USDA’s report on U.S. Farmland Ownership, Tenure, and Transfer sheds light on major barriers to land access
USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) recently published a report analyzing [...]
FDA Finds Monsanto’s Weed Killer In U.S. Honey
The Food and Drug Administration, while testing samples of U.S. [...]
Local Food Summit at Fairfest
Join SILT to discuss the future of local foods at Fairfield's Local Food Summit this weekend! Details here.
SILT’s Approach to Clean Water: Clean Food
Des Moines Register Aug. 26, 2016 Secretary of Agriculture [...]
Iowa farmers planting fruits, vegetables over corn, soybeans
More and more farmers are diversifying their crop mix and [...]
New study shows that buying directly from farmers has outsized impact on local economy
An increasing number of studies highlight the positive economic [...]