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.
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- Ruth McNair Center for Integrated Ag
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- Ruth McNair Center for Integrated Ag
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- Ruth McNair Center for Integrated Ag
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- Ruth McNair Center for Integrated Ag
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- Ruth McNair Center for Integrated Ag
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- Ruth McNair Center for Integrated Ag
Links to conference presentations below
| How does continuous living cover restore our landscape? by Steve Apfelbaum, Jacob Marty, Chris Kucharik | Full ppt ( 23.1 MB)
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| 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 |
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 |