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Practical Farmers of Iowa Newsletter Winter 2000 the Practical Farmer Vol. 14, #4 Practical Farmers of Iowa Newsletter Winter 2000 COLIN WILSON ELECTED IN THIS ISSUE NEW PFI PRESIDENT 1 New PFI Officers 2 Annual Meeting High Points 3 John Ikerd's Keynote 4 Mark Honeyman's Ag Award Hail to the Chief! In a bipartisan election held in conjunction with 5 The Editor Muses the PFI Annual Meeting, the PFI Board of Directors elected Colin 5 Notes and Notices Wilson to be its new president. Wilson, a Paullina farmer and fifteen­ - SARE Producer Grant Deadline year member of PFI, takes charge after serving as the organization's - PFI Camp lice President. Susan Zacharakis-Jutz, Solon, became Vice President - 1999 Volunteers of the Year - Volunteers for Hats & Library the same evening, and, incidentally, PFI 's first female officer. - Nationwide CSA List - PFI on the Web These two step to the helm at an exciting time in PFI' s history. - Prairie Conference - ISU Extension Ag Web Page Colin writes, "At present I see the PFI board shifting their energies in a - New Board Baby little different direction. In the past we have focused mainly on grants - Barn Rehab Alert for our funding, but as we continue to grow and diversify our organiza­ 7 Field to Family Project Update tion we are finding it necessary to find a more reliable funding source for - Gary Huber and Robert Karp the day-to-day operations of 9 Cooperator Meeting -Rick Exner the organization. Thus the 1 0 Meet Lorna Butler decision to start an endow­ -Nan Bonfils ment fund which would only 1 0 Teaching/ Learning on the Road support the day-to-day -Rick Exner operations like membership 11 Growing Vegetables for Scheman services, the newsletter, office - Don Adams and Nan Bonfils supplies, etc. With this 12 Board Business 13 Winter Workshop Summaries decision comes the shift of 2 7 Annual Meeting Photo Op energy for a year or so until 29 1999 On-Farm Trials, Part I we get the endowment fund -Variety and Planting Trials underway. Thisdoesn't - !PM and Seed Trials mean that we have forgotten - Cropping Systems 36 Holistic Vet Producer Grant or abandoned the other parts -Rick Exner of PFI, only shifted some time 36 Footprints: Real Communities and energy away from them - Tom Frantzen for a while. The amount of 38 Bits of Sustenance: Colin Wilson, right, confers with Dave time that we have to shift will Women's Winter Gathering Lubben, then PFI President, at a depend a lot on how much - Linda Nash summer '99 board meeting. 3 9 6'h Annual PFI Summer Camp 2 the Practical Farmer help we get from the membership at large. So stay tuned to see where and when your help is needed. There are a couple of areas that I find quite exciting in PFI. The first is the continued diversification in both the membership and the programs. The whole area of local foods systems opens up a lot of opportu­ nities for a lot of members whether you are a meat producer, fruit and veggie producer, or a specialty grains producer. It is exciting to see the possibilities that spring up as we bring the food consumers closer to the food producers. For most of you that were at the Winter Work­ shops and heard John Ikerd, you know what I mean. The huge variety of consumers out there and the huge variety of food products that they desire means a lot of "Where can you find a group of producers and consumers together that are more will­ ing to exchange ideas and skills to solve the problems at hand?" marketing opportunities. All we have to do is find ways to meet the consumers' desire for better and Colin Wilson, Paullina, became PFI's new President in healthier food. And that is where PFI comes in. January 2000. Where can you find a group of producers and consum­ for those at the university who are very willing to help ers together that are more willing to exchange ideas us find solutions to the problems that we are facing. and skills to solve the problems at hand? I would encourage everyone to be part of the solution and I find these to be exciting and challenging times for share your ideas with others, as well as your talents PFI. Even though our membership growth is small, I and skills. The challenges ahead will affect us all and think the enthusiasm and commitment is growing. together we can meet these challenges and overcome That is exciting! As we find grants harder to get and them. the need for the endowment fund a reality, that is challenging. As agriculture continues to change, the The second area that I'm excited about is the need for organizations like PFI is greater than ever. So continued research cooperation