General – Women, Land, and Legacy

Howard County WLL

Howard County’s Women, Land, and Legacy group saw a great turnout of 32 people for a tour of the Cresco Regional Health Services hospital on Thursday, April 10th, 2014. Connie Kuennen started off the meeting with information about the “Create Tomorrow’s Care” campaign. Steve Burke and Brenda Moser gave a walking tour, highlighting 18,000 squareContinue reading “Howard County WLL”

Words from a Newcomer…

…she said that that is one thing that attracts her to WLL is that it is locally driven and the listening session is just the beginning with planned long term follow up through learning sessions, meeting locally identified needs… a brilliant structure! She really likes how the USDA agencies provide the staff time, though theContinue reading “Words from a Newcomer…”

WLL’s Pilot Program

Women, Land and Legacy’s (WLL) mission is to bring Iowa’s farm/rural women together in local listening and learning sessions and to provide tools and opportunities to empower them to act on their landscapes and in their communities. As WLL is grounded in a network of local women, it is based on the abilities, interests,Continue reading “WLL’s Pilot Program”

Iowa County Cookbook

Iowa County Women, Land and Legacy group created cookbook as a fundraiser. They’ve had many successful seminars & want to have a sustainable WLL group for years to come! The cookbook became available in the spring of 2012. They collected recipes from their contact list of WLL seminar attendees, the local planning group, family andContinue reading “Iowa County Cookbook”

Be Counted!

In just a few weeks, America’s farmers and ranchers will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on their communities by taking part in the Census of Agriculture. Conducted every five years by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the Census captures a complete count of all U.S. farms, ranches and those who operateContinue reading “Be Counted!”

Welcome

Women, Land, and Legacy is excited to share our new website and email! Please feel free to contact us at stateteam@womenlandandlegacy.org or visit us at http://www.womenlandandlegacy.org or even at http://www.facebook.com/womenlandandlegacy! Comments and feedback are welcome as we continue to tweek!