(Chicago Sun Times) — Sunrise at Spence Farm in central Illinois, and dew drenches the grass, cats prowl the barns, geese march with purpose single-file through the yard and air is fragrant with a clean, verdant aroma.
Marty and Kris Travis are out back at a walk-in cooler near the barn loading their 1995 Ford diesel van with stinging nettles, green garlic, cattails, wheat berries, chive blossoms, rapini, arugula, asparagus and more.