#3: Paul Huttner story last week about #UMNForeverGreen efforts to develop hybrid #hazelnuts for Upper Midwest. Just a part of much larger regional agroforestry efforts RSDP Savanna Institute Fred Iutzi Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin Beth Dooley Steffen Mirsky tinyurl.com/332znzrv
Faribault Daily News CFANS #6: Psych, bonus one for ya! More recent press from
West Central Tribune of Western MN legislative tour of PURIS with #UMNForeverGreen where we talked opportunities and challenges of developing new #sustainable crops for MN. tinyurl.com/29zfv864 Friends of the Mississippi River MNEnviroPartnership
#5: Last but def. not least, shoutout to the Faribault Daily News and many other local MN papers for scoping new opps. for their community. This work is local. Growers calling me about Kernza bc of this story. #UMNForeverGreen CFANS #Kernza
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Good crowd for a rainy day.
#UMNForeverGreen researcher Lois Braun spotted some wild hazels nearby and has set up a natural classroom to tell the history and progress of hybrid hazels.
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Featuring collaborators of UMN Agronomy & Plant Genetics Department: Jim Anderson Candice Hirsch Donald Wyse Seth Naeve Kevin Smith Prabin Bajgain Jo Heuschele Jake Jungers MN Kernza #umnforevergreen
Partnerships are key! Thanks for being such an excellent one with us and #umnforevergreen , The Land Institute!
Colin Cureton, #UMNForeverGreen Director of Adoption and Scaling, sharing his extensive review of the feasibility of an elderberry processing hub.
Collabs w/ land-grant universities are key to perennial grain agriculture! New US Nature4Climate article on our partnership w/ #umnforevergreen & the next gen advancing #naturalclimatesolutions . MN Kernza Colin Cureton Jess Gutknecht Mitch Hunter Minnesota Department of Agriculture #cop27 usnature4climate.org/2022/11/06/for…