SILT Protects Red Fern Farm
For Release December 14, 2020 SILT co-founders Tom Wahl and Kathy Dice, owners of Red Fern Farm in Wapello, donated a conservation easement to the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust in December, permanently protecting their 86 acres for perennial agriculture. The easement is the first one of its kind in Iowa known to SILT, requiring perennial food production in perpetuity. "Time and again I have seen where fruit and nut plantings that took a lifetime of work to build were bulldozed away in a matter of hours," Tom Wahl said. "This easement will ensure this does not happen at Red [...]
