Congrats to the 2025 cohort! Applications are now closed, but please email us at Aaron Reser at areser@umn.edu if you are interested in applying for this program in the future. Read a recap of the fall 2024 farm visit and retreat here. The Equipping Next Gen Ag and Conservation Professionals Mentorship Program As we journey to nourish…
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…
GLBW is a coalition — a network — of many partners working to get Continuous Living Cover on the land. The GLBW network is conducting essential research, improving the genetics of old and new crops, translating knowledge into CLC farming systems, developing new extension and outreach capacity, working in farm fields, shaping policy, building profitable…
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…
