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…
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…
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…
Getting CLC on the landscape is a multi-faceted endeavor involving research, education, extension, market and supply chain development, policy initiatives, and active collaborations that engage partners across sectors – farmers, landowners, businesses, agencies, nonprofits, policymakers, and so on. This page connects you to a number of resources to use and build upon to make CLC…
