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 gathering place for agency, university and nonprofit staff, and farmers and other citizens who share an interest in conservation in the Mississippi River watershed and beyond.
Links to conference presentations below
| How does continuous living cover restore our landscape? by Steve Apfelbaum, Jacob Marty, Chris Kucharik | Youtube Video |
| Ecologically based farming and the indispensable animals by Nicolette and Hahn Niman | |
Setting the vision |
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| How do we make grassland out dominant agricultural system? by Randy Jackson | |
| A land of milk and honey: reconnecting food systems with ecosystems in the tall grass prairie region by Laura Jackson | Full PPT |
| A 2025 vision for continuous living cover farming by Jeri Neal and Richard Warner | Full ppt ( 23.1 MB) |
Farmer Innovation and farmer-led watersheds |
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| Integrating livestock into cropping systems using cover crops by Kent Solberg | Full PPT |
| Conservation in the Iowa County Uplands Watershed and at Seven Seeds Farm by Michael Dolan | Full PPT |
| Green fields, clean water, and cows by Dave Bishop | Full PPT |
Agency/NGO Innovations |
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| NRCS dedicated EQIP funding for agroforestry and woody crops by Lauren Cartwright | Full PPT |
| Targeted changes to agriculture practices result in cleaner water: lessons from the Pecatonica River by Steve Richter | Full PPT |
| The Minnesota buffer law: what is it? what is working? what are some challenges? by Tom Gile | Full PPT |
Research Updates |
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| Grazing Wisconsin’s public lands: A win-win for farmers and grassland habitats by Jacob Grace | |
| Intermediate wheat grass( Kernza) perennial grain and forage crop: Wisconsin updates by Valentin Picasso | Full PPT |
| Cover crops at forage by Liz Binversie | |
| Oilseed “cash cover crops” for ecosystem service and economic return by M.Scott Wells | Full PPT |
| Integrating prairie strips on working farms by Seth Watkins | Full PPT |
| Livestock as economic drivers of continuous living cover by Logan Peterman | |
| Ecologically based farming and the indispensable animals by Nicolette Hahn Niman |