Project 11 – Women Landowners in Central Iowa

We propose a pilot project to break through an information barrier that has been mostly intractable to us in our quests to use our land to raise human food and […]

Project 10 – Expanding the butterfly effect, neighbors to networks

This grassroots project engages social circles of women who own or have influence over agricultural land in Raccoon River Watershed to be a part of the ‘butterfly effect’—to increase knowledge […]

Project 9 – Community led conservation through composting, natural pest control, and water conservation practices

The Center for Rural Affairs seeks to provide workshops and demonstrations on the environmental benefits of home composting and watering conservation. This project, which will be extended to the 6,557 […]