January 17, 2018 | Blog Post
“The Journey started when I decided to become an Organic farm,” Steve Buxton said about his Two Mile Creek Organic Farm in Sullivan, Illinois.
Pollinators
Monticello Mayor Larry Stoner Signs Monarch Pledge
May 30, 2017 | Press Release
Monticello Mayor Larry Stoner will sign the National Wildlife Federation Mayors’ Monarch Pledge today at the Monarch Brewing Company in Monticello.
Widespread Dicamba Herbicide Use Threatens Midwest Crops and Habitat
April 7, 2017 | Blog Post
The use of dicamba herbicide will be greatly expanded in the Midwest this year with the planting of dicamba resistant soybeans on millions of acres. Dicamba has been registered for use since 1965 and is sold widely in hundreds of products for broadleaf weed control for crops, rights of ways, and lawns. The increased use this year threatens specialty crops, prairie, and pollinator habitat.
Become a Monarch Ambassador
How You Can Help Save the Monarchs Not long ago, spring and summer in Illinois were marked by reappearance of clouds of orange and black wings. The Eastern Monarch butterfly was adopted as Illinois’ state insect because the entire state lies in its spring and fall migration path across the Midwest. Every Illinois school kid […]
