by Christine | Mar 31, 2021 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota
E. coli takes center stage, stream and ditch monitoring, success stories E. coli in the Cedar River in Iowa ? Izaak Walton League chapter members are crossing borders from Minnesota to Iowa to learn more about the E. coli that also pays no heed to boundaries. The...
by Christine | Feb 28, 2021 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota
Worthwhile watching and listening – soil and water health in action, conservation from afar, mulling Carbon sequestration versus ecosystem health legislation Workshops of Late Like many farmers this season, I’ve been “attending” workshops online in place of the more...
by Christine | Jan 31, 2021 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota
Covering the soil could fix so much plus getting stream certified and other winter projects Cover the soil to help repair agriculture… I want to revisit this topic via the article referenced last month, now published in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation...
by Christine | Dec 31, 2020 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota
The words it takes to explain regenerative grazing as an answer to so much that ails us, plus Salt Watch and stream monitoring promos. Grazing to help repair agriculture… And not just agriculture. Washed out roads, good soil in the wrong place, chemicals in your well...
by Christine | Nov 30, 2020 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota
Managed grazing is now (and always has been) regenerative grazing – some new pieces on this and related plus a cover crops song and always, citizen scientists who rock! Managed grazing for saving money and building soil Remember when your grandpa just raised...
by Christine | Oct 31, 2020 | Conservation Efforts, Minnesota
Scud fly patterns based on nature, a pilot project to protect soil and water, the launch of the Midwest Grazing Exchange, and a free Women in Sustainable Agriculture conference…right up there with three seasons of weather wrapped into four October weeks! Fall...
