Mary Ellen Miller was the first person to ever say she would donate her land to the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust. That was in December 2014, before SILT even existed. Then she told scores of Iowa media at SILT's official launch in late January and on IPR that week. Then she was honored for her generous gesture at SILT's first birthday in Perry, when the board voted that day on a resolution to accept her donation. Mary Ellen Miller signs the deed to her 40 acres over to SILT in early December. Finally, on Dec. 3, 2015, Mary Ellen signed over her [...]