The water buffalo making headlines in Iowa this week will spend the rest of his days at the Iowa Farm Sanctuary, in Oxford, Iowa. “Phill,” as the juvenile calf has been named, is not the aggressive animal he was made out to be after escaping his home near Des Moines, according to the nonprofit group, […]
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Iowa Farm Sanctuary sues veterinary cent...
UPDATE Aug. 24, 2024 — The University of Missouri provided a statement, below: OXFORD, Iowa — A nonprofit that provides a safe haven for farm animals has filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Missouri Veterinary Health Center after the center euthanized sheep that volunteers had rescued. The Oxford-based Iowa Farm Sanctuary, which rescues, […]
Free viewing of documentary “Common Grou
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Nonprofit organizations in Johnson County have joined together to offer a free documentary film showing of “Common Ground” at the Iowa City Public Library. The viewing is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at the library, at 123 S. Linn St. “Common Ground” provides information about people working in […]
Iowa City conference aims to save the pl...
IOWA CITY, Iowa – After going virtual last year, the annual Iowa Organic Conference plans to return to an in-person format for 2021. The 21st annual Iowa Organic Conference will be held Nov. 28-29, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Organizers will be monitoring COVID status and University of Iowa guidance, and will […]
Testing grounds: Iowa City couple transf...
By Cindy Hadish/for Lure magazine Kristy and Bob Walker each made a wish list of features to include in the home they were building in rural Iowa City, intending to cross off items as they learned what they could afford. Their bank didn’t say “no” to anything. The result: Kristy has her indoor pool and […]
Hundreds demand factory farm moratorium ...
Iowans living in rural communities are virtually helpless when a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, also known as a factory farm, sets its sights on nearby properties. Issues go beyond the stench that neighbors are forced to tolerate, as the sewage produced by these facilities, which pack in animals in small quarters, leads to pollution of […]
Organic diversity links to profit is foc...
The Iowa State University Organic Agriculture Program’s 18th Annual Organic Conference will be held Sunday, Nov. 24, and Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, at the University of Iowa’s Iowa Memorial Union. Keynote Speaker Alex Heilman, of Mercaris, will address the profitability of organic agriculture, now and into the future. Mercaris is a leading source of organic […]
Practical Farmers of Iowa field day: gri...
CHELSEA, Iowa — They might not be “true” unicorns, but some of the goats raised by Adam Ledvina could pass for the mythical creatures, with a single horn jutting out of their head. Ledvina raises Kiko goats, a variety domesticated from feral goats in New Zealand, on the family farm in rural Chelsea. He shared […]
City kids sample taste of farm life at s...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Alyssa Aronson asks third graders at Kenwood Leadership Academy how many have been on a farm. A few raise their hands. Previous generations of Iowans often had relatives who farmed, but many children who spend their lives in the city, even in the Heartland, no longer have that connection to rural life. […]
Practical Farmers of Iowa brings farmers...
AMES, Iowa – Seasoned and aspiring farmers learned how cover crops can protect Iowa’s soil and water, brainstormed ways to revive rural communities and explored dozens of other topics during the 2019 Practical Farmers of Iowa conference. About 800 participants from throughout Iowa and beyond braved a winter snowstorm to join in the “Cultivating Connections” […]