Neighbor to Neighbor | Tainter Creek Farmer-Led Watershed Council
Farmer-Led Council members representing diverse cropping systems, diverse crops, and conventional and organic approaches are working together to meet local goals for farms and water.
Read MoreRFD TV interview | Fishers & Farmers combines sustainable farming & stream management
A 14-inch brook trout is a trophy in most waters, but in a small Minnesota stream in farm country it’s noteworthy. Rice Creek brook trout thrive because upstream farmers made changes.
Read MoreBoots on the Ground | Black Hawk Creek Water & Soil Coalition
Hear how Iowa’s Black Hawk Creek Soil & Water Coalition began, what’s worked (and hasn’t), and how they’re building a sustainable basin-wide initiative.
Read MoreDubuque, Iowa | November 28-29, 2017
For two days at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, 60 people connected with peers to share their work for soil health, streams and places they care about. Fourteen farmer-driven watershed groups participated.
Read MoreDubuque, Iowa | November 28-30, 2016
At the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, farmer-driven soil health and watershed groups learned about each others’ land, crops and conservation delivery systems, social realities and challenges. Then stories, questions, dialogues, listening and local group work helped define next wise steps for work at home.
Read MoreLanesboro, Minnesota | August 1-3, 2016
Three days of stories, listening and active conversation between Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin farmer-led groups focused their commitment to active work at home and contributed to formation of two new groups.
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