From the Dust Bowl To Cover Crops

Ever-increasing rainfall, coupled with monocultural farming, is eradicating the topsoil in Iowa farms. With an estimate that all topsoil in the area will be gone within 35 years, the race is on to change farming culture. Elizabeth Garst and her farm are at the forefront of the fight to educate farmers and the public on the necessity of cover crops and soil health. Elizabeth’s ancestors turned Dust Bowl land into a thriving farm with morals, and she’s not stopping there.