Lee Tesdell is the owner of Tesdell Century Farm near Slater, Iowa; his day job is at Minnesota State Mankato where he teaches courses in technical communication. On his farm he has 9 years of experience with cover crops and with his operator, Mike Helland, he has been no-tilling for many years. The edge-of-field practices on his farm include a wood-chip bioreactor, a saturated buffer, 50 foot buffers along Alleman Creek, and 3 acres of prairie strips.