If you’re an Iowa landowner, you can help build an Iowa economy and food system that’s sustained through community-based food farms. SILT is here to help you take sustainable agriculture to the next level while also protecting your farmland! There are a variety of ways that landowners can help protect their farms while growing Iowa’s economy and protecting the environment.

The most common way we help landowners protect their farmland is with a tool called a “conservation easement.” A conservation easement is an effective tool to keep your land in conservation farming no matter who owns it in the future. This option offers a wide variety of benefits including tax incentives, financial security, protection of your farm from re-zoning, and more. Learn more about conservation easements in Iowa.

In just 8 years, SILT has protected 16 farms totaling 1,200 acres across Iowa. SILT farms grow a wide variety of crops ranging from produce to nuts to herbs, free-range and pastured chicken, pork and beef and everything in between. If you’re a landowner in Iowa looking to protect your farm or are interested in finding sustainable farms near you, learn more about SILT farms!

Interested in learning more about protecting your farm or finding other ways you can help promote sustainable agriculture in Iowa? Contact us today!