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Speaking Engagements, Awards & Articles

From sitting on a panel with Vandana Shiva, to being invited to attend the 2015 Agrarian Elders Gathering at Easlen, I have been blessed with invitations to exciting events at the cutting edge of the conscious food system. Check out some of the events below. Contact me for future speaking requests. 

2017

Presentations & Awards

• Moses Organic Farming Conference

• Ogrin

• Hewn Bread Baking

• Good Food Advocate Award - April 28, 2017

2016

Presentations & Awards

• Managing Risk in Organic Grain Marketing at The Land Connection

• 2016 Illinois Specialty Crops, Agritourism, and Organic Conference

• Breadmaking with Heirloom Grains led by Ellen King (Hewn Bakery in Evanston) and Andrea Hazzard (Hazzard Free Farm in Pecatonica, IL)

• Cornucopia: Agrarian Elders Alarmed by Direction of Organic Agriculture

• Agrarian Elders

• Transformation Through Food, Forest City 350.ORG

Articles & Blogs

• 100 - Mile Dinner at 1776 Restaurant

• Les Dames d'Escoffier: Chicago Dames Host Special Farm-Bread-Beer Dinner

• Chicago Farm Report

• Daily Herald: Batavia comes together for first Farm-to-Table dinner

• Feast on the Farm - A Farmer, a Baker, a Brewer and a Chef

• Forbes: Feast at the Farm, a farmer, a baker, a brewer and a chef

• Saveur: Ellen King Reviving Midwestern Bread

• Farms Reach: Hitting the books THE reading list from Agrarian Elders

• Chicago Tribune

• Fooditor: Connecting with the Ancients (Grains, that is) at Hewn

• Chicago Market: Bulk up! With Chicago Market

• Wild Root Market Coop

2015

Presentations & Awards

• Edible Cities

Articles & Blogs

• Farmers & Chefs: Paul Natkin

• Rock River Times: Magpie Restaurant

• Practical Farmers of America: Iowa

• Iowa Farmer Today: Small Grains make Gains in Local Food Movement

• Growing Grains on a Small Scale (Farmer to Farmer Podcast)

• Chicago Reader: The Key to Reviving Authentic Midwestern Cuisine May Lie in a Forgotten Strain of Wheat

• Small Grains Make Gains in Local Movement

• Farm Aid Farmer Heroes

• Plate Magazine

• Chicago Woman: Female-owned Bakery Revives Early 20th Century Bread Recipe

• Hazzard Free Farm Plows a Healthier Path for Future Generations

2014

Presentations & Awards

• Seedsaving Panel with Vandana Shiva

Articles & Blogs

• GRIST: A Growing Appetite for Local Food Sends s Back to our Root Cellars

•  Southport Grocery: Hazzard Farm Grits

• Step Aside, Quinoa - These Ancient Grains are Coming up Fast

• Booming Business Organic Farms see Surge in Customers

• Rockford Parent: Enter the Culinary Hazzard-Free Zone

• Good Food Festival: Ancient and Heirloom Grains

• Farmstead Holiday Party

2013

Presentations & Awards

Articles & Blogs

• Urban Farmers Growing Rural Watermelons at Hazzard Free Farm

• Season Extension at Hazzard Free Farm

Affiliations

• Illinois Stewardship Alliance Food and Farmer Caucus

• Soil Health Caucus

• Nutrient Loss and PFAS/PFOS

• Midwest Grist

• CRAFT - Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training

• Stateline Farm Beginnings Graduate