Staff Erin Meier is Director of Green Lands Blue Waters. Previously, Erin served for 14 years as Executive Director of the University of Minnesota Southeast Regional Sustainable Development Partnership. She has over 20 years of experience and training in sustainable agriculture, local food systems, food access, natural resource conservation, clean energy, community engagement and development, and…
Now Seeking Mentees! Are you a grad student or similar stage emerging leader interested in a career in agriculture and conservation? Are you ready to explore your purpose and possible career paths in a supportive environment that includes one-on-one mentorship and professional trainings? Do you want to foster a sense of belonging and community…
This is an archived site for the 2022-2023 cohort. For information on the 2024-2024 site, click 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 the…
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,…
Green Lands Blue Waters weaves together the strands of various strategies for a socially and environmentally improved agriculture. Their tireless staff ensures threads aren’t lost among the network of collaborators, and I am grateful for their work.
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.
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…
November 28-29, 2017 – PROGRAM The theme of the 2017 conference was Continuous Living Cover: Bridging the Gaps with Livestock. The conference was hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) and paired with the Savanna Institute’s Perennial Farm Gathering. In its sixth year, the Green Lands Blue Waters Conference was a…
