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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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We Invite You to Build a Fairer Iowa

The days are short, the dark is cold, the stars are bright. It’s time for inside work. My inside work today is a story about trust, a story that includes you and that does not end today. In November 2014, twenty-five people came together in Perry IA to decide whether or not to launch the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust. They represented 25 leaps of faith. Bill Stowe, Denise O’Brien, Fred Kirschenmann, Cornelia and Jan Flora - people who had spent their lives creating an Iowa that offered a fair shake for every person. They knew that justice – from [...]

2024-09-25T09:05:40-05:00December 28th, 2019|News|Comments Off on We Invite You to Build a Fairer Iowa
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A New Farming Family in Decorah

Andy and Betsy Boone and their children moved onto SILT's Luzum Heritage Farm in 2018. They are making a new life with their pigs, sheep and chickens. Their children are growing up in a healthy, clean, natural world. It's a way for natural food consumers to be sure they'll always have access to quality food. Support SILT today and become a part of new lives on new farms.

2020-02-04T11:13:29-06:00December 5th, 2019|News|Comments Off on A New Farming Family in Decorah
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Farmer Chosen for Luzum Heritage Farm

SILT announces the signing of a lease with Tor Janson, a seventh-generation Iowan who grew up in Toledo, Iowa City, and Seattle. A Grinnell College graduate, he has worked on ecological restoration projects all around the Midwest. Tor returned to Iowa seven years ago to work at Seed Savers Exchange. He is looking forward to building a farm grounded in the ecology, history, and food traditions of the Upper Midwest. Tor will farm this transition year while applications remain open for a longer-term lease. Due to the timing of the Luzum donation this summer, the SILT Farmers Committee considered it only fair to [...]

2024-06-04T15:27:44-05:00November 6th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Farmer Chosen for Luzum Heritage Farm
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170-Acre Farm Donated to SILT!

Decorah – Lyle and Sue Luzum of Calmar, IA donated their entire family farm to Iowa’s newest land trust at a ceremony at Decorah Bank and Trust Friday. The 170 acres the Luzum family has farmed since 1873 is the largest yet for the young land trust, more than doubling its 115 acres over 3 farms it has acquired in its first two years. “This is the first time in Iowa’s history that a family has committed such a large tract to permanent sustainable food production,” said SILT President Suzan Erem. “The Luzum family has provided an incredible gift [...]

2020-06-02T15:56:13-05:00July 2nd, 2017|News|0 Comments
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