Back in the ‘60s, Andres Lizarraga grew sesame seeds and safflower seeds. South of Sonora, Mexico in El Valle del Mayo, he’d harvest them and send them off for export.
The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 provided federal support for land-grant universities to establish Cooperative Extension Services. Cooperative Extension was originally designed to bring vocational, agricultural, and home economics learning opportunities
The Iowa Learning Farms conservation webinar taking place Oct. 5 at noon CDT will feature Iowa State University’s Daniel Andersen. He will discuss drought impacts on livestock and emergency planning to respond to critical water shortages. The webinar will also be recorded and archived on the Iowa Learning Farms website.