Checking the health status of our planet
Climate Land Leader Dick Sloan wrote the following piece, which was published in the Cedar Rapids, IA Gazette on October 7, 2023. I visited my… Read More →
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CRP and “a cause to celebrate”CRP and “a cause to celebrate”
Climate Land Leader Helen Gunderson recently shared this celebratory update from her farm in Pocahontas County, IA. “Following my grandfather’s death in 1956, our family… Read More →
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Earl Duward Rodgers on sounds you no longer hearEarl Duward Rodgers on sounds you no longer hear
Climate Land Leader Sylvia Spalding is helping her father write his memoirs. In response to a prompt we issued earlier this year, Sylvia asked her… Read More →
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Five favorite photosFive favorite photos
We’ve collected a lot of photos over our Initiative’s first three years – Climate Land Leaders hot and sweaty planting trees, exploring the diversity of… Read More →
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Faithful farmer: Jane SheyFaithful farmer: Jane Shey
Climate Land Leader Jane Shey of Algona, IA was profiled in Iowa Interfaith Power & Light’s “Faithful Farmer” series. Reprinted with permission. What do you… Read More →
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Two women, two grains: Millet and Kernza have captured the attention of these farmersTwo women, two grains: Millet and Kernza have captured the attention of these farmers
With an eye toward climate resiliency and new markets, Climate Land Leaders Naima Dhore and Wendy Johnson are diversifying their farming operations with small grains… Read More →
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A communal response to climate changeA communal response to climate change
This is a guest blog post from Lina “Mama Tshutshu” Nyaronge, Community Connector at Sharing Our Roots and Climate Land Leader. It is the final… Read More →
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“Our vegetables are a delicacy here”“Our vegetables are a delicacy here”
This is a guest blog post from Lina “Mama Tshutshu” Nyaronge, Community Connector at Sharing Our Roots and Climate Land Leader. It is the second… Read More →
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Climate perspective from Kisii, Kenya to Northfield, MinnesotaClimate perspective from Kisii, Kenya to Northfield, Minnesota
This is a guest blog post from Lina “Mama Tshutshu” Nyaronge, Community Connector at Sharing Our Roots and Climate Land Leader. It is the first… Read More →
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The development of “Squatters on Red Earth”The development of “Squatters on Red Earth”
Mary Swander’s new play, “Squatters on Red Earth” premieres this weekend—and Climate Land Leaders will be there to experience this performance that includes a tale… Read More →
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Meeting the climate crisis with urgency and loveMeeting the climate crisis with urgency and love
Climate Land Leader Meg Nielsen, who serves as a deacon in the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), wrote the following Care… Read More →
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Challenges with underground tile and tree plantingsChallenges with underground tile and tree plantings
Much of the Midwest’s Corn Belt is productive only because of an underground network of drainage tubes known as tile. That tiling made lucrative row… Read More →