|
Gale Williams |
50s |
Male |
1980s |
Jackson |
|
Republican politician recalls farm life in southern Illinois |
|
John Ackerman |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Tazewell |
|
Pumpkin farmer; diversified to preserve family farm |
|
Yvette Ackerman |
40s |
Female |
2000s |
Tazewell |
|
Operates Ackerman Farms Store and a shop in town |
|
Wayne D. Sirles |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Union |
|
Manages packing shed at Rendleman Orchards |
|
Dr. Debra Reid |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Coles |
|
Associate Professor of History at Eastern Illinois University |
|
Mark Johnson |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
DuPage |
|
Agricultural Specialist for Kline Creek Farm |
|
Keith McClow |
40s |
|
2000s |
DuPage |
|
Director of Kline Creek Farm, an 1890s living-history farm |
|
Harry Rhodes |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Cook |
|
Executive Director of Growing Home, Chicago |
|
Parris Brewer |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Cook |
|
Marketing Coordinator for Growing Home, Chicago |
|
Brian Holst |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Rock Island |
|
Manager of the John Deere Collectors Center |
|
Dr. Peter Goldsmith |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Champaign |
|
NSRC Soybean marketing |
|
Jack Kuhn |
40s |
Male |
1980s |
DuPage |
|
Born on a dairy farm, farms with wife, sons, and brother |
|
Judy Stark |
40s |
Female |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farm wife discusses farming tradition in the Stark family |
|
John Thurman |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Kankakee |
|
African-American farmer in economically challenged area |
|
Jay Johnson |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Morgan |
|
Organized large-scale train shipments of corn to Texas |
|
Ida Thurman |
40s |
Female |
2000s |
Kankakee |
|
African-American farmer in economically challenged area |
|
Jose Martinez |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
St. Clair |
|
Mexican migrant worker at Eckert's Orchards |
|
Robert Wieneke |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Calhoun |
|
Produces peaches, wine and small grains |
|
Matthew Hughes |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Jefferson |
|
Corn and soybean farmer in a productive county |
|
Barb Male |
40s |
Female |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Farm wife discusses changes in farming |
|
Larry Smith |
40s |
Male |
1980s |
Sangamon |
|
Farmer discusses German heritage and impact of World War II |
|
Scott Jeckel |
40s |
Male |
2000s |
Tazewell |
|
Pork Manager for Jeckel hog confinement operation of 18,000 hogs on 1,500 acres |
|
Nate Janssen |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
Lake |
|
Manages large dairy operation at Golden Oaks Farm |
|
Jody Heavner |
30s |
Female |
2000s |
Pike |
|
Manager of elk production at Pea Ridge Elk Ranch |
|
Timothy Reed |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
Jersey |
|
Agriculture teacher at Southwestern High School |
|
Neil Dahlstrom |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
Rock Island |
|
Author of The John Deere Story (2005) |
|
Chris Eckert |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
St. Clair |
|
President of Eckert's Orchards, Inc. |
|
Bev Kuhn |
30s |
Female |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Born on farm in Australia, farms with husband near DeKalb |
|
Martin Mauricio |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
St. Clair |
|
Manager of migrant workers at Eckert's Orchards |
|
Rick Collins |
30s |
Male |
2000s |
Mercer |
|
Restores historic barns using sustainable practices |
|
Cavan Sullivan |
20s |
Male |
2000s |
Menard |
|
Raises pheasant, quail, deer, and bison on small farm |
|
Manda Geerts-Davis |
20s |
Female |
2000s |
Whiteside |
|
National Junior Advisor for Columbia Sheep Association |
|
Dianna Hatfield |
< 20 |
Female |
2000s |
Wayne |
|
Active 4-H and FFA member; seeks career in Ag marketing |
|
Sam Meteer |
< 20 |
Male |
2000s |
Menard |
|
State Vice President of FFA in Illinois, 2007-2008 |
|
Kaitlin Weitekamp |
< 20 |
Female |
2000s |
Montgomery |
|
State President of FFA in Illinois, 2007-2008 |
|
FFA State Officers |
< 20 |
|
2000s |
|
|
|
|
Makenna Barker |
< 20 |
Female |
2000s |
Fulton |
|
4-H member who displayed vegetables at Illinois State Fair |
|
Don (Anonymous) |
|
Male |
1980s |
DeKalb |
|
Recalls childhood on farm and resurrection of defunct farm |
|
Joanne (Anonymous) |
|
Female |
1980s |
La Salle |
|
Farm wife raised on farm but worked outside the home |