Angelic Organics

"Angelic Organics Learning Center is the educational nonprofit partner to the Angelic Organics farm. The Peterson family has farmed this land for three generations. Their rich heritage of family farming lives on today for more than 1,400 families who buy produce direct from the farm. This type of farming is called community supported agriculture (CSA). Angelic Organics, now one of the largest CSA farms in the country, is nationally recognized as a model for community supported agriculture... The life of farmer John Peterson (Biodynamic) and the farm has been chronicled in the award-winning documentary film The Real Dirt on Farmer John. "In the documentary, The Real Dirt on Farmer John, John Peterson says that he “began to see the farm as a living organism.” Upon further reflection Peterson, the founder of Rockford, Illinois-based biodynamic farm, Angelic Organics, says that he’s always seen the farm that way. He says that the works of Austrian scientist and philosopher Rudolf Steiner helped to crystallize his thoughts around this idea."

The learning center is part of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.

Funding Partners
Accessed April 2012:


 * Angelic Organics
 * Blooming Prairie Foundation
 * Chicago Community Trust
 * Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
 * Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
 * Farm Aid
 * Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago
 * General Mills Foundation
 * Paul and Suzanne Hanifl Foundation
 * Heifer International
 * Illinois Department of Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Program
 * Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
 * In Youth We Trust Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
 * Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
 * LeFort-Martin Fund at the Chicago Community Trust
 * Liberty Prairie Foundation
 * Lumpkin Family Foundation
 * North Central Risk Management Education Center
 * Patagonia Chicago
 * The Philanthropic Collaborative
 * Presbyterian Church USA
 * Presbytery of Chicago
 * Prince Charitable Trusts
 * Dr. Louis and Violet Rubin Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
 * Sunday Dinner, Inc.
 * TAC, LLC Charitable Contribution Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
 * United Way of Rock River Valley
 * USDA Risk Management Agency
 * Willy St. Co-op
 * Whole Foods Markets (Deerfield)
 * Woodward Charitable Trusts

Contact
Web: http://www.learngrowconnect.org