IOWA WOMEN LANDOWNERS IN POWESHIEK AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES ARE INVITED TO A FREE SOIL HEALTH CONSERVATION MEETING IN GRINNELL, IOWA ON OCTOBER 13, 2014

Iowa State University Extension

Iowa State University Extension

Montezuma, IA – Women who own or manage farmland in Poweshiek and surrounding counties are invited to participate in a free conservation discussion focused on soil health on Monday, October 13th at the United Methodist Church in Grinnell, , 916 5th Ave., Grinnell, IA. The program is called Women Caring for the LandSM. It is sponsored by Women, Food and Agriculture Network, and coordinated by Poweshiek County Extension and Outreach.

The meeting will begin with registration and resource sharing at 8:30 a.m. Lunch will be provided, and during an afternoon field tour participants will travel to a nearby farm to watch a demonstration of soil testing. The tests will measure for soil structure and stability and infiltration. Participants will walk a short distance into a field, so please wear or bring appropriate clothing and footwear. The meeting will wrap up by 3:00 p.m. when we return to the United Methodist Church.

Maintaining healthy soil is the key to productivity and environmental health for our farmland. Women landowners who attend this meeting will learn to assess and improve the health of their soils through practices such as cover crops, no-till and strip-till, among other conservation practices.

Nearly half the farmland in Iowa is currently owned or co-owned by women. Women Caring for the LandSM offers a peer-to-peer, informal discussion format to allow women landowners to talk about their individual farm management goals, facilitated by women conservationists. This response from one recent attendee is typical of our landowners’ experiences: “This has given me some understanding of what my husband talks about. I came to this meeting with no understanding – I am excited about the projects possible to protect the Iowa soil and feel this meeting has helped me in beginning to learn about farming.”

RSVP by 4:30 p.m. Thursday, October 9th, to Poweshiek County Extension. Office phone number: (641) 623-5188 or email: xpoweshiek@iastate.edu For more information about this program, visit www.womencaringfortheland.org or call Carol at 641-430-2540.

This meeting is made possible with funding from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Local partners are the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and Iowa State University Extension.

Women, Food and Agriculture Network is a non-profit, educational organization formed in 1997 to provide networking, information and leadership development opportunities to women involved in all aspects of sustainable agriculture. Learn more at www.wfan.org, or by calling 515-460-2477

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