Those attending a FamilyFarmed.org Expo in Chicago this weekend will be treated to a special sneak preview of an exciting new documentary that features four Illinois families who have farmed their land for at least 150 years, according to this piece in the Daily Herald.
The film, “Deep Roots: Legacy of 150-year-old Family Farms,” will be screened at the Chicago Cultural Center. Producers hope to have it finished sometime this summer for airing on PBS or some similar venue, the Herald reports.
Among the families featured is the Flanders clan, headed by Tom and Farmgirl Carol Flanders. Their family has been farming the same plot of Kaneville Township land since 1851. It’s also one of 28 farms enrolled in an agricultural protection program to protect it from development, according to the paper.
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