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Beginning as a child, Craig Embretson became an important part of his family’s Clayton County farm. In addition to 960 acres of row-crop land, Craig owns 270 acres of land in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) as well as 325 acres of forested land. Situated among the rolling hills of Northeast Iowa, Craig puts great effort into preserving soil health and water quality on his farm.
Read MoreIn 1986, Jody and Jim Kerns were 22 and 24 years-old and newly-weds when they began restoring their first 35 acres to forest. Jody had grown up on a farm and Jim’s family owned the Edgewood meat locker in town, but they shared a sense of adventure to try something new on the land. During the first few years of the restoration, the farmers Jim encountered at the meat locker shook their heads at the Kerns’ endeavor.
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