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…
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…
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…
Use the links below to access the Green Lands Blue Waters Continuous Living Cover Manual. This manual was originally produced in 2015 with support from a North Central Region SARE Professional Development Program grant (NCR-SARE-PDP) by Jane Grimsbo Jewett and Sadie Schroeder. Full Continuous Living Cover Manual (248 pages, opens in new browser tab) CLC Manual…
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