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Jupiter Ridge Farm Featured in Local Paper

Congratulations Will Lorentzen and Adrian White for their story featured in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald for being the first farmers in Iowa to sign a SILT Ground Lease. Will and Adrian will now pay a low monthly rent on land they and their heirs will always be able to farm while gaining equity in their home and buildings. Special thanks to land donor Steve Beaumont who made these dreams come true! Photo Credit: Dave Kettering, Dubuque Telegraph Herald  Read the Story

2023-07-21T10:51:10-05:00September 27th, 2020|News|0 Comments
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SILT Launches Adopt-an-Acre Campaign

Adopt an Acre: There's a new way to see your SILT support in action. Announced late summer 2020, SILT has posted four farms it is planning to protect by the end of the year. Donors can direct their donation to a particular farm acquisition by "adopting an acre" or more or less as they so choose. The funds raised are being matched by UNFI, the nation's natural food distributor. "We have Iowans ready to donate all or most of the value of their farm to SILT," explained Executive Director Suzan Erem. "All we need to raise is the closing [...]

2020-09-20T13:23:12-05:00September 14th, 2020|News|0 Comments
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White Privilege in Iowa

This recent article by former Drake Ag Law School Director Neil Hamilton and published on Bill Moyer's website. It is what white privilege looks like in Iowa. It starts with land ownership and the policies that landowners, starting with the very first European settlers, were able to get passed on their behalf. Want to change the arc of that history? Join SILT and treat Iowa farmland as a common good, not a commodity. Learn more here. 

2020-09-07T13:48:05-05:00September 7th, 2020|News|0 Comments
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LSP Features Luzum Farm Transfer

The Land Stewardship Project, a SILT ally based in Minnesota, featured SILT and its transfer of the Luzum Heritage Farm to the Boone Family in a recent newsletter. We thank Brian DeVore, LSP Managing Editor and Media Coordinator for his work on this story. DeVore is author of Wildly Successful Farming, published by the University of Wisconsin Press. See the feature story in the LSP newsletter.  Hear or download the podcast.  “There’s just something that doesn’t feel morally right about me being the one that cashes in, when my ancestors worked their butts off to pass it on. [...]

2020-09-20T13:22:12-05:00September 6th, 2020|News|0 Comments
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Landowners! Sign Up for Sundog TODAY

Landowners can learn how vegetables and livestock work together in a farm system at SILT's Showcase Day Sept. 2 at 1 pm hosted by Sundog Farm in Solon. You'll learn how to preserve your farm and what you'll learn from a free land consultation with SILT. Register HERE to get the link. This free event is designed to illustrate many crops in SILT's new Landowners Guide to Sustainable Food Crops. If you've inherited land in Iowa or are thinking about growing something new, this book and field day are for you!

2020-08-15T12:52:33-05:00August 15th, 2020|News|0 Comments
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SILT Named in Food Tank’s Top 20

SILT was recognized this month as one of the 20 organizations in the world preserving farmland for the future. The internationally-renowned Food Tank published the list in late July 2020. See the article here. SILT is in the highly-esteemed company of the American Farmland Trust (also a member of the Chipotle Aluminaries Cohort with SILT), the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Friends of the Earth International and many other grassroots organizations around the world.

2020-09-20T13:07:57-05:00August 7th, 2020|News|0 Comments
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$500 Fresh Food Drawing!

THIS DRAWING HAS ENDED. WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNER SOON! Money is tight, businesses are struggling and fresh, natural food is feeling the love. So what better than a free drawing that will feed a family AND support a business that sources its food locally? Enter to win a $500 gift certificate to a participating retailer listed below and get fresh, natural food for the rest of the year! (Missing one? Have them contact us.) Ames Wheatsfield Co-op Cedar Rapids Cobble Hill Cedar Rapids, Coralville and Iowa City New Pioneer Co-op Cedar Rapids Rodina Clive Table 128 Council [...]

2022-08-23T13:15:21-05:00July 15th, 2020|News|0 Comments
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Watch the Showcase Day at small frye farm

Susan Frye, owner of small frye farm, hosted SILT's first virtual Showcase Day in late June, 2020. The video starts with beautiful scenes from her professional flower gardens, historic buildings and perennial herbs on her century farm near Walcott. Next are brief presentations by SILT Farm Specialist Joe Klingelhutz on his free consultations and Executive Director Suzan Erem on how to protect your farm. NRCS's Lydia Whitman emcees. Special thanks to the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Women Land and Legacy for collaborating on this event. Contact Joe today for a free consultation about what your land wants to [...]

2020-07-06T20:41:31-05:00July 6th, 2020|News|0 Comments
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