn more about the Little Egypt Alliance of Farmers, browse to:  https://leaf.localfoodmarketplace.com/

Faith in Place, is an interfaith earth care nonprofit.  For more information visit:  https://www.faithinplace.org/who-we-are

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