Two Ways To Access Affordable, Secure Land in Iowa:
Read These to Discover if a SILT Farm is Right For You
Time on the land, not in your truck.
SILT is targeting parcels of all sizes near major metro areas, giving you proximity to a local foods direct-sale, retail and wholesale market. Eventually, SILT expects to be active in supporting food hubs and aggregators to increase odds of success and meet your needs from seed to sale.
Not quite ready to start farming?
SILT will continue to network with farmer education organizations such as Practical Farmers of Iowa, Women, Food and Agriculture Network, MOSES and the Land Stewardship Project to inform you of every chance to improve your skill set and practices, build a business plan that will success, seek out the right markets for you and more.
“When there’s plenty of money, the speculators and bankers beg it first, and the farmers always lose out in the long run. What we need is a law to fix the value of land and remove it from speculators.” 1916.
Three Miles Square. Paul Corey. 1939