Tag: Kane County
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Generations Connect on Ag Field Day
Participants of the Chicago Wilderness Alliance 2023 Kane County Farm Tour visit CHS Elburn. Maggie Soliz recently came face-to-face with agricultural diversity in her native Kane County. Located 45 miles west of downtown Chicago, Kane County is a model for proactive land use planning. Voluntary farmland preservation conservation easements are among tools used to strike […]
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Kane County strives to strike urban/rural balance
Illinois Prairie Pollinator Rain Garden at the Kane County Farm Bureau, Saint Charles. Located 45 miles west of Chicago’s Millennium Park, Kane is Illinois’ fifth most populated county and the Land of Lincoln’s leader for proactive land use planning to support agriculture. Three decades ago, Kane County leaders watched suburban sprawl transform neighboring DuPage County. […]
