One of my favorite things about my job is traveling around Iowa and visiting with people who are making a positive difference for our state.

In this issue of Family Living, you’ll get to meet one of them, Dick Sloan. A Buch­anan County farmer and Farm Bureau member, Sloan helped lead the conservation effort to restore Lime Creek, a picturesque stream that flows into the Cedar River in northeast Iowa.

By working together, and working...