Bipartisan “Transition to Grass” legislation will help Wisconsin farmers improve soil, water and livestock health
November 16, 2023
Wisconsin Republicans and Democrats are coming together to help farmers put more livestock out on grazing pasture. The Senate and Assembly recently introduced legislation to create a “Transition to Grass” program...…
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Taste the Change: Wisconsin Kernza®
October 3, 2023
By Jacob Ahrens-Balwit, Strategic Communications Manager, and Katherine (Kata) Young, Natural Climate Solutions Manager. Before millions of acres of native oak trees,…
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Clean Wisconsin Works on Grazing Legislation
October 3, 2023
Managed grazing is a farming practice where livestock are systematically rotated through pastureland to optimize their nutrition and the land's health.…
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Wisconsin’s Green Fire and Clean Wisconsin to launch two-year project re-envisioning farm conservation
October 3, 2023
Guest article by Fred Clark, Executive Director at Wisconsin’s Green Fire With support from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wisconsin’s Green…
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Lessons and Traditions from Hmong American Farming in Wisconsin
September 26, 2023
Vue grew up in a mountain village in Laos, working the thin, fragile soil to grow rice and corn. In the 1970s, the…
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Aronia Berries in Wisconsin
September 9, 2023
Unlocking the Potential of a Remarkable Fruit Nestled among the picturesque rolling hills of southwestern Wisconsin, just outside Blanchardville, lies Barham Gardens. Kim…
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Clean Wisconsin, Wisconsin Farmers Union move to intervene in dangerous lawsuit targeting water protections
September 8, 2023
This week, Clean Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Farmers Union filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that threatens a critical state water protection program. The lawsuit seeks to undermine Wisconsin’s water pollution permitting program, which allows the DNR to oversee the way CAFOs manage animal waste.…
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Cows in the Woods: What it Takes to Create a Silvopasture
September 1, 2023
Silvopasture is the practice of integrating trees & forage plants into livestock pastures. Keeping the farmland covered with perennial plants and trees holds…
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Tainted Water: Dairy lobby sues Wisconsin over water protections
August 24, 2023
Beach closures, fish kills, green lakes. They are unfortunate signs of summer in Wisconsin. A big reason: untreated animal waste. Large dairies can…
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Farming the Sun: WI Farmers Find a Lifeline in Solar
July 30, 2023
It’s no secret, Wisconsin has been rapidly losing its small family farms, and with them, a way of life that’s defined much of our state for more than a century. But there is a lifeline coming.…
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