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Iowa Smart Agriculture Forum: Circles of Life

Media Advisory Des Moines, Iowa June 1, 2023 For more information, contact SfL: Ernie Shea, President eshea@solutionsfromtheland.org 410-952-0123 Iowa Smart Agriculture Forum: Circles of Life In November 2022, the Iowa Smart Agriculture Work Group (IASA), released a white paper focused on Iowa agriculture in the 21st Century entitled Iowa Smart...

Agricultural perspectives to be heard at UN Water Conference

Big ideas are formulating in agriculture on how to better manage and reinvigorate water supplies in the face of climate change. None of them can be accomplished alone—without collaboration among farmers, ranchers, foresters, crop breeders, agricultural technology companies, and other value chain partners. Solutions from the Land will bring together...

Farmer-led Indiana Smart Agriculture calls for climate change strategy in new report, invites partners to join conversation

It’s June 1. You’ve got 4,000 acres of corn and 2,500 acres of soybeans to plant. So far, you’ve planted 150 acres of corn, and 40 of them are underwater. Can this scenario happen in Indiana? “It already has—in 2019,” says Don Villwock, Edwardsport, a farmer and former president of Indiana Farm Bureau. “Changes in weather patterns are real, and we need...

Iowa Smart Agriculture farmers embrace circular system pathways with the release of a new vision report at COP 27

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and other food system leaders attending the United Nation’s International Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt this week are touting “circular economies” as key strategies for transforming current systems of agriculture and food into more resilient, carbon neutral, nature positive, and profitable systems....

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