Greta Wilson Wetzel and her daughter Gracie Webster chat with Rob about running an Airbnb and raising lavender after the death of the family patriarch. Their rural Nauvoo family farm has raised corn and beans for over 100 years but after they moved a historic Town Hall onto the property and restored it to be a lovely Airbnb.
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Greta Wilson Wetzel | Farm Airbnb/Lav...
Greta Wilson Wetzel’s Great Grandparents began the family farm in Rural Nauvoo in the early 1900’s. Greta’s dad, brothers and now her nephew have always raised corn and soybeans. Greta has diversified their farm to include the 1980 Sonora Town Hall which is a historic building they turned into an...
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Amy LaBruyere | Generators | A Shot o...
Amy LaBruyere of JD Belcher Electric has been installing generators around the Peoria area since 2005. Their company is in a historic tax school that was constructed in 1924 outside of Lacon. They have even preserved the original school desks. Amy says most people are surprised to find having a b...
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Vanessa Alvarez-Biver | Growing Popco...
Vanessa Alvarez-Biver and her husband really mean it when they advertise “Family Grown Popcorn.” Seven Forks Farm, sells popcorn at local farmers markets and on Etsy. Anyone can pop popcorn and they make it easier and healthier than the microwave kind. They’ve made it a priority to educate the pu...
