showcase day

Landowners! Sign Up for Sundog TODAY

Landowners can learn how vegetables and livestock work together in a farm system at SILT's Showcase Day Sept. 2 at 1 pm hosted by Sundog Farm in Solon. You'll learn how to preserve your farm and what you'll learn from a free land consultation with SILT. Register HERE to get the link. This free event is designed to illustrate many crops in SILT's new Landowners Guide to Sustainable Food Crops. If you've inherited land in Iowa or are thinking about growing something new, this book and field day are for you!

2020-08-15T12:52:33-05:00August 15th, 2020|News|0 Comments
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Watch the Showcase Day at small frye farm

Susan Frye, owner of small frye farm, hosted SILT's first virtual Showcase Day in late June, 2020. The video starts with beautiful scenes from her professional flower gardens, historic buildings and perennial herbs on her century farm near Walcott. Next are brief presentations by SILT Farm Specialist Joe Klingelhutz on his free consultations and Executive Director Suzan Erem on how to protect your farm. NRCS's Lydia Whitman emcees. Special thanks to the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Women Land and Legacy for collaborating on this event. Contact Joe today for a free consultation about what your land wants to [...]

2020-07-06T20:41:31-05:00July 6th, 2020|News|0 Comments
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Readers Respond to Front Page Story

We're still celebrating last week's great coverage in the Omaha World Herald of the Driscolls' 53 acres - the first Iowa land ever to be permanently protected to grow healthy food. The article appeared as the main story on the front page. We've received some wonderful responses, including this sweet note with a $5 bill and a letter to the editor praising the Driscolls. The article also helped fill our Showcase Day July 8 to an overflow crowd. Every bit makes a difference. Only $199,995  to go! Whether we own it forever or sell it to a food farmer with an easement on it in the next [...]

2024-09-25T10:20:57-05:00July 5th, 2016|News|0 Comments
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