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Mission & Purpose

The Mission of Green Lands Blue Waters is to support the development of and transition to a new generation of multi-functional agricultural systems in the Upper Mississippi River Basin and adjacent areas that integrate more perennial plants and other Continuous Living Cover into the agricultural landscape. We highlight models of positive agricultural transformation that can…

Match Made in Heaven: Livestock + Crops

Building Relationships – Listening for Common Ground – Integrating Crops & Livestock This project is a collaboration among groups that don’t always get to work together: crop and livestock associations, universities, public agencies, and conservation organizations. We’re finding common ground and putting our heads together to move shared interests forward. We hope you’ll join in…

Equipping Next Gen Ag Leaders

Stay tuned! This program will be accepting applications for a new cohort of mentees in Spring 2024. If you’d like to receive an email when applications open, add your name here. Congratulations to the 2022-2023 Equipping next gen ag and conservation professionals mentorship program cohort   Thank you and congratulations to the incredible mentees and other partners in this program! You can find final mentee communication projects on…

Best of GLBW 2021

Thank you, Green Lands Blue Waters partners. We did a lot together in 2021! The Green Lands Blue Waters network demonstrates the economic, environmental, and social benefits of CLC farming and creates an environment where these crops and systems are competitive and thriving! Check out the kinds of things we’ve accomplished with researchers, agencies, nonprofits,…

Network Opps – Jobs & Events

  As a networked organization, a critical role of Green Lands Blue Waters is to highlight the work, events and opportunities of our allies in Continuous Living Cover farming. We want to help share these available opportunities supplied by our partners with you! Remember to promote your opportunities through GLBW Fill out this FORM and let us…

Making the Case for CLC

Find here communication tools for your own outreach about making the case for continuous living cover agriculture – case studies, reports, analyses, infographics, lit references, media contacts, and more below. Come back often because we are always adding new materials!

CLC Farmer Success Stories

Farmer Success Stories One of the best ways to understand what continuous living cover crops and cropping systems can look like on the landscape is to hear directly from the farmers themselves. Read on for several CLC success stories from the farmer’s perspective. 

Midwest Perennial Forage Working Group

Image credits, left to right: Richard Cates; Matt Seymour on Unsplash.com; Sven Brandsma on Unsplash.com; Richard Cates, Cates Farm; Richard Cates, Cates Farm; Laura Paine; Laura Paine. The Midwest Perennial Forage Working Group’s mission is to facilitate an increase in land used for pasture and perennial forage production in the Upper Midwest, and to improve…