On Monday November 2, 2020, there will be a virtual screening of the documentary Kiss the Ground. Join us from your laptop to watch this documentary about how the soil can be a cure for climate change. Free admission. Email Hanna Bates, hbates@iastate.edu, to RSVP and receive the access link.
AMES, Iowa—Iowa Learning Farms, an education and outreach program from Iowa State University, will present a webinar at noon Wednesday, November 4, which will assess the progress made by Iowa’s municipalities and industries toward reducing point source pollution reaching Iowa’s waterways. Iowa’s largest communities and industries have a significant role to play to help meet […]
AMES, Iowa—Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, and Conservation Learning Group (CLG), is hosting a free virtual field day exploring impacts of cover crops, tillage and nitrogen-inhibitors on crop performance and water quality on Thursday, November 5th at 1 p.m. CST. Join us for a live conversation with Matt Helmers, Director of the Iowa […]
Perhaps one of the most exciting WFAN projects this fall is the creation, curation, and collaboration behind WFAN's 2020 conference, Cultivating Bio(diversity): Seeding Our Stories, Growing Our Power, hosted online November 6th and 7th. We invite you to reflect on the following words from one of our conference workshop presenters: “We all experience and interact with agriculture and […]
The Dakota (Sioux) homeland Mni Sóta Maķoce means “land where the waters reflect the clouds.” Nicknamed “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” Minnesota really has almost 12,000 inland basins covering at least 10 acres, but across the state, they are mostly rural and rather diverse. Deep, oligotrophic waters are typical in northeastern boreal forests near Superior, the […]
The America Recycles: Summit brings together all organizations and individuals who are interested in making a difference in recycling in the United States. On November 17, 2020, EPA plans to announce national recycling goals, provide an overview of its draft national recycling strategy, and facilitate engaging public and private sector discussions on advancing recycling. Read more about […]
The 2020 Drainage Research Forum, will be held virtually on December 1, 2020. This is an annual event held in collaboration with South Dakota State University Extension, Iowa State University Extension, University of Minnesota Extension, and the Iowa Soybean Association. This year, as with many events, we will be virtual. We are excited to present the latest in drainage […]
AMES, Iowa — Learn more about the economics behind adopting conservation practices to mitigate water quality concerns during the Iowa Learning Farms webinar on Wednesday, December 9 at noon. Wendong Zhang, assistant professor and extension economist at Iowa State University, will present new survey results on how Iowans value reductions in harmful algal blooms in Iowa […]
IGWA Virtual Meeting Focus on Private Wells Darrin Thompson: Exposure Risks for Neonicotinoid Insecticide in drinking water Neonicotinoids are a relatively new class of insecticides that have found widespread use. Historically, neonicotinoid insecticides have been viewed as ideal replacements for more toxic compounds, like organophosphates, due in part to their perceived limited potential to affect the […]
AMES, Iowa — Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, and Conservation Learning Group (CLG), is hosting a free wetland virtual field day on Thursday, December 10th at 1 p.m. CST. The virtual field day will highlight public and private partnerships working together to implement wetlands to reduce flooding and improve water quality in the […]
Since 2014, Pollution Prevention Services has hosted various EMS In Depth workshops for Iowa environmental professionals that offers expert support in the development and continuous improvement of your EMS. This year, due to COVID -19, we are conducting a webinar series that in four 4-hour segments will walk you through the steps to implementing an EMS for […]
The topic of the Iowa Learning Farms webinar on Wednesday, December 16 at noon is integrating perennial groundcover into row crop systems. Perennial groundcover (PGC) systems couple a high-yielding annual row crop with a perennial grass groundcover, such as bluegrass or fescue. In this low tillage system, the groundcover reduces soil erosion, builds soil carbon and […]