Stewarding Landscapes to Help Cool the Earth
People drawn to Climate Land Leaders ask how their land stewardship can be a climate solution, most often from a carbon perspective. To explore this… Read More →
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Hot (Farm) Girl Summer by Rozina KanchwalaHot (Farm) Girl Summer by Rozina Kanchwala
For Climate Land Leaders board member Rozina Kanchwala, “Hot (Farm) Girl Summer” means sweltering days in the field picking 200-foot rows of beans and a… Read More →
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Land Legacies: Paying It Forward – Leigh GarrettLand Legacies: Paying It Forward – Leigh Garrett
A few years ago, I inherited farmland and – 133 years after my ancestor purchased it – I let it go. All that my ancestors… Read More →
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Land Legacies: Continuing the Family Farm – Christina FosterLand Legacies: Continuing the Family Farm – Christina Foster
I have always known that I wanted to continue our family farming legacy. Life on our diverse, intergenerational farm profoundly shaped who I am, my… Read More →
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Land Legacies: A Land Blessing and Buried Legacy Letter – Paula WestmorelandLand Legacies: A Land Blessing and Buried Legacy Letter – Paula Westmoreland
I grew up on a farm in the prairie pothole region of Northwestern Iowa. Dad bought 240 acres in 1955 and by the time I… Read More →
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Land Legacies: No More Farm Dynasties – Helen GundersonLand Legacies: No More Farm Dynasties – Helen Gunderson
I don't believe in farm dynasties. Perhaps there are instances where people of wealth who own land can enable farmers who use sustainable practices and… Read More →
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Land Legacies: My Farm Now – Mary DammLand Legacies: My Farm Now – Mary Damm
My story of farm ownership began 20 years ago at the 2004 North American Prairie Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, where I met Dan Specht. We… Read More →
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Indigenous Advisor Teresa Peterson: How do you want to be remembered?Indigenous Advisor Teresa Peterson: How do you want to be remembered?
Part 2 of 2. Climate Land Leaders’ Indigenous Advisor Teresa Peterson (Utuhu Cistinna Win) recently sat down with Executive Director Teresa Opheim to offer insights… Read More →
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Mitakuye Owasiƞ (all my relations): A conversation with Indigenous Advisor Teresa PetersonMitakuye Owasiƞ (all my relations): A conversation with Indigenous Advisor Teresa Peterson
Part One of Two Teresa Peterson (Utuhu Cistinna Win) is author of the award-winning Perennial Ceremony: Lessons and Gifts from a Dakota Garden. She is… Read More →
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A powerful counter-balanceA powerful counter-balance
New Climate Land Leader Deborah Jacobi stewards amazingly diverse land in the Driftless Area of Northeast Iowa. We asked Deborah to tell us more about… Read More →
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Messengers MatterMessengers Matter
The original version of this piece was published on My Wisconsin Woods. Thank you to author Steve Swenson, Program Director at My Wisconsin Woods, for… Read More →
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Climate Land Leaders Turns Five!
