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The second Illinois Harvest Dinner held Wed., Sept. 7 at the Conrady\/Titus Family Farm (Elkhart) brought 96 healthcare professionals, food service directors, university administration, legislators, bloggers, and farmers together for an exchange of ideas about food, farming and Illinois agriculture.<\/p>\n

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The event is chaired by Illinois farm women Mary Mackinson Faber (Pontiac) & Katie Pratt (Dixon).<\/p><\/div>\n

The IHD was created as one more outlet at which consumers can network with Illinois farmers and learn more about farming and food production.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe wanted to create an atmosphere in which people can talk and ask questions about hot topics in food,\u201d said Pratt.<\/p><\/div>\n

She said they seek to foster trusted relationships between consumers and farmers and to highlight Illinois’ number one industry, agriculture.<\/p>\n

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Thomas & Breann Titus served as hosts for the Second Illinois Harvest Dinner.<\/p><\/div>\n

Faber and Pratt<\/a> partnered with Thomas and Breann Titus to bring the dinner to central Illinois.  Titus is currently serving as a Face of Farming & Ranching for the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance. In addition the family was recently named as Pork Producers Family of the Year from the Illinois Pork Producers Association.<\/p>\n

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Dale Hadden, director with Illinois Farm Bureau & Illinois farmer, talks to guests about the upcoming harvest, while Sean Arians, farmer from central Illinois shows off the technology that will guide this combine through the fields.<\/p><\/div>\n

Guests toured the Titus farm and learned more about raising pigs.  In addition, guests climbed into the combine and tractor to check out the farmer\u2019s view and learned more about technology and its application in agriculture.<\/p>\n

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Michele Aavang, a Wodstock IL farmer visiting with guests.<\/p><\/div>\n

Several Illinois farmers were also on hand to talk to guests about corn and soybean production, dairy farming, specialty crops and the diversity and strength of Illinois agriculture.<\/h3>\n

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The Pontiac FFA Chapter guided by advisor Jesse Faber, built raised garden beds in which they planted sweet corn, popcorn, wheat, pumpkins, horseradish, green beans and peas.  The garden beds were on display at the dinner, and FFA members were on hand to explain the significance of each crop to Illinois’ agriculture community.<\/p>\n

“Many people see Illinois strictly as a corn and soybean state, but we grow 85 percent of the world’s horseradish,” said Pratt.<\/p>\n

The dinner was prepared by Executive Chef Vince Swanson of Cracked Pepper (Peoria, Ill).<\/p>\n

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Appetizers included bacon jam and brie crostinis, horseradish infused deviled eggs, strawberry bruschetta with balsamic reduction, flatbread with buffalo chicken and ranch flavored popcorn.  The dinner menu included fresh vegetable salad, bone in bourbon glazed pork chops, cheesy polenta with elotes, green beans with bacon and onion and pumpkin bars and apple pies for dessert.<\/p>\n

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Chef Swanson met with dinner guests to discuss his menu selection and thoughts about food and farming.<\/p><\/div>\n

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THANK YOU to our Agriculture Builder Sponsors!<\/p><\/div>\n

“We are so grateful to all the businesses, organizations and individuals who supported this event,” said Faber.<\/h3>\n

Sponsors contributed at one of three levels of contributions \u2013 Illinois Agriculture Builder, Conversation Cultivator and Sprout Starter.  Contributing at the top level of sponsorship as Illinois Agriculture Builders were Farm Credit of Illinois, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Agri-Women, and Wyffels Hybrids.  Conversation Cultivator sponsors included Carthage Vet Service, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Farm Bureau, COUNTRY Financials & GROWMARK, Inc., Illinois Pork Producers Association, JBS United, Midwest Dairy, Pilot Knob Comforts and Prairie Farms<\/p>\n

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Hope Danielson and Melanie Kluzek, registered dietitians with County Market, inspect jars of M&Ms.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The jars illustrate how much estrogen is present in potatoes (225 nanograms) compared to a three ounce steak from a steer treated with growth promoting hormones (1.9 nanograms).<\/p><\/div>\n

Faber said the group plans to follow-up with the IHD guests to learn if they met their goals for the event.  \u201cEarly respondents to our evaluation rated the evening as excellent and indicated they have more confidence in Illinois agriculture,\u201dshe said.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Erin Ehnle Brown, Grand Vale Co.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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