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Green Lands, Blue Waters – A new menu for Minnesota farmers?

By: angiehongmn May 8, 2020May 8, 2020

Groundwater, Keeping water clean, Partners and Updatesdrinking water, farming, featured, groundwater, Kernza, nitrates, nitrogen, perennial crops, sustainable agriculture, water pollutionLeave a Comment

Do you like Kernza® and jam? Would you eat it in a boat? Would you eat it with a goat? Would you try it drenched in milk, ground to flour, or brewed as beer? Kansas-based nonprofit, The Land Institute, has spent more than 40 years researching and developing new farming strategies to protect soil and…

Explore new options for local farms at Oct. 22 workshop

By: angiehongmn October 10, 2019October 8, 2019

Partners and UpdatesConservation farming, farming, featured, grazing, perennial crops, sustainable agricultureLeave a Comment

Perennial crops, conservation grazing, and whole-farm plans Dani Dircks is a licensed general contractor, mother of four, and healthy-living advocate with an entrepreneurial spirit. “Two years ago when my oldest child was in kindergarten, he missed three days of school because he was sick,” Dircks explains. “I had three younger children at home already and…