Farm Description:
    The park-like setting of South Fork Creek Organic Farms makes the Farm a memorable and educational experience for Students and Tourists! The previous Farm Owner worked to make the 160 Acre Organic Farm a harmonious place where Nature and Agriculture compliment each other. The Organic Farm has an established Contour Strip Cropping Rotation that uses Corn, Soybeans, Oats, Alfalfa, Clover, Buckwheat. Vegetables and Herbs. Rotating the Strips from Corn to Legumes allows Nutrient-Needy Crops to benefit from the Nitrogen added to the Soil by Legumes. This practice combines the beneficial effects of Contouring and Crop rotation. Crops are arranged so that a strip of meadow or small grain is alternated with a strip of Row Crop. Not more than half a Field can be planted to Row Crops. Meadow slows runoff, increases infiltration, traps sediment and provides surface cover. Ridges formed by Contoured Rows slow water flow which reduces Erosion. NATIVE PRAIRIE GRASS & PRAIRIE PLANTS The Farm has enrolled 20 acres in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) as part of the LaMoine Watershed. The riparian areas are planted to native hardwoods and adjacent areas have been planted to native prairie plants and prairie grass. ORGANIC CERTIFICATION The farm has achieved organic certification from OCIA International - Organic Crop Improvement Association. OCIA International is one of the world's oldest, largest and most trusted leaders in the organic certification industry. A nonprofit, member-owned, agricultural organization, OCIA is dedicated to providing the highest quality organic certification services and access to global organic markets. As providers and consumers of certified organic products, we are committed to environmentally sound stewardship. The property is located 4 miles East of Golden, Illinois in Adams County, and is about 20 Miles East of Historic Quincy, Illinois and Hannibal, Missouri, best known as the boyhood home of the American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), who is better known as Mark Twain Some other famous citizens of Hannibal, just to name a few other than Mark Twain, include: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, who earned her name by surviving the sinking of the Titanic, was born in Hannibal, Missouri in 1867. Cliff Edwards was born in Hannibal in 1902. He was better known as Ukelele Ike, and is best remembered as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in the Walt Disney movie Pinocchio and for his recording of When You Wish Upon A Star from the same movie.

Practices:
    South Fork Creek Organic Farms is a 160 Acre Organic Farm and a harmonious place where Nature and Agriculture compliment each other. The Organic Farm has an established Contour Strip Cropping Rotation that uses Corn, Soybeans, Oats, Alfalfa, Clover, Buckwheat. Vegetables and Herbs. Rotating the Strips from Corn to Legumes allows Nutrient-Needy Crops to benefit from the Nitrogen added to the Soil by Legumes. This practice combines the beneficial effects of Contouring and Crop rotation. Crops are arranged so that a strip of meadow or small grain is alternated with a strip of Row Crop. Not more than half a Field can be planted to Row Crops. Meadow slows runoff, increases infiltration, traps sediment and provides surface cover. Ridges formed by Contoured Rows slow water flow which reduces Erosion.

Describe your product specialties and highlights:
    Organically grown vegetables, Organic Pasture Fed Beef, Pork, Bison, Ostrich and Poultry. OCIA (Organic Crop Improvement Association) Certified Organic Farm. Where the Buffalo Roam along with a few other Exotic Farm Animals. Come and experience Earth Day and Harvest Pow Wows. Home of the World Famous Pizza Farm - Come see Agri-Business, Experience Agri-Education, Enjoy Agri-Tainment. Tour the only Farm in Adams County, Illinois that actually grows Pizza! South Fork Creek Organic Farms features a one acre Pizza Farm which is an Interactive, Demonstration Garden that connects Kids and "City Folks" with the origin of their favorite food . . . Pizza! Your kids will enjoy learning the importance of Agriculture and the Farmer's Role in "Growing Pizza" At South Fork Creek Organic Farms . . . The Trees, they Talk. Can you hear them? The four-leggeds, wingeds and those that swim, they talk too. Do you hear them? Why not? Open yourself up to Hear, Listen, and Respect. Once you do, you will understand Mother Nature. Save the Prairie - Come learn about preserving and restoring Native Landscapes for Wildlife, and widen your knowledge of Native Plants and their uses. Rare Endangered Species Java Chicken Conservation Breeding Flock. Native American Medicine Wheel. Experience an in-depth journey that merges Myth, Meditation, Native Plants and Sacred Pilgrimage Traditions and Personal Growth. Experience Ostrich Farming and an Award Winning Buffalo Herd and the "Save the Buffalo Project" helping to re-populate Buffalo in the State of Illinois Book your Lakeside Weddings, Corporate Picnics and Organic Retreats

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