SCHEDULE:
10AM-12:30PM: Draft animal plowing, discing, harrowing demonstrations
12:30PM-1:00PM: "Mounds & Their Meaning" Presentation, Logan Pappenfort
1:30PM-2:00PM: "Animals and Land" Presentation, Dr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall
1:30PM-3:00PM: Draft animals moving logs and materials
3:00PM-4:00PM: Build a section of the hugelkultur mound, participation welcome!
SPEAKERS:
Logan Pappenfort, interim director of Dickson Mounds Museum, director of tribal relations for the Illinois State Museum (ISM), a division of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
Title of talk: Mounds and Their Meanings
Dr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall, Illinois State University, Assistant Professor of History, affiliated faculty with Native American Studies
Title of talk: Animals and Land
Other activities: make a seed bomb, face painting, learn about pollinators and native plants, connect with exhibitors and support local farmers, meet teams of draft animals!
Exhibitors/Tablers:
10AM-12:30PM: Draft animal plowing, discing, harrowing demonstrations
12:30PM-1:00PM: "Mounds & Their Meaning" Presentation, Logan Pappenfort
1:30PM-2:00PM: "Animals and Land" Presentation, Dr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall
1:30PM-3:00PM: Draft animals moving logs and materials
3:00PM-4:00PM: Build a section of the hugelkultur mound, participation welcome!
SPEAKERS:
Logan Pappenfort, interim director of Dickson Mounds Museum, director of tribal relations for the Illinois State Museum (ISM), a division of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
Title of talk: Mounds and Their Meanings
Dr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall, Illinois State University, Assistant Professor of History, affiliated faculty with Native American Studies
Title of talk: Animals and Land
Other activities: make a seed bomb, face painting, learn about pollinators and native plants, connect with exhibitors and support local farmers, meet teams of draft animals!
Exhibitors/Tablers:
- War Food Farm, Lincoln, IL: goat milk soap and farmer Holly doing face painting
- Honeydew Acres, Normal, IL: farmstay - local agritourism, and goat milk soap
- Illinois Stewardship Alliance
- ISU Horticulture Center
- Carissa Haning, esq. - legal counsel for small farmers
- McLean County History Museum
- Shady Grove Farm, Carlock, IL: A Sheep/Eggs/Herbs/Wellness Farm specializing in
Icelandic Sheep, Yarn & Fiber products. - Sola Gratia, Urbana, IL: community-based farm dedicated to producing locally-grown, high-quality, natural produce
- The Land Connection
- University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners & Master Naturalists
- Central Illinois Beekeepers Association
- Rural Heritage Magazine
- Wild Ones, Native Plant Advocacy Group
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