ISU Organic and Urban Agriculture

Join us at Lillyland Farm for Film on the Farm! 🌿🎥

The evening will feature a film screening of "Farming While Black," followed by a panel discussion led by Black Farmers, and a free meal made with local food, including superfood: Lenga Lenga!

September 26 | 6:30-8:00pm

Registration required: https://go.iastate.edu/2H1KQP

Curious about growing vegetables organically?

Our guide dives into organic vegetable production, including strategies for composting, pest management, and disease management.

https://shop.iastate.edu/extension/farm-environment/crops-and-soils/organic-crops/pm2086.html

Looking for an urban agriculture expert?

Check out our Urban Agriculture Expertise Directory featuring local and out of state contacts for agencies and experts in urban agriculture, plus links to resources, directories, trainings and more.

https://shop.iastate.edu/extension/farm-environment/farm-and-business-management/marketing/ffed46.html

Perfect summer night at Lillyland Farm 🌻

We gathered last week to learn about pollinator planting and urban farming and build community! The evening was filled with meaningful conversations, new connections, yummy food, and inspired learning.

Cultivate served up a divine veg grain bowl using local food including producd straight from Lillyland Farm & Co.. Chef Natalie even fried up some stuffed squash blossoms for a cooking demo!

Thank you to all the partners that made this event so successful! 💛

Stay tuned for pt 2 happening on September 26th!

Shaffer Ridgeway of Southern Goods is transitioning his vegetable farm to organic certification, with guidance from mentor Drew Erickson of Rodale's Midwest Organic Center through the USDA's Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP).

Read more about Shaffer's journey in "Weighing the Costs of Organic Certification" at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/urbanag/weighing-costs-organic

Planted elderberries and native plants: culver’s root, butterfly w**d, yarrow, white wild indigo, and little blue stem at Lillyland Farm!

Wanna check out these plants irl? Come to our field day on July 10th from 6 pm - 8 pm. Register and learn more at bit.ly/lillyland-fieldday

This project is part of the NFWF Five-Star Project. Native plants were provided by The Xerces Society

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER. STAY TUNED FOR RESCHEDULED DATE

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER

🍓 You’re invited to Camp Cultivate community garden for a field day celebrating local foods!

Connect with master gardeners and community partners championing local foods in Des Moines.

Date: Tuesday, June 30
Time: 4 pm - 7 pm
Location: Easterseals Camp Sunnyside

Register at bit.ly/campcultivatefieldday or scan the QR code

Had a blast attending the 2026 Iowa Farm & Food Conference in Waterloo! 🍅

ISU Organic & Urban Ag Specialist, Katie Witt, presented on the Growing Urban Agriculture in Iowa Catalyst Project. On the Cultivating Tomorrow's Farmers track she got to tour urban farms We Arose and Southern Goods.

Thank you Iowa State University Extension Farm Food and Enterprise Development, Iowa Food System Coalition and Iowa Farm to School and Early Care Network for all your incredible work bringing passionate people together to imagine and build better futures for Iowa's food system.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER

🍓 You’re invited to Camp Cultivate community garden for a field day celebrating local foods!

Connect with master gardeners and community partners championing local foods in Des Moines.

Date: Tuesday, June 30
Time: 4 pm - 7 pm
Location: Easterseals Camp Sunnyside

Register at bit.ly/campcultivatefieldday or scan the QR code