Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT) had their Spring Concert fundraiser tonight at The Mill. They work across Iowa with land owners to preserve farm land for food production.
From the SILT website:
"The Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT) launched in early 2015 to help save and protect the best of the family farm – small, diverse, clean farms that feed Iowans. We are dedicated to permanently protecting land to grow healthy food for generations to come."
In three years, SILT has preserved five farms totalling about 400 acres. Tonight
Suzan Erem and Paul Durrenberger announced they were donating their 62 acre farm near Morse to SILT. Soon some farmers will be producing good nutritious food on these acres.
Suzan Erem and Paul Durrenberger announced they were donating their 62 acre farm near Morse to SILT. Soon some farmers will be producing good nutritious food on these acres.
Iowa has some of the richest soil in the world, yet we barely produce any of the food we consume. Iowa also has the most changed landscape in the country and some of the worst water. I have a Raygun shirt and sticker that says "America Needs Clean Water." Now Raygun has created a shirt for SILT that says "Silt is my favorite dirty word." These two shirts go hand in hand. Silt is wonderful on farms, but terrible in our water. Small changes in the food we eat, sustainable agriculture and erosion control will add up if we support and demand change.
You can learn more about SILT here:
https://silt.org/
https://silt.org/
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