“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 →
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Inspiring conservation goals in 2022Inspiring conservation goals in 2022
Each year Climate Land Leaders commit to on-farm conservation steps that will result in reduced emissions, carbon drawdown, improved water quality, increased biodiversity and improved… Read More →
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To CRP or not? Climate Land Leaders weigh in on this federal conservation programTo CRP or not? Climate Land Leaders weigh in on this federal conservation program
Climate Land Leaders are big users of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) — and full of opinions about the program’s benefits and how it could… Read More →
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Growing a regenerative farming business, providing ecosystem services: Jóia Food FarmGrowing a regenerative farming business, providing ecosystem services: Jóia Food Farm
Wendy Johnson recently presented at the 2022 Sustainable Farming Association Annual Conference. Wendy Johnson is a farmer and climate land leader stewarding land that is the… Read More →
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Climate Land Leaders turns twoClimate Land Leaders turns two
In early 2020, we were planning the final details of an in-person launch of Climate Land Leaders. And then COVID hit. We quickly moved the… Read More →
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A beginning organic farmer – and the role of non-operator landowners in the future of farmingA beginning organic farmer – and the role of non-operator landowners in the future of farming
Matthew Fitzgerald is a well-known farmer in Minnesota for his work with beginning farmer policy issues, but most of his time is spent stewarding land… Read More →
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Letting go of the land for the next generationLetting go of the land for the next generation
Climate Land Leader Paula Westmoreland talks about her history with Iowa farmland and her plans to devote the proceeds of that land’s sale to regeneration… Read More →