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Raj Patel Draws Over 400 to Englert

Author and activist Raj Patel drew more than 425 people to The Englert Theatre Wednesday Oct. 2, despite rain storms and competing events. Guests heard the story of amazing women from Malawi and their impact on Iowa farmers they met when visiting America. Farmer Denise O'Brien, who appears in the documentary, moderated the Q and A with Mayor Jim Throgmorton and Raj Patel. Raj spent the next day visiting classes and meeting with professors at the University of Iowa before heading back to Austin. Iowa City resident Mark Weinstein won the Thanksgiving Dinner for 8 from Lucky Star Farm and [...]

2019-10-08T13:49:17-05:00October 8th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Raj Patel Draws Over 400 to Englert
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Raj Patel Comes to Iowa City!

Internationally-renowned author and activist Raj Patel will speak at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City, Wed. Oct. 2, 2019 during the city's Book Festival. He will spend the following day meeting with students on the University of Iowa Campus. Seats still available for walk-ins! Mr. Patel will be showing rough cuts of his new documentary on climate change, inequality and hunger created from inspirational women leaders from their villages in Malawi and brought to the US by their drive to educate Americans about what climate change is doing to their country, their people and their children. Footage of Iowa farmers [...]

2019-08-08T14:51:11-05:00August 8th, 2019|News, sibling page sidebar|Comments Off on Raj Patel Comes to Iowa City!
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Thank you Decorah!

The weather was HOT, the beer COLD and the carnitas sizzling at Decorah's first SILTFest July 19!An estimated 100 people packed into Pulpit Rock Brewery to hear Eggen and Hippen play soulful acoustics. Emcee Kayla Koether and a rock star list of speakers explained what a landscape of permanent nature-friendly food farms means to them and how we're going to get there.Former NRCS National Director Paul Johnson talked about how silt and SILT hold it all together. Land donor Lyle Luzum explained what it meant to donate his heritage farm (and for his daughter Steph to donate her inheritance). Young [...]

2020-02-04T11:17:46-06:00July 22nd, 2019|News|Comments Off on Thank you Decorah!
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SILT Solstice Party in Fairfield!

Join friends and neighbors from across Southeast Iowa at Jefferson County Ciderworks Wed. June 19 6:30-9:30 for what has quickly become an annual event - the SILT Solstice Party and Fundraiser! Support healthy food farms ringing our major cities. Food security, rural opportunity, better public health, cleaner water and air. SILT Friends Steve and Michaela Mclain will play their wonderful acoustic music and John Ikerd will once again motivate us to get out and do something! Suzan Erem from SILT will update everyone on the latest and greatest happening around the state. See the short video of Steve, Michaela, [...]

2024-01-09T09:34:22-06:00May 15th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on SILT Solstice Party in Fairfield!
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Greg Brown and Dave Moore Video from Spring Thaw

Greg Brown and Dave Moore gave one of their classic concerts at the iconic Mill in Iowa City March 29 to a full house, with all of the proceeds going to SILT thanks to the generosity of the musicians and event sponsor MidwestOne.  We LOVE these guys! Steve and Michaela Mclain and Jimmy Ryan of The Hit Men opened the night with original ballads and a few covers, setting the tone of high quality acoustic music for the evening. Between sets, young farmers Carolyn Scherf and William Kresse told the audience about their Chestnut Hill Cooperative on Johnson County's [...]

2024-02-08T11:36:27-06:00April 4th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Greg Brown and Dave Moore Video from Spring Thaw
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Hennings Donate Easements on 293 acres

Beth Henning, pictured here and representing the Henning Sisters Ltd. Partnership, donated two easements on these beautiful acres in Northwest Iowa (one farm in Calhoun County and one in Greene County) to SILT this week. The partnership incurred a significant drop in the value of its land in exchange for permanent protection for sustainable food production, a drop in value that will help the next generation afford to purchase it. The farms will be in food grade, organic corn and soybeans for the foreseeable future.  Help Keep This Farm Protected for Good - DONATE TODAY "We grew up with a [...]

2018-11-15T12:31:55-06:00November 15th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Hennings Donate Easements on 293 acres
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SILT Receives 63 Acres in Johnson County

SILT founders Paul Durrenberger and Suzan Erem signed over the deed to their 63 acres just north of Iowa City at a reception attended by county supervisors and staff, SILT advisers and friends at the Iowa City Public Library Oct. 4. They will continue to manage the property under a reserve life estate agreement, but the land itself belongs to SILT.    See stories on Iowa Public Radio and in the Iowa City Press-Citizen.    Application are Now Closed. Sign up for SILT updates to learn who has been chosen for this opportunity!     Application Details   "We've applied so much [...]

2024-09-25T08:55:34-05:00October 7th, 2018|News, sibling page sidebar|Comments Off on SILT Receives 63 Acres in Johnson County
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Foodie Fest 2018 A Big Hit!

Guests enjoyed SILT's first Foodie Fest and first live-streamed event with promises of a bigger, broader event next year celebrating local foods and farms. Foodie Fest 2018 at the Windsor Heights Community Center drew an estimated 100 people and many new friends to SILT's mission of protecting land to grow healthy food. The night included free wine and local beer, local food prepared by area chefs, Niman Ranch pork, a silent auction and a raffle for a week near Acadia National Park in Maine. Board member and founder Denise O'Brien was honored for her leadership and dedication and SILT announced its latest land gift [...]

2018-10-05T16:43:08-05:00October 5th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Foodie Fest 2018 A Big Hit!
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Welcome SILT’s New Farm Specialist

  In a giant leap toward effective landowner services, SILT hired Joe Klingelhutz of Solon as its first Farm and Realty (FARM) Specialist on Sept. 4. Joe is a recent graduate of Iowa State University (Magna cum laude) with a degree in Environmental Science and a minor in Forestry. He has spent his summers working at vegetable farms such as Sundog Farm and Wildwoods Farm, and ran a forestry crew in the Western U.S. His undergraduate work included hands-on experience with Iowa State's Prairie STRIPS project and riparian buffers.  "This is a great opportunity for SILT to offer full-time, [...]

2024-06-04T15:15:19-05:00September 4th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Welcome SILT’s New Farm Specialist
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