SILT Executive Director Suzan Erem was named as one of 15 "People to Watch in 2021" by the Des Moines Register, the first profile in a series that ran through the 2020 holidays. Erem used the opportunity to announce an ambitious 3-year, $3 million campaign SILT has been developing. "We plan to hire someone from select communities to build food security by circling our cities with community-based food farms," Erem said. "As we garner the financial support, we'll hire organizers who will work in coalition with food and hunger groups, community leaders, planners and developers to make this [...]