Press releases and statements
Press Release: Landowners share their conservation legacies in new publication: The Climate Land Leaders Initiative has just published the stories of conservation-minded landowners working to ensure that their conservation continues long after they are gone. (7/16/2025)
Statement: Federal Worker Cuts Hamper Conservation, Harming Farmers and Rural Communities: The federal funding freeze has stalled conservation programs and funding for many farmers and ranchers across the country. This puts multi-year, farmer-led projects – and therefore farmer livelihoods – at risk. (2/19/2025)
Climate Land Leaders in the news
The Minority AgVocate: Beatrice Kamau’s Agripreneur Spotlight (7/2025)
Des Moines Register: Iowa depends on stewardship for the farm bill’s “big, beautiful” promises – Seth Watkins (6/9/2025)
Practical Farmers of Iowa: Tim Welsh (5/7/2025)
Iowa Capital Dispatch: Foraging for oil – Levi Geyer (4/4/2025)
The Gazette: ‘There’s room for creativity’: Farmer, conservationist awarded for sustainable ag practices (12/30/2024)
NPR: Iowa backs an industry-friendly fix for farm pollution, despite weak results (12/29/2024)
Iowa Soybean Association: Equipping community leaders with ag knowledge (11/20/2024)
The Wall Street Journal: Can Home Wind Turbines Take Off in the U.S.? (11/7/2024)
The New York Times: Hidden in Midwestern Cornfields, Tiny Edens Bloom (10/3/2024)
Successful Farming: 15 Minutes With a Farmer Podcast: Wendy Johnson, Iowa Organic Farmer (9/29/2024)
Iowa Public Radio: An Iowa farm grew with a mission to feed the community. ‘It was just a really good feeling’ (9/23/2024)
KCUR/NPR: Prairie home companions: Why more farmers are planting native landscapes in their crop fields (9/23/2024)
The News-Gazette: From the boardroom to the barn: Brennan named Entrepreneur of the Year (6/8/2024)
Iowa Farmer Today: Lee Tesdell (8/28/23)
Austin Daily Herald: Letter to the Editor: Programs are important to farm families and climate – Meg Nielsen (11/2023)
MPR: Farming in the face of climate extremes – Dan Guenther (11/2/2023)
Civil Eats: Op-ed: Farmers Want Climate Resilience but GOP Lawmakers Want to Redirect Billions in Conservation Funds – Wendy Johnson & others (10/12/2023)
MPR: Nonfarming landlords control a significant amount of land – Meg Nielsen (4/25/2023)
Civil Eats: Op-ed: We Need a New Farm Bill for My Iowa Farm and Beyond – Wendy Johnson (4/5/2023)
Successful Farming: 4 Sisters Steer Family Farm into a Regenerative Future – Bouska sisters (2/13/2023)
KMSU: One man’s journey to protect the environment – Lee Tesdell (12/27/2022)
