Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

I know my family will be celebrating the abundance of local food we are able to purchase for our meal, including turkey, wild rice, potatoes, squash, carrots, and cranberries. I am grateful for all of the Climate Land Leaders working hard to grow our food.

Here’s the Farmers Union’s annual accounting of the farmers’ share of the food that may be on your plate this Thanksgiving. An example: The farmer will receive just 2.4% of the price you pay for your turkey.

Rethinking the first Thanksgiving story

Interesting podcast with a corporate marketer about effective climate messages:

When talking about climate change, the research is overwhelming: Your message should be about love for future generations. “Love is corny, but protecting what we love is overwhelmingly more effective than making points like: We should make big polluters pay. The solutions are already here, we’re making progress. Dealing with climate change creates jobs.”

Video from Wild Farm Alliance about barn swallows: Land stewards’ partners in pest control

Farm transition planning course hosted by Land Stewardship Project via zoom Jan. 27-March 10. Dakota Rural Action and Rural Revival are offering Land Stewardship Project’s farm transition planning course in person Jan. 31-March 14 in South Dakota.

From Katie Ross (WI):
Life creates and balances our climate

Cutting down trees, plowing up grasslands and draining wetlands release greenhouse gases that fuel climate change. But satellite monitoring shows that this relationship is a two-way street. Climate change itself is increasingly leading to the loss and degradation of forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers and even farms, creating a dangerous feedback loop.

From Jane Shey (IA):
Two Midwest authors talk about what it is like to expose Big Ag