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When Carol Bouska and her siblings (three sisters and a brother) inherited the family farm in northeastern Iowa in 2009, they decided to keep it true to their parents’ community- and conservation-minded spirit. Working slowly and deliberately, the new generation developed a joint vision of a farm that would sequester carbon in the soil, reduce water pollution and soil erosion, and foster wildlife – while also promoting family harmony and serving the local community. Eight years into the siblings’ program to convert the farm to regenerative agriculture, they planted 4,500 trees this spring. The farm continues to be a center of family life, drawing the far-flung siblings, their children, and grandchildren back for reunions and projects and maintaining their ties to their neighbors. Feeding the public, it turns out, can also feed the soul and the earth.
