Our 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 →
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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 →