WALLACE FOUNDATION FIELD DAYS 2008 ANNOUNCED

Armstrong Farm Field Day - June 27th

Garden Field Day (Armstrong) - Aug 6th

Neely-Kinyon Farm Field Day - Aug 20th

 

Wallace Foundation, along with representatives of Grow Iowa Foundation, ISU Extension, the Southwest Iowa Coalition and the Cass Atlantic Development Corp. were present for the ribbon cutting at the new Sears Authorized Dealership owned and operated by Kyle Lensch in Atlantic, IA. Lensch received help in preparing his business plan and securing financing from the Rural Development Resource Center (RDRC). Wallace Fdn. has been one of the partners in the vision and the development of the RDRC.

COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS

click here to go to our new Community Food Systems web page. Information includes drafts of county food atlases, the Cultivators, general facts about food systems.

REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS

Southwest Iowans with an interest in regional food systems and local sustainable agriculture attended a planning meeting for an eight-county Regional Food System on Thursday, April 12th at the Cass County Community Center in Atlantic. There were two sessions to accommodate the most number of participants. Ken Meter made a presentation on "Finding Food in Farm Country", speaking about data he has collected on the subject over a number of years and how it relates to the regional food systems.

click here to go to the Community Food Systems page for more information
Staff at the Wallace Foundation Learning Center

Paulette Cambridge

Keith Booth

Leann Plowman-Tibken
Staff members housed at the Wallace Foundation Learning Center

Wallace Foundation (712-769-2650)
Keith Booth
kbooth@iastate.edu

ISU Extension (712-769-2600)
Alan Ladd, Area Extension Education Director
aladd@iastate.edu
Darrell Busby, Field Specialist/Livestock
dbusby@iastate.edu
Shawn Shouse, Field Specialist/Ag Engineering
sshouse@iastate.edu
Kyle Jensen, Field Specialist/Crops
jensenkg@iastate.edu
Jill Euken, Field Specialist/CIRAS
(Center for Industrial Research & Service)
jeuken@iastate.edu
Paulette Cambridge, Office Manager
paulette@iastate.edu
Leann Plowman-Tibken, Office Assistant
leann@iastate.edu

 ISU Outlying Research Farm (712-769-2402)
Bernie Havlovic, Armstrong Research Farm Superintendent
bhavlovi@iastate.edu
Dallas Maxwell, Livestock Specialist
dallasm@iastate.edu
Jeff Butler, Crops Specialist
jbutler@iastate.edu
Randy Breach, Swine Specialist
rbreach@iastate.edu

Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity (712-769-2600)
Deb Scott
dscott@iastate.edu
Chris Turner
turner@iastate.edu
John Woltmann
woltmann@iastate.edu

GARDEN FIELD DAY

August 9, 2006

photos courtesy of Rex Galloway

click here to go to the Neely-Kenyon Research Farm page to see pictures
of children on field trips to the farm to learn about organic food production
and the environment

The mission of the Wallace Foundation is:
....to achieve for the people of southwest Iowa an increase in the standard of living and quality of life through accelerated agricultural research, education, technology transfer and rural development initiatives.

 

Harrisdale
Homestead

A wonderful retreat center in a rural setting. Available for small seminars and conferences for a day, overnight or for a weekend. For more information go to harrisdale.com

At the Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm gardens are planted to introduce new varieties of vegetables and flowers as well as to demonstrate different techniques to use in gardening.

Also happening at the Armstrong Farm is a research greenhouse and research of using hoop buildings for cattle.

These sunflowers were a part of the 2003 garden.

 

Here Alan Teel stands in a field of switchgrass, an energy alternative crop demonstrated at the Renewable Energy Research Farm.

 
The Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development is housed at The Wallace Foundation Learning and Outreach Center is located at 53020 Hitchcock Avenue, Lewis, IA 51544. The telephone number is 712-769-2650.

Directions to the Center: 12 miles west of Atlantic IA on Highway 6, ½ mile South on 525th street, 3/4 mile east on Hitchcock Avenue or 13 miles east of Oakland IA on Highway 6, ½ mile south on 525th Street, 3/4 mile east on Hitchcock Avenue.

The Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development serves residents of the following counties:

Adair - Adams - Audubon - Cass - Carroll - Clarke
Crawford - Decatur - Fremont - Guthrie - Madison
Mills - Montgomery - Page - Pottawattamie
Ringgold - Shelby - Taylor - Union
2007 Wallace Board

President
Tom Pollock
34167 Rains Ave
Malvern, IA 51551
Phone: 712-624-9161 Cell: 712-370-5777
e-mail: tgp@bluedish.net
County: Mills

President Elect
Mark Bentley
20343 340th Street
Oakland, IA 51560
Cell: 402-681-9957
e-mail: mwbinc@frontiernet.net
County: Pottawattamie*

Treasurer
Darrell Stamp
24279 510th St
Walnut, IA 51577
Phone: 712-784-3462 Cell: 712-789-0869
e-mail: dstamp@walnutel.net
County: Pottawattamie*

Secretary
Regina Lloyd
3384 268th St
Linden, IA 50146
Phone: 641-757-2116 Fax:641-747-2277
e-mail: glloyd.iafu@gmail.com
County: Guthrie

Board Members

Clark BreDahl
1911 290th St
Greenfield, IA 50849
Phone: 641-745-2323 Cell: 712-542-0980
e-mail: clarkb@iastate.edu
County: Adair*

Guy Powell
203 NW Sixth St
Greenfield, IA 50849
Phone: 641-743-6550 Fax: 515-294-6210
e-mail: gpowell@ifbf.org
County: Adair*

Dan Morgan
1374 Birch Ave
Corning, IA 50841
Phone: 641-322-4277 Fax: 641-322-3583
e-mail: dmorgan2@Frontiernet.net
County: Adams*

Ed Drake
607 Grove Ave
Corning, IA 50841
Phone: 641-322-5145 Work: 641-322-4939
e-mail: ed.drake@uap.com
County: Adams*

Steve Hansen
1802 Robin Ave
Audubon, IA 50025
Phone: 712-563-2065
County: Audubon

Garry Pellett
2504 Country Oaks Dr
Atlantic, IA 50022
712-243-3582 Fax: 712-243-1068
e-mail: garry@pelgrow.com
County: Cass*

Dan Rossell
203 8th St, Box 663
Griswold, IA 51535
Phone: 712-778-2564 W: 712-243-2244
e-mail: drossell@rollinghillsbank.com
County: Cass*

Evan "Butch" Branson
2273 Clarke Decatur St
Weldon, IA 50264
Phone: 641-445-5570 Cell: 515-360-4892
e-mail: bjbran@grm.net
County: Clarke

Rod Backhaus
2720 350th St
Manilla, IA 51454
Phone: 712-653-2157 Cell: 712-790-1196
e-mail: rodbackhaus@win-4-u.biz
County: Crawford

 

Board Members - continued

Russell Loewe
1911 350th Ave
Sidney, IA 51652
Phone: 712-374-2594
e-mail: danielle@agristar.net
County: Fremont

Rex Galloway
125 N 2nd Ave
Villisca, IA 50864
Phone: 712-826-8843
e-mail: dacton@netins.net
County: Montgomery

Bruce Williams
1051 Sycamore Ave
Villisca, IA 50864
Phone: 712-826-9252
e-mail: bdajawil@netins.net
County: Page

Jeffrey Hundt
Shelby Co St Bank PO Box 29
Harlan, IA 51537
Phone: 712-755-5112 - 800-574-3531
e-mail: jhundt@scsbnet.com
County: Shelby

Jim Hanson
1585 Denver Ave
New Market, IA 51646
Phone: 712-585-3256
County: Taylor*

Kevin Barker
118 Kansas
Lenox, IA 50851
Phone: 641-333-2856
e-mail: K-M-Barker@webtv.net
County: Taylor*

Director
Keith Booth
53020 Hitchcock Ave
Lewis, IA 51544
Phone: 712-769-2650 Cell: 712-249-3475
e-mail: kbooth@iastate.edu

At-Large
LaVon Eblen
51020 630th St
Atlantic, IA 50022
Phone: 712-243-4528
e-mail: lavon@metc.net

Advisor
Delbert Westphalen
64000 Boston Rd
Atlantic, IA 50022
Phone: 712-243-1957 Fax:712-243-1983
e-mail: delbert@westphalens.com

Liaisons

Alan Ladd
53020 Hitchcock Ave
Lewis, IA 51544
Phone: 712-769-2600 Cell:515-231-0754
e-mail: aladd@iastate.edu

Mark Honeyman
32 Curtiss - ISU
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: 515-294-4621 Fax: 515-294-6210
e-mail: honeyman@iastate.edu

Ex-Officio

Varel Bailey
55213 770th St
Anita, IA 50020
Phone: 712-762-3622
e-mail: vgbailey@midlands.net

Dave Williams
2873 102nd St
Villisca, IA 50864
Phone: 712-826-8832
e-mail: dcwill@netins.net

Farm Manager
Bernie Havlovic
53020 Hitchcock Ave
Lewis, IA 51544
Phone: 712-769-2402 Cell: 712-789-0276
e-mail: bhavlovi@iastate.edu

 

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