Sustainable Iowa Land Trust

General outreach: silt broadened its reach in 2024 with a mix of signature events, publicationjs, and digital campaigns. -hosted silt fest 2024 at living history famrs, drawiing 150+ attendees for a fundraising dinner, live auction, and raffle prizes-published and mailed the 2023-24 annual report to 1,800 stakeholders and made it available online-issued monthly email updates to 3,200+ subscribers-revamped silt.org-introducing new forms, streamlined navigation, and updated farm profiles-garnering 8,500 unique vistors, a 20% increase year-over-year. -expanded social-media engagement: facebook reached up 395 %, interactions up 97 %, links clicked up 495 %, visits up 152 %, and followers up 75 %; paid ads delivered 682,409 impressions (an 894 % lift).-launched our inaugural corporate partners campaign

Landowner outreach in 2024, silt delivered hands-on education and direct assistance to landowners through consultations, farm events, and virtual programming:-regional coordinators conducted over 75 one-on-one meetings covering site visits, legal options, acep-ale, and farm-management planning.-organized five small farm summer open houses at silt and partner farms, featuring guided tours, cooking demonstrations, and easement seminars; turnout outpaced 2023 levels.-produced a "resources for sustainable food farmers" webinar attended by 68 participants; the recorded presentation was distributed via youtube and partner networks.-developed and shared outreach materialspamphlets for prospective farmers, recordkeeping checklists, and lease-agreement templatesto streamline landowner decision-making around permanent protection.