Meeting 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 →
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Team Habitat!Team Habitat!
The Bouska sisters were recently honored as Winneshiek County Pheasants Forever Chapter Habitat Steward of the Year — congratulations! An equal honor, their conservation partner… Read More →
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What landowners say about conservation: A guest piece by Beth HoffmanWhat landowners say about conservation: A guest piece by Beth Hoffman
This piece is reprinted with permission from Beth Hoffman, author of Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America. Find Beth’s… Read More →
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Sounds you no longer hearSounds you no longer hear
“What sounds did you used to hear on the farm that you no longer hear?” a friend asked us recently. Climate Land Leaders quickly chimed in with answers that produced reveries of… Read More →
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Meg Nielsen: Cropland to grazing for healthy soil, people and planetMeg Nielsen: Cropland to grazing for healthy soil, people and planet
Meg Nielsen and her husband Glenn (Southern MN) recently transitioned 50 acres of formerly cropped fields into permanent cover and have been readying infrastructure to… Read More →
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Growth and camaraderie: Climate Land Leaders’ 2023-24 Strategic PlanGrowth and camaraderie: Climate Land Leaders’ 2023-24 Strategic Plan
Climate Land Leaders have a new and exciting Strategic Plan! Thirty-plus Climate Land Leaders generously shared input for the development of the Plan. The Strategic… Read More →
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Five things to know about climate change and agriculture
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Lee Tesdell: Farming for climate resilienceLee Tesdell: Farming for climate resilience
A final take on our query, if you had just minutes to talk about climate change and agriculture, what are 5 points you’d want to… Read More →
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Maggie McQuown: “Healthy, living soil is the true commodity in agriculture”Maggie McQuown: “Healthy, living soil is the true commodity in agriculture”
Here’s another Climate Land Leader’s take on the prompt, if you had just minutes to talk about climate change and agriculture, what are 5 points… Read More →
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More diversity = resilience to climate changeMore diversity = resilience to climate change
Last Saturday at the Practical Farmers of Iowa conference, Wendy Johnson, a Climate Land Leader and co-owner of Joia Food Farm, gave a “lightning round”… Read More →
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Jackie Armstrong: “Make a difference in the world for generations”Jackie Armstrong: “Make a difference in the world for generations”
If you had just minutes to talk about climate change and agriculture, what are 5 points you’d want to convey? We recently asked Climate Land… Read More →