Homegrown is a collaborative project by the staff of the Northern Star, the independent student newspaper at NIU. The project documents the life of planting, harvesting and beyond, in the land of some of the world’s finest corn: DeKalb, Ill.

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Homegrown will update every other Monday for the next five months. Join the staff on Twitter and Facebook to follow the project, learn about updates and share your own stories.

Unless otherwise noted, all content has been created by members of the Northern Star staff.