Building A Culture of Conservation
Iowa Learning Farms is building a Culture of Conservation, calling attention to the importance of improved water and soil quality through conservation farming practices.
The program utilizes partners across the state: farmer partners demonstrating various practices including reduced tillage, terraces, waterways and cover crops; educator partners who are teaching these valuable lessons to the next generation of Iowa landowners; and our funding partners.
The website contains resources to help all of our partners learn to retain and rebuild high quality soils and clean water.
Iowa Learning Farm News
Iowa Learning Farms hosts strip-till field day near Breda (Posted on 5/24/2012)
Iowa Learning Farms along with the Sac Soil and Water Conservation District are hosting a field day on Tuesday, June 5 on the Dean Tiefenthaler farm, rural Breda, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The field day will focus on strip-tillage as a conservation farming practice. The field day includes a complimentary evening meal. The event is free and the public is invited to attend.
Celebrate Big Creek Lake (Posted on 5/24/2012)
Big Creek Lake, located near Polk City, was created in 1972 and this year celebrates its 40th birthday. A celebration of the lake will be held Saturday, June 2, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. near the beach. The celebration is open to the public and includes learning stations, a complimentary lunch and the Conservation Station.
Cover crop field days at Iowa State University Research Farms (Posted on 3/16/2012)
Iowa Learning Farms and Practical Farmers of Iowa are hosting a series of cover crop management field days at the five Iowa State University (ISU) Research and Demonstration Farms across the state between March 28 and April 5, 2012.
New book offers insight into water quality perceptions (Posted on 11/9/2011)
Iowa Learning Farms is pleased to announce the publication of Water Quality Matters To Us All, a new book that provides insight into the attitudes and practices of agencies and stakeholders involved in protecting Iowa’s water quality.
Iowa Learning Farms offers new how-to DVD on manure management (Posted on 10/6/2011)
A new how-to video from Iowa Learning Farms and the Iowa Manure Management Action Group (IMMAG) offers suggestions, tips and reminders about manure application. The 20-minute DVD, “Manure Management and Conservation,” shows how to collect manure samples for nutrient analysis from different types of manure handling systems, reviews a manure analysis lab report and provides the basics for determining application rates.
'Dogs, Frogs, and Nature Songs' CD released (Posted on 9/15/2011)
A new children’s music CD from Iowa Learning Farms, “Dogs, Frogs, and Nature Songs,” has just been released. The CD is all about nature, conservation and learning.
Iowa Learning Farm offers new video ‘Troubled Waters’ (Posted on 10/26/2010)
There is a river that flows through the lives of everyone. Rivers are the veins of the land and an indicator of the health of its people.A new Iowa Learning Farm (ILF) video, “Troubled Waters,” explores rivers and the human relationship with them. Winner of an Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA) award for excellence in educational production, “Troubled Waters” calls attention to human attitudes and treatment of rivers, both good and bad.