Good morning, Climate Land Leaders!

Have you visited with other Climate Land Leaders outside of our scheduled meetings? If so, we’d love to see photos of your meetups. Please send them to sarah@climatelandleaders.org

Paul Mairet (MN) was featured in this radio story: Can the hazelnut be a shot in the arm for rural MN economies?

Wendy Johnson (IA) was featured in this story on ethanol vs climate costs. Says Lori Cox (MN) about this topic: The “article doesn’t mention pesticides but when that’s added into the equation of the damage that corn production does to health and the environment it’s overwhelming evidence that farm policy is totally out of whack.  Both Dems and Republicans are to blame for kissing up to big Ag.”

Wendy also was interviewed for this article the environmental costs of corn. Says Wendy: “I didn’t know that solar panels could produce as much energy as corn ethanol on 3% of land. I’d be curious to know the source on that!”

Susan Arterian (NY) authored the piece attached on the crucial link between soil health and healthy food.
Peatlands: The climate super hero

How conservation dollars advance farm and woodland stewardship: a webinar on Dec. 11 at noon (see attached flyer)

Searching for a market for oats in the Upper Midwest

From Muriel Strand (CA/IA)::
Join the MN Biochar Initiative as a founding member before Dec. 31

From Susan Arterian (NY)
Farmers reclaiming a relationship with soil in the Hudson Valley