The Land Connection

FarmingIllinois, United States11-50 Employees

The Land Connection is a farming-focused organization based in Champaign, Illinois, with a staff of 11 to 50 employees and a website at thelandconnection.org. The organization was founded in 2001 in Evanston, Illinois by Terra Brockman to preserve farmland, and it has since expanded to include farmer training and related programming. Beginning in 2004, TLC launched Central Illinois Farm Beginnings, a year-long training program for beginning farmers, and in 2009 became a founding member of the national Farm Beginning Collaborative, which supports training programs in multiple states. The Land Connection provides training and education to improve environmental and ecological outcomes as well as economic and quality-of-life outcomes for farmers, offering conferences, workshops, field days, and webinars to build connections within a regenerative farming community. Its work in food access centers on the Champaign Farmers Market, where it coordinates incentives under SNAP and WIC/Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Programs to help underserved families access locally grown food, alongside community education about local food systems. Historically, TLC has operated in Evanston, Sidney, and Bloomington before relocating to Champaign in 2013 to launch its food-access initiatives.

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