Overview

As farmers, we connect with our communities to sell our products and find the tools we need to raise our crops and livestock. We nurture our soil to encourage mycorrhizal filaments that connect plants and fungi, thus improving water and nutrient uptake. We find solace in friends who support us and empathize when things are tough. We create habitat that provides food and homes for wildlife. Connections at scales both large and small shape us and the world around us. Sometimes it feels like our world is losing these vital connections, that we are quick to seek out differences among our friends and neighbors. At Practical Farmers of Iowa, we cultivate a different ethos. We welcome everyone, and strive to build a community where we highlight what we have in common; where we listen respectfully to each other and learn from our differences.