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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. 

November 19-20, 2019   –   Graduate Hotel, Minneapolis, MN THEME – Over, Under, Through to CLC: Strong partners, new allies, and fresh perspectives moving continuous living cover (CLC) farming forward Click here for the GLBW 2019 Conference Summary Report Click here for Conference Agenda Click here for Speaker Bios Conference Recap Video The way we farm…

Over, Under, Through to CLC Strong partners, new allies, and fresh perspectives moving continuous living cover (CLC) farming forward. Tuesday, November 19 – Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Graduate Hotel, Minneapolis CONFERENCE AGENDA Registration is now closed       Book your hotel room HERE The hotel block has closed but contact the Graduate for availability. Parking…

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…

Green Lands Blue Waters (GLBW) was formed in 2004 by representatives of land grant universities and key agricultural and environmental organizations – listed below. Many of the founding organizations are active partners and others have joined our network through the years. A staffed GLBW Regional Office was established within the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture…

GLBW Network Priorities To realize the full potential and myriad benefits of CLC farming, it must be practiced widely across the agricultural landscape. GLBW has identified these priorities as a roadmap for multiple stakeholders (“We” below) to achieve landscape-scale change in the Upper Midwest. 1. Expand CLC crop and systems development and research We continue…