Soggy weather delays community-supported ag programs

MAHOMET – Normally this time of year Lisa Haynes is upbeat about the growing season ahead.

But this year, trudging through late March fields turned to bogs by winter snow and rain, Haynes is pessimistic even though she knows in her heart that spring will eventually come, fields will dry out, and crops will eventually grow in them.

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