Events
Digging Deeper
Digging Deeper: Climate Change with Practical Farmers
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. This is meant to be an informal space (cameras off are welcome!) to learn about the concepts presented in Digging In.
Join us for a great conversation with guest speaker Martha McFarland, Senior Farmland Viability Coordinator, at Practical Farmers of Iowa, moderated by Holly Enowski, SAFSF Senior Membership Associate.
This event is open to everyone. Please register below.
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.
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