Published Apr 25, 2024

PFI Member Photo Album – Spring 2024
By Practical Farmers of Iowa

These photos 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.

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“It’s not just the snow, it’s the cold.” (Norman McCoy, Pinecrest Farm, Maxwell, Iowa)
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No plow yet. (Susan Kasal Young, Lucky Star Farm, Iowa City, Iowa)
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Cat-assisted shoveling coma: “Must be 10 feet deep!” (Miram McCoy, Pinecrest Farm, Maxwell, Iowa)
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John Deere and Massey Ferguson aren’t going anywhere soon. (Paul Lengeling, Lomp-Lengeling Farms, Collins, Iowa)
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All done shoveling in the -42 degree windchill (for now). (Billy Sammons, Hunter Organic Farm, Churdan, Iowa)
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“We’re gonna stay in again today. Bring the hay over.” (Susan Kasal Young, Lucky Star Farm, Iowa City, Iowa)
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“It might feel warmer if we keep moving.” (MaryAnn Mathis, Cory Family Farm, Elkhart, Iowa)
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Still could use a bigger shovel… (MaryAnn Mathis, Cory Family Farm, Elkhart, Iowa)
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Many tiny honeybee doorways to scoop. (Joe Klingelhutz, Iowa City, Iowa)
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Zach Wenke standing beside the tunnel full of winter spinach and salad. (Ashley Wenke, Pleasant Grove Homestead, Montezuma, 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!