Small-farm business development incubator for refugee farmers
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2017-01-01
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Wuertz, Nicholas
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Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Leopold Center is a research and education center on the campus of Iowa State University created to identify and reduce negative environmental and social impacts of farming and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources.
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Central Iowa refugees with farming backgrounds were engaged in a variety of activities to help them become farmers in Iowa. Beginning with work in community gardens, the project began to help these aspiring farmers to learn about markets, production, and the realities of farm business planning in preparation for graduating them to their own farming operations.