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Yearly Archives: 2009

WannaFarm Flops

Tell us your year end farm or garden flops? As always comment below.

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Ron Rosmann on: What is Sustainable Agriculture?

No one has said it better than PFI farmer Ron Rosmann, who, with his wife, Maria, is PFI’s Sustainable Agriculture [...]

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Transition is Constant

Mark and Connie Tjelmeland and TJ Farms TJ Family Farm is a full circle farm** north-west of McCallsburg. Run by [...]

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The Wanna Farm? Chat

Tree: real or artificial?

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2009 Nxt Gen Retreat: Complete!

Join our Practical Farmers of Iowa Facebook Fan Page to keep in touch and get the latest info on PFI [...]

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Salute to PFI’s Friend, Jerry DeWitt

Last night, we attended the retirement party for Jerry Dewitt, longtime friend of Practical Farmers of Iowa and director of [...]

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How-to Farminar

Interactions with Farminars: How-To Guide (8 Minutes) http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p27457419/ Today Gordon, Sally and I put together a simple Farminar to explain [...]

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The Wanna Farm? Chat

Where did you get your turkey for Thanksgiving? If you are feeling generous you can tell us where you’ll be [...]

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Business Plans

http://www.entrepreneur.com/businessplans/businessplancoachtimberry/archive113964.html While doing some research for our Winter Farminar series that will include some business planning motivation/support topics, I stumbled [...]

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Joyce and Julia

At lunch during the last board meeting I sat next to PFI board member Joyce Lock. During the course of [...]

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Farminars are hap-hap-happening

Great to see so many people are tuning into the Fall Farminar Series. Even more are viewing after broadcast from [...]

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The Wanna Farm? Chat

What percentage of your crops are in?

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Calling all absentee landowners!

We need land for beginning farmers! PFI is committed to helping those new farmers hook up with absentee landowners who [...]

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The Wanna Farm? Chat

Around these parts, 137 Lynn Ave., we are trying to figure out the best ways to communicate with members and [...]

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Small Potatoes Farm: Providing many benefits

PFI member Rick Hartmann is featured “above the fold”, ie top story in today’s Des Moines Register. He has signed [...]

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