Trappist monks in Iowa stop farming as a means of income

Submitted on December 01, 2010
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Sister Carol Hoverman | Catholic News Service
Farmers looked over farm implements auctioned off at the New Melleray Abbey farm sale near Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 20. Farmers from miles around gathered at the abbey farm for an historic auction that marked the end of farming as a means of support for the Trappist community.
Farmers looked over farm implements auctioned off at the New Melleray Abbey farm sale near Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 20. Farmers from miles around gathered at the abbey farm for an historic auction that marked the end of farming as a means of support for the Trappist community.
Sister Carol Hoverman/The Witness, CNS
PEOSTA, Iowa — Farmers from miles around gathered at the New Melleray Abbey farm south of Dubuque Nov. 20 for a historic auction that marked the end of farming as a means of support for the Trappist community. On the cold, sunny morning, potential buyers climbed in the cab of the tractors and examined the well-maintained equipment that worked the 2,000 acres of cropland owned by the monastery.

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