Photo Gallery

Illinois Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, front and center, attended the January 11 meeting as a guest of member John Rutledge, second from left. Among those welcoming Lt. Governor Sanguinetti were TCF Director Dr. Susan Kern, far left, and TCF President Eric Rund, far right.

Students from the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences were among the guests at the January 11 meeting.

Lee Strom, center, project director of FARM Illinois, was the featured speaker at the January 11 meeting. He discussed the goals of the FARM Illinois project. His son, Tyler, far left, is the project manager of FARM Illinois. President Eric Rund, right, welcomed them to the meeting.

Chicago Farmers' President Eric Rund, center, welcomes Karabo Letlaka, left, and Shakira Motan, both of the South African Consulate at the February 8th luncheon. 

New Member Philip Reynolds, left,  talks about the Chicago Farmers' February 8th luncheon with Saneyuki Hondo, of U.S. Nisshin Shokai, a trading company.

Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences students Lexi Gomez, from left, Lorraine Claros, Andrea Blattner, and Jacob Carrillo attended the February 8th luncheon with their teacher Krista Moser, standing, to hear Dr. Stephen Moose's presentation on GMOs.

Dr. Stephen Moose, professor of plant genomics in the Department of Crop Sciences in the College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois, chats with Lexi Gomez, center, and Lorraine Claros, students from the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, prior to the February 8th luncheon where he discussed biotechnology and genetically modified crops.

TCF President Eric Rund, from left, thanks Roger Hayworth, Kenn Corban and Eric Wilkinson for their presentation on land values at the April 11, 2016 meeting. 

Eric Wilkinson, left, Hertz Farm Management, Inc., talks with TCF member Roy Mann following Eric’s presentation.

Roger Hayworth, left, real estate broker with Farmers National Company, answers TCF member James Beatty’s questions about the current state of farmland sales.

The Chicago Farmers’ April 11 meeting, which featured a presentation on land values, drew 100 attendees.

Dan Domenella and TCF member Joanne Long

TCF member John Rutledge, left, and Roger Hayworth, a speaker at the April 11, 2016 meeting.

Randy Pauli, from left, Don Young and Elmer Gramley

TCF member Ray Brownfield, left, and Kenn Corban, a speaker at the April 11, 2016 meeting

Through a dramatic presentation, actors Cora Vander Broek, left, and Matt Foss told us about Hmong, Mexican, Sudanese, and Dutch immigrants’ struggles in the United States as they worked to establish themselves in farming communities in Iowa.

Kennedy Gilchrist and his wife, Heidi Wilde, had an opportunity to visit with friends when they attended the May meeting.

Pete Petges, from left, Landon Frye and Monte Van Kooten chat prior to lunch.

The May meeting was held in a dining room at the Federal Reserve Bank.

September 14, 2015 Presenter, Dr. Gary Schnitkey, professor and farm management specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois