Please visit our blog:

apps.learngreatfoods.com/blog/

. . . where Tour Guide Jen reports on great folks and great food!

Five-Year Anniversary: We are planning our five-year anniversary party for spring 2010. Please call Pam (815.244.5602) if you would like to be invited to our party!

About Us

Tours: We are a midwest touring company that teaches about the natural link that exists between sustainable farming, great cooking and the environment. Tours are offered in three regions: Northwest Illinois, with Wisconsin and Iowa; Northern Lower Michigan, into the U.P.; and Southeast Missouri, along the Mississippi River, with Kentucky and Southern Illinois.

FoodBooks: In 2008, we developed a set of booklets from our tours, capturing the recipes, stories, images, and great information that we were learning at every stop. FoodBooks are available for individuals, and for resale at farmers markets, farm markets, and non-profit fundraisers.

Business: We incorporated in April 2005. This year, 2010, we are working with 10 chefs, five tour guides, and more than 60 farms and gourmet shops. There are 10 FoodBook titles available now, and we are working on the next 15 titles. We contract with tour guides, chefs, farmers, designers, and photographers, in six midwest states, primarily Michigan and Illinois.

More about the Tours: Attending a Learn Great Foods agri-culinary tour and dinner, retreat weekend, or travel vacation is a special event, for your family, partner and yourself. You are giving yourself an opportunity to learn and enjoy your time, taking something back to the city and your everyday life. The chance to tour farms... talk with local growers... smell the clean air... prepare a gourmet feast of just-picked food and share it with new friends over an al fresco dinner.

These are the things that bring peace of mind, a memory of a quieter time and place, a dream of work that is meaningful to the common good. You will find much more than just good Food.

Do you ever wonder exactly where your food comes from? Are you a self-proclaimed "foodie" who appreciates the presentation of a meal as well as its taste? Do you love stimulating conversation, breathtaking vistas and hands-on learning?

Then Learn Great Foods is for you!