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Digging Deeper
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Digging Deeper: Climate Change with Practical Farmers of Iowa
October 16, 2024 @ 11:00 am – 11:45 am PDT
Dig Deeper with Digging In! Digging In is SAFSF’s first documentary film, produced by Nathan.works and underwritten by the Vatheuer Family Foundation, and was designed as a tool for funders and their grantees to explore the wide-ranging challenges of land access, consolidation and concentration, and climate change on U.S. agriculture. The film uplifts on-the-ground perspectives and solutions across the country.
Join us for our third installment of Digging Deeper, a lunchtime condensed documentary screening and chat, focused on climate change. We will dive deeper into the role philanthropy can play in combating climate change. Our guest speaker Martha McFarland, Practical Farmers of Iowa‘s Senior Farmland Viability Coordinator will join us to share her perspective and expertise.
This 45-minute session is designed for you to enjoy on or off-screen and learn from field leaders. Recordings of the Digging Deeper series will be used in a multi-media discussion guide, which will be published in early 2025.
Speaker:
Martha McFarland joined Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) staff in 2022 as the senior farmland viability coordinator. In this role, she supports land seekers and landowners with land access and farm transition assistance and resources. Martha has been a farmer member of PFI since 2014. Martha also runs Hawkeye Buffalo & Cattle Ranch near Fredericksburg, Iowa, where she manages grazing on woods and pasture, raises oats and hay and works with a tenant who raises corn and soybeans. Her experience with her farm’s transition and her love of the Iowa landscape inspired her to help the next generation of farmers and landowners. Prior to running the ranch, Martha spent 10 years working in education and mentoring beginning teachers. She has served on the Minnesota Bison Association’s board of directors and a mentor and facilitator for the Women, Food and Agriculture Network. She holds a Master of Education from Colorado State University.
