Levi Lyle

The Levi Lyle Podcast Episode, Building Stronger Communities, is an interview with Joshua Laraby of the Fairfield Economic Development Association (FEDA). Learn a wealth of information intended to inspire community leaders with resources necessary to get the ball rolling for their own community development.  This resource provides many avenues to incentivization of community projects. Organizations which provide grants and assistance for tax abatements are discussed. Go to the Levi Lyle Youtube channel or the Patreon.com/LeviLylePodcast to view the visual version with links included in the Youtube description.

From his book “So God Made A Farmer…” Levi Lyle shares his personal experience visiting with a decorated Navy Seal and how it shifted his thinking about the farm at the Practical Farmers of Iowa Annual Conference at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. This storytelling session begins with an introduction by Jill Beebout. “It was a pleasure to share my story of how I came to discover my place on the farm with PFI members,” says Levi. The story is titled: Wounds of a Navy Seal: A Farm Story. For Patreon Supporters, Levi has posted the live video recording from PFI to Patreon. Please support Levi by following at www.Patreon.com to receive in-depth content and the latest creative projects. All Levi’s books can be found on Amazon.

A growing number of start-ups are offering farmers compensation for the generation of agricultural carbon credits. Large corporations purchase credits in pursuit of reducing their environmental footprints. The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021 cleared the US Senate June 24th making way for the development of a voluntary market in agricultural credits derived from prevention, reduction, or mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). While the Act creates a voluntary certification program managed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), there is still much unknown about the feasibility of developing new ecosystem services markets for farmers. In this edition of the Levi Lyle Podcast, guest Ruth McCabe, Conservation Agronomist with Heartland Cooperative, offers clarity and insight into the question, “Should farmers participate?”

Ice Sage: Living and Loving the Land Poems Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R2T498H/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_awdb_TS367PAN73NBHKJMEN6C

Ice Sage: Living and Loving the Land Poems Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R2T498H/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_awdb_TS367PAN73NBHKJMEN6C

Ice Sage: Living and Loving the Land Poems Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R2T498H/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_awdb_TS367PAN73NBHKJMEN6C

Ice Sage: Living and Loving the Land Poems Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R2T498H/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_awdb_TS367PAN73NBHKJMEN6C

Ice Sage: Living and Loving the Land. Poems Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R2T498H/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_awdb_TS367PAN73NBHKJMEN6C

This episode is the first in a series highlighting works from Levi Lyle’s book “ICE SAGE: Living and Loving the Land Poems.”

This collection of poems offers an intriguing glimpse into the reflections of a young organic farmer with a mind as fertile as the Iowa soil he nurtures. These are not simple homespun rhymes, but poems that express a discerning array of insights and emotions elicited by life close to the land. There is grief over the appalling loss of family farms and our bankrupt wildlife; admiration of the prairie, where “perennials reign”; anger and despair over the damage done to soil, food, and human health by Big Ag; and humor and delight in the imagery of kids as “shoelace seed-savers,” soil microbes “taking winter siesta,” and many others. There is (justified) cynicism here, but there is also a good deal of hope in the authors determination to farm and live in a healthier way. —Kathy Woida, author of (Iowa’s Remarkable Soils: The Story of Our Most Vital Resource and How We Can Save It.)