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The Iowa Environmental Council presented Agriculture for Life, a day of conversation and inspiration about local food and sustainable agriculture in Iowa on November 3, 2011. More than 200 people participated in the event, which was held at Drake University in Des Moines. (Photos: Lee Searles/Iowa Environmental Council)
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Keynote speaker
Frances Moore Lappe delivered a message about how changing the way we think about environmental issues may be the key to solving them.
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Special Guest
Ricardo Salvador described how Iowa's agricultural landscape is the result choices people have made. And he said the choices we make now will determine the landscape's future.
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Resources
Want to purchase local and sustainable foods? Read more about the issues? Join together with others working in your area?
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Practical solutions
for Iowa
Our panel of experts explored how Iowans can support a food system with more local and sustainable options.
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Stories from a
New Food System
We heard the personal stories of five Iowans who became excited about local foods for different reasons but who all appreciate the high quality, delicious products they found.
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Thank you, sponsors!
Benefactors
Partners
- Cultivating Compassion: The Richard Deming Foundation
- Environmental Nutrition Solutions
- RDG Planning & Design
- Townsend Vision
Friends
- Drake Agricultural Law Center
- Food Democracy Now
- Iowa Food Systems Council
- Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- Niman Ranch
- Practical Farmers of Iowa
- Simonson & Associates Architects
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A THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR POWER TO CREATE CHANGE:
"We have much more power than we thought we did. In fact, the only choice we don't have is whether to change the world. Because every act with an eco-mind, somebody's watching, somebody is affected, some reaction is happening--and even our inaction changes things around us, often in a way we don't wish, but nonetheless, it's power." --Frances Moore Lappe
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Above: The entrance to conference speaker Matt Russell's farm near Lacona, Iowa. (Photo: Matt Hauge/Iowa Environmental Council) |
