SILT Acquires its First Farm!
We've only existed for 5 months, yet today SILT announces that we've acquired our first farm - 53 acres of tillable and oak savanna just 15 minutes from downtown Omaha!
How Iowa City Eats Its Farmland
Iowa City is just one example of how our metro areas are paving over good land that could grow healthy food. Family businesses like small engine repair, 5 and Dime stores, smaller versions of Thiesen's - these all disappeared as these houses were planted in their place.
The Story of SILT
Out of more than 100 applicants only 21 were permitted to present [...]
SILT Message Spreads Across Iowa
This Des Moines Register story leads with Mary Ellen Miller's moving testimony to SILT she gave at the press conference. WHO-TV coverage and radio across the state has put SILT on the minds of Iowans from Sioux City to Muscatine.
Presentation to Johnson County Food Policy Council
SILT introduced itself to a gathering of nearly 100 Johnson [...]
Legislators Call for Farmland Preservation Study Group
Democratic Sen. Joe Bolkcom and Republican Rep. Bobby Kaufmann called for Iowa to "begin the conversation" about farmland preservation at a capitol press briefing Tuesday, Feb. 3.