Photographer Helen Gunderson and her urban farm
What an oasis an urban lot can be when we give up our attachment to turf grass and uniformity. Photographer, videographer, author and farmland owner… Read More →
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Welcome Board members!Welcome Board members!
What happens when a Lutheran, a lawyer, a lobbyist, a public radio producer and a hog breeder walk into a meeting? They join the Climate… Read More →
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Climate Land Leaders are artists: Ruth RabinowitzClimate Land Leaders are artists: Ruth Rabinowitz
With this post, we start a series on the talented Climate Land Leaders who are artists. Climate Land Leader Ruth Rabinowitz brings her awe for… Read More →
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Growing soil, food and young environmentalists at Osprey Wilds’ Trapp FarmGrowing soil, food and young environmentalists at Osprey Wilds’ Trapp Farm
Climate Land Leaders are looking forward to gathering in East Central Minnesota this weekend for the second of our fall retreats (read about our first… Read More →
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Our leaders are readers: A Climate Land Leaders book listOur leaders are readers: A Climate Land Leaders book list
At Climate Land Leaders, we try to make sense of our lives, agriculture, our land and our time through films, poems, podcasts, photos — and… Read More →
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The Bouskas’ journey to a regenerative farm: 2022 progressThe Bouskas’ journey to a regenerative farm: 2022 progress
On August 5th, Carol and Peg Bouska and their sisters Ann Novak and Sally McCoy (in spirit) treated Climate Land Leaders to a tour of… Read More →
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“Crazy ass, hopeful things”? Sharing resources, ensuring land access“Crazy ass, hopeful things”? Sharing resources, ensuring land access
When it comes to responding to the climate crisis, Bonnie Blodgett doesn’t believe in incremental change. Within the last several years, she has purchased two… Read More →
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We are NOT “absentee landowners”We are NOT “absentee landowners”
Some Climate Land Leaders live on their land and farm it themselves. Others live on the land and don’t farm, and still others live across… Read More →
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Looking forward: Helen Gunderson’s land legacyLooking forward: Helen Gunderson’s land legacy
Helen DeElda Gunderson is a fourth-generation farmland owner who began managing over 500 acres of inherited land in 1997, embarking on a deep and intentional… Read More →
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From Hawai’i to Iowa: Climate Land Leader Sylvia SpaldingFrom Hawai’i to Iowa: Climate Land Leader Sylvia Spalding
Updated July 2023 Sylvia Spalding brings a unique background to Climate Land Leaders. A long-time resident of Honolulu, she spent a career in fisheries management… Read More →
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What should be included in the next Farm Bill?What should be included in the next Farm Bill?
Totaling $428 billion in funding, the Farm Bill includes nutrition programs like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) that provide food access for low-income families, risk… Read More →
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Tree planting anyone? Anyone?Tree planting anyone? Anyone?
Dear Friends, Glenn and I begin to feel like farmers – you know, those sturdy people who have to brave all kinds of weather to… Read More →