This loop road, along with the paved paths encircling the central ponds, has until now served as a hidden proving ground for teens learning to drive, roller bladers, and bikers and walkers of all speeds. Most public viewing will be possible by driving through the fields on Legacy Avenue, the road curving through the farm that was built over a decade ago (when perhaps a non-agricultural use for these 140 acres had been envisioned by the developers). Some of the farmвЂ™s 18 crops will be visible from Olympian Drive as well as from the Clearview residential subdivision where TAG currently leases seven single-family houses.

Commercial and academic partnerships to strengthen and enrich our local economyД¬anola plants in bloom along West Olympian Drive.Abundant testing ground for non-native crops.Field trips, demonstrations, and internships for students.A visually stunning, photo-ready destination during all four seasons.It also invited the public to enjoy watching the farmвЂ™s progress in 2021 as each crop grows.ДЄccording to its website, TAGвЂ™s vision for Clearview Farm is as follows: By planting portions of the farm in 18 different crops - most of them not typically grown in Illinois - TAG has set ambitious goals for its new venture: educational, commercial, and academic. This sunflower success story in Urbana is now part of the backstory for Clearview FarmвЂ™s new identity as a place of agricultural community engagement. The mass August blooming attracted widespread community attention and created a social media buzz as visitors flocked to the fields with their children, dogs and cameras in tow. Canola plants blooming in early June at Clearview Farm.Д¬hampaign County developers The Atkins Group (TAG), owner of Clearview Farm since 1997, had planted sunflowers in UrbanaвЂ™s Stone Creek subdivision during the pandemic year of 2020. In 2020, plans for Clearview Farm changed. For over a century, this farm has reliably yielded some combination of corn, soybeans, cattle and hogs from its fertile ground. The 140-acre Clearview Farm property on the northwest edge of Champaign is sandwiched between Mattis Avenue, Olympian Drive, Interstate 74, and I-57, just south of St. Where can you find alfalfa, sunflowers, flax, buckwheat, quinoa, popcorn and more growing side-by-side? At ChampaignвЂ™s Clearview Farm

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