Anne Schwagerl talking good sense on Marketplace about how new #continuouslivingcover crops like #Kernza and #camelina help her family farm spread risk. #UMNForeverGreen very fortunate to have you and many other grower-leaders as partners!🙏
#continuouslivingcover a win-win for our environment and our farmers #mnleg CFANS proud #ForeverGreen supporter Friends of the Mississippi River 🌱 💧 ☀️ Todd Lippert Patty Acomb
1 outstanding MN champion. There are others. There needs to be thousands to shift our ag landscape to #continuouslivingcover & save our soils, water, communities, lives.
What gifts to #glbw2019 & #regenerativeagriculture & #continuouslivingcover & University of Minnesota are Constance Carlson & her father, longtime organic farmer, Carmen Fernholz.
Thanks to the MN House — particularly Reps. Mike Sundin, Ginny Klevorn and Rep. Todd Lippert — for including #ContinuousLivingCover funding in the Omnibus Ag. bill! This work will help develop new economic opportunities for the state's farmers and protect our water.
Learn about Peterson Farms and #regenerativeagriculture in my latest piece on Forbes.com. forbes.com/sites/theresab…
Perennial cropping systems & #continuouslivingcover can reduce the Ag industry’s footprint. Investing in these programs & supporting MN's conservation farmers will continue our water legacy. Read my latest Conservation MN story on #ClimateResilientAg 🌱conservationminnesota.org/news/protectin…
Great update on one of the #ForeverGreen crops most well positioned to rapidly scale up! #ContinuousLivingCover . Wish I could have been there
Great piece on one of the #ForeverGreen crops being bred in MN. #ContinuousLivingCover #mnleg . Thanks Kevin Dahle David Bly Land Stewardship Project for leading twitter.com/NatureAsMeasur…
Great to be together today Albert Lea Seed with @mepaetnership Minnesota Department of Agriculture Cargill Land Stewardship Project Perennial Pantry Donald Wyse to discuss #continuouslivingcover #ForeverGreen cropping systems 💦 ☀️ ❄️ 🌱 #mnleg Samantha Vang Sen. Torrey Westrom Kristi Pursell MN House 58A
In 2022 #MNleg allocated $500k to build biz, supply chains, and markets for #continuouslivingcover agriculture in MN, Minnesota Department of Agriculture now convening stakeholders 11/30 + 12/9 to inform program dev- pls join! #Kernza #elderberry #regenerativepoultry #camelina mda.state.mn.us/developing-mar…
A new study, by Center for Agroforestry researchers, demonstrates that soils in treatments with cover crops maintained greater soil moisture conditions, providing water for the corn plants for a longer period. #covercrops #continuouslivingcover
Link: dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/c…
MN entrepreneurs: Are you working on scaling value chains for #ForeverGreenUMN crops? Join this Minnesota Department of Agriculture listening session to learn about a new grant program that can help support your work.
#Kernza #continuouslivingcover MN Kernza
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Great turnout at UMN Forever Green Initiative event in Morris, MN to learn about #winterbarley , KWS Hybrid Rye hybrid winter rye, #Kernza , and winter #camelina . Western MN growers interested in new crops to boost #continuouslivingcover
and #SoilHealth
New MN pilot grant program now LIVE to support biz, supply chain, and market dev. for #continuouslivingcover and #regenerativeagriculture ! Focus in on building mkts for new perennial and winter annual crops/systems. $420k available, $10-50k each, apps due 4/13. UMN Forever Green Initiative
Great new coverage on UMN Forever Green Initiative. Some of the wonderful new businesses developing to market #regenerativeagriculture #ContinuousLivingCover crops.
Aric Putnam Samantha Vang
Roundup: From #COP27 campaigns, to MPR News, to local news, word on #continuouslivingcover in MN is spreading. Thanks Minnesota Farmers Union Minnesota Department of Agriculture Green Lands Blue Waters RSDP AURI Mad Agriculture Clean River Partners Friends of the Mississippi River MNEnviroPartnership for the partnership, and so many more!
'Minnesota companies debut new foods, whiskey made with #Kernza perennial grain'
Coverage of Perennial Pantry, Cascadian Farm, Bang Brewing + Tattersall Distilling (via Bring Me The News )
#MNAg #SoilHealth #regenerativeagriculture
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-life…
We're excited to see momentum at #MNLeg around two #ContinuousLivingCover and clean-water crop bills that will benefit farmers, MN businesses and our environment. Here's the latest. MN Kernza MNEnviroPartnership Ginny Klevorn Todd Lippert Land Stewardship Project fmr.org/legislative-up…
The #WorldEnvironmentDay calls on us to live a more sustainable life in harmony with nature 🌱🌏
Learn how 👇
activesustainability.com/environment/wo…
Cover crops went up 5 million acres 2012-2017. Hay and small grains went down 10 million. Important juxtaposition to keep in mind. What kind of #continuouslivingcover provides the most benefits?
ocj.com/2021/01/covere…
Check out this new infographic, 'Perennial Forage for Infrastructure Protection', from Green Lands Blue Waters!
Perennial forage cover can translate to major savings for municipalities facing extreme flooding events. Invest in perennial farmers!
#continuouslivingcover #perennialforage
Want to help bring new, sustainable crops to market? Check out these two jobs: z.umn.edu/fgisupplyjob z.umn.edu/fgimarketsjob #ForeverGreenInitiative #continuouslivingcover #covercrops #cleanwater
CFANS University of Minnesota researchers found that #Kernza can reduce average #soil water #nitrate concentrations by 77-96% compared to a corn-soybean rotation! This article is part of a special research topic on #ContinuousLivingCover organized by Green Lands Blue Waters
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…