Over GLBW’s first decade, a strong framework of regional collaborations was established around five types of CLC cropping strategies: agroforestry, cover crops, perennial biomass, perennial forage, and perennial grains. Our work is still framed by these strategies with a few minor shifts to better reflect our current foci with active partners and to update descriptive…
In late September 2024, the GLBW Team (Erin, Aaron, Evelyn), Dr. Akilah Martin and 11 of our 12 mentees traveled to Wendy Johnson’s Joia Food and Fiber Farm in Charles City, Iowa for a two-day farm visit. A huge thank you to Evelyn Reilly’s very detailed mapping of our routes to connect in Charles City,…
Applications for 2025 are now open! Applications for another cohort of this program beginning in Spring 2025 are now open! 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…
Continuous Living Cover 101 is a self-paced, online course for agricultural, conservation, and technical assistance professionals – as well as anyone else who is curious to learn more about CLC! Continuous Living Cover 101 introduces the concept, describes five basic strategies (annuals + cover crops, agroforestry, perennial grains, perennial forage and grazing, and perennial biomass)…
The CLC Reference List highlights primarily peer-reviewed literature on the environmental, social, and economic impacts of Continuous Living Cover, as well as some relevant technical publications. The goal is to provide a collection of research that supports the benefits of CLC strategies for use in literature reviews, presentations, and more. Each entry includes the full…
Building Relationships – Listening for Common Ground – Integrating Crops & Livestock This project is a collaboration among groups that don’t always get to work together: crop and livestock associations, universities, public agencies, and conservation organizations. We’re finding common ground and putting our heads together to move shared interests forward. We hope you’ll join in…
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,…
