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Posted September 4, 2009
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McGregor and Decorah, Iowa
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A Day in the Life of a Sustainable Farm
A Day in the Life of a Sustainable Farm
By NEAL MOORE
McGREGOR and DECORAH, IOWA (CNN iReport) --- I've had the
pleasure to spend the past two weeks documenting a series of sustainable agriculture stories here in NE Iowa. The following is my final report from this area – pictorially documenting a day in the life of two organic, sustainable farms.
Photos and video by Neal Moore:
#1) Mounting up for a cattle drive, McGregor, Iowa
#2) Kitten with fresh cow’s milk, Decorah, Iowa
#3) Farmer's lunch at Maggie’s Diner, McGregor, Iowa
#4) Building a hot-wire fence, McGregor, Iowa
#5) Video: Sustainable farming practice of moving cattle from paddock to paddock
#6) Brothers Parker, Sam and Tom Beard take a break from milking cows on the Canoe Ridge Organic Dairy Farm, Decorah, Iowa
#7) Feeding calves, Decorah, Iowa
#8) Pulling eggs from the chicken wagon, McGregor, Iowa
#9) Sunset falls over the Koether Cattle Ranch, McGregor, Iowa
#10) Dancing under the stars to the tune of local band Southern Comfort on a 1920’s hay wagon, Luana, Iowa.
Follow the journey…
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