with ISU. As the let us continue to work together for the betterment of challenges in agricultural production change we are usall." "i able to find researchers at ISU that are very willing to help meet those challenges. As new appropriate technology comes along, like hoop houses for pork WINTER MEETING DRAWS production, we have people like Dr. Mark Honeyman BIGGEST CROWD EVER who step up to help smooth out the learning curve. When we need help dealing with hoop house manure, Editor's note: For a complete summary of the evalua­ we have Tom Richard and Matt Liebman right there to tions received from this year's event, contact Nan at help. Even when we may not agree with everything the PFI office, 515-294-8512 or [email protected]. She'll be happy to mail you a copy. coming out of the university, we need to be thankful Winter 2000 3 Over three hundred people attended the PFI Annual Meeting and Winter Workshops at the Gate­ Mark your calendar now for V'ay Holiday Inn in Ames on January 14 and 15, January 12 and 13, 2001. 2000. Participants filled every corner of the facility to attend their choices of seventeen concurrent sessions, conduct PFI business, network like crazy, and listen system. Once again, most evaluators recommended enraptured to both Mark Honeyman (see page 4) and continuing and even expanding the silent auction. John Ikerd, the keynote speaker. (An abstract of Ikerd's speech starts on this page.) Once again the As the scope and scale of the annual meeting Gateway chefs assembled a wonderful Iowa Bounty continues to expand, so do the expenses. We'd be Buffet featuring items created from the goodness of running in the red for sure without the generous PFifarms. support of both the Leopold Center for Sustain­ able Agriculture and the North Central Region A new venture for PFI this year was our campaign SARE. Thank you to these sponsors once again. to bring more students to the meeting. We held the event one week later than usual to assure that students This was the first year for seeking commercial would be back on campus and we offered a discounted sponsors to help cover costs. Anderson-Erickson $10 registration fee with no obligation for the students Dairy, Mrs. Clark's Foods, Mariposa Farms, to join PFI. Knowing that these two conditions were Stanhope Locker, and Wapsie Produce paid for essential but not sufficient, we called on PFI member your coffee, tea, and hot cider. Steve Wallace took Deb Cooper to get the word out to students. As a care of the rental for toys in the child care suite. result, eighteen students attended and two of those Helping to sweet talk potential sponsors or becoming joined PFI. In the past we have had no significant one yourself is a welcome way for any PFI member to participation from students (perhaps one or two lend a hand next autumn when we gear up for another graduate students have attended), so eighteen is a big great annual meeting. Think about it! And mark your boost ! In the written evaluations of the meeting, the calendar now for January 12 and 13, 2001. We'll onsensus was strong support for students attending. return to the Gateway Holiday Inn in Ames, where we're sure to use every inch of their new expanded Cob Rolls were also a new item on the program. conference facilities. ~ Designed as an alternative to the typical concurrent session, Cob Rolls were intended to promote broader conversations in a workshop setting. The majority of people returning evaluations wanted to see Cob Rolls JOHN IKERD'S THOUGHTS continue. Thanks to Carla Wilson, Larry Clever­ ON THE NEW AMERICAN FARM ley, Connie Tjelmeland, and Lorna Wilson for Though nothing can match the power of Ikerd's breaking ground with this new format. What hap­ delivery, we intended to reprint his rousing keynote in pened at the silent auction? The basket tree was its entirety. Alas, space constraints restrict us to this going, going, gone with Neil Hamilton; Von Kaster abstract, written by Ikerd himself. For a complete was high bidder on the willow basket. Thanks again to transcript of Ikerd's speech at the PFI Annual Meeting, PFI member Randy Nowotny for crafting the basket contact Nan at the office or check out the PFI web site tree and arranging for a basket to be donated by Iowa www. pfi.iastate.edu. In addition, John Ikerd has his River Willow Products in Marengo. Barney own web site, hometown.aol.com/jeikerd, on which Bahrenfuse delivered the goods to Ames, while he recently placed eleven new papers. Shelly Gradwell organized the display and bidding "American Agriculture as we have known it is coming to an end.
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