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We made a bet at @iowaipl in 2018 that we could get Iowa farmers talking about being part of the solution to the climate crisis, and when we did, those farmers' ideas would show up in the 2020 presidential election.
Spoiler alert. They showed up. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2020/11/16/biden-climate-agriculture-plan-coyote-run-farm-iowa-influential/6229338002/?fbclid=IwAR0dzTy2N8yCkCxeMPmehJPLb_W559HOHctugNcIcd2ZX12eDigDSzhNG9k
Spoiler alert. They showed up. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2020/11/16/biden-climate-agriculture-plan-coyote-run-farm-iowa-influential/6229338002/?fbclid=IwAR0dzTy2N8yCkCxeMPmehJPLb_W559HOHctugNcIcd2ZX12eDigDSzhNG9k
Not only did that happen, paying farmers and ranchers to help solve climate change is central to the Build Back Better plan of the incoming @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris administration! 
Our ED @MattRussellCRF gets a shout out in this Iowa View from his old boss Neil Hamilton at @DrakeAgLawCtr. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2020/11/16/biden-climate-agriculture-plan-coyote-run-farm-iowa-influential/6229338002/?fbclid=IwAR0dzTy2N8yCkCxeMPmehJPLb_W559HOHctugNcIcd2ZX12eDigDSzhNG9k #calledtoclimateaction
But the story is really about the dozens of Iowa farmers who have spoken up in the past two years to advocate for faith-based stewardship on Iowa farms to help stop global warming.
Iowa farmers like Wade Dooley and Mitchell Hora whole recently spoke with Iowa's News Now on how farmers can and are lead on climate change solutions. https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/once-skeptics-iowa-farmers-look-to-lead-fight-against-global-warming?fbclid=IwAR0ExPlUoZeHfRe5sjKDZn5O2lHJvHQoBpKj3CGH4ocYcOaCdt2wLtnHm4o
Iowa farmers like Nathan Anderson who was featured in @people's Earth Day issue.
"...his farm's mission as it pertains to the involvement with [Iowa IPL] is to "honor God, our family and community by caring for the resources that we've been trusted." https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/life/2020/04/30/cherokee-county-iowa-farmer-appears-people-magazines-earth-day-issue/3039553001/
"...his farm's mission as it pertains to the involvement with [Iowa IPL] is to "honor God, our family and community by caring for the resources that we've been trusted." https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/life/2020/04/30/cherokee-county-iowa-farmer-appears-people-magazines-earth-day-issue/3039553001/
Our work is driven by our Faith Farms and Climate program that brings farmers together in church halls and basements (or now virtually) to talk about how their faith calls them to climate action.
We equip them to lead on developing both smart public policy and the market forces to reward them for climate solution innovation on their farms.
As we say all the time at @iowaipl, farmers are natural problem solvers!
As we say all the time at @iowaipl, farmers are natural problem solvers!
Our bet has paid off in ways we never dreamed about. We look forward to continuing our work of drawing farmers into climate change because we believe in their innovation/creative problem solving skills. Most of all, we know they can lead these efforts. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2020/11/16/biden-climate-agriculture-plan-coyote-run-farm-iowa-influential/6229338002/?fbclid=IwAR0dzTy2N8yCkCxeMPmehJPLb_W559HOHctugNcIcd2ZX12eDigDSzhNG9k
