We continue to be amazed at the response we received in July for funding our Savings Incentive Program. Thanks to your generous donations, we surpassed our goal and raised $25,622.39!

Thank you for supporting PFI's beginning farmers!

From the summer magazine:

Join Steve Gabriel for a six-week course on silvopasturing. Learn best principles and practices, and discuss strategies to convert woodlands to silvopasture and plant trees successfully in pasture.

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Check out our full slate of 2020 field days. Details and registration are now available.

Missed a virtual field day that you wanted to attend? There are a few ways to watch recordings:

POSTPONED - Integrating Cover Crops on a Vegetable and Poultry Farm – Interseeded & Quick-Turnaround Covers

Hosted by: Rob Faux

Hosted by: A.J. and Kellie Blair

Hosted by: Jeff Pudenz

Hosted by: Jim & Kathy Moseley

Kim Andersen of Brighton was featured in the Southeast Iowa Union: Blueberry picking a hot commodity during COVID-19

Kamyar Enshayan of Cedar Falls wrote an op-ed that was featured in The Gazette: Raising the issue of 'food system brutality' in Iowa - Plan and invest in a just food system

Mitchell Hora of Brighton, Steve Berger of Wellman and George Schaefer of Kalona were featured in The News: Cover Cropping: A Locally Grown Innovation

Ann Wolf of Des Moines was featured on Center for Rural Affairs' blog: Woman landowner leads in building climate resiliency

Lisa Schulte Moore of Ames was featured in The Gazette: Iowa State University professor working to turn manure into fuel with $10 million grant

Sally Worley, PFI's executive director, was featured on KGLO News: Free workshops aim to connect beginning farmers with retiring farmers 

Have you been featured in the media? Tell us when and where to find a link to the article, and we'll feature you in a future issue of Practical News.

Contact: tamsyn@practicalfarmers.org