Published Jan 25, 2024

PFI Member Photo Album
By Practical Farmers of Iowa

Photos in this gallery were taken by PFI members. Whether you’re a farmer, landowner or a non-farmer, we invite you to share your images of the everyday, the awe-inspiring or the curiously beautiful from your farm or community; we’ll work to curate them into the album.

Click any image below to expand the gallery and read through the captions.

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Swiss chard is finally enjoying the seasonal (much cooler) weather at Root to Rise Farm. (Sarah Nizzi, Boone, Iowa)
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A honeybee bathed in pollen alights on an okra blossom. (Mari Hunt Wassink, Black Earth Gardens, Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
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Not everyone needs cinnamon and nutmeg to enjoy their pumpkins! (Jessica Peterson, Bloomsbury Farm, Shellsburg, Iowa)
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Shelby and her goats dress up as “Winter” for Halloween 2023. (Bailey Lutz, Hollyhock Land & Livestock, Decorah, Iowa)
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A cover crop cocktail after winter wheat is looking fine in October. (Josh Hiemstra, Hiemstra Dairy, Brandon, Wisconsin)
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Teamwork makes the dream work! Red and Green give a harvest high-five. (Mark Peterson, Bent Gate Farm, Red Oak, Iowa)
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Low water for multiple years has meant the resident beavers maintain and rebuild the dam in the background, creating a reflecting pool below it and a covering of leaves above it. Southfork, a tributary of the Iowa River, flows through Gibralter Farms, operated by the Gilberts in central Hardin County. (John Gilbert, Gibralter Farms, Iowa Falls, Iowa)

Have a photo you’d like featured in the magazine? Email it to liz.kolbe(at)practicalfarmers(dot)org or tag PFI on social media and let us know!