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 →
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Nomad Century: A book review by Steve TurmanNomad Century: A book review by Steve Turman
Gaia Vince, the author of Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World, is an award-winning science writer and broadcaster; an honorary senior research… Read More →
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Are we making a difference? Climate Land Leaders weigh inAre we making a difference? Climate Land Leaders weigh in
What is Climate Land Leaders’ niche? What is the organization’s value? How could it be improved? Through a survey, group discussions and one-on-one calls, staffer… Read More →
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Photographer Helen Gunderson and her urban farmPhotographer 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 →