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In Waterloo, Iowa, the Westerns carry on their legacy as one of Iowa’s pioneering Black farming families. Facing generations of challenges, the Westerns have adopted no-till farming, cover crops and carbon-capture practices to reduce off-farm inputs, regenerate the soil and better manage their farm in the face of extreme weather.
SARE partnered with PBS KVIE to produce a special episode of America's Heartland to share how farms and ranches across the country are achieving long-term sustainability by adapting to increasingly extreme weather.
In Waterloo, Iowa, the Westerns carry on their legacy as one of Iowa’s pioneering Black farming families. Facing generations of challenges, the Westerns have adopted no-till farming, cover crops and carbon-capture practices to reduce off-farm inputs, regenerate the soil and better manage their farm in the face of extreme weather.
SARE partnered with PBS KVIE to produce a special episode of America's Heartland to share how farms and ranches across the country are achieving long-term sustainability by adapting to increasingly extreme weather.
