Jun 14, 2023 | Climate, Press
The Savanna Institute launches Tree Crop Improvement Program to boost Midwestern farm profitability, sustainability $12.7 million in grants from Grantham Environmental Trust and the Matthew Zell Family Foundation will fund tree crop breeding to improve varieties for...
Mar 31, 2023 | Climate, Podcast, Silvopasture
๐ Grazing on Solar Farms, Mobilizing Goats, and Finding Farm Dogs โ with Aaron Steele A few months ago, one of my coworkers asked me if I knew anything about solar grazing.ย She said that with all of the solar farms going in, it seemed like a major opportunity to get...
Mar 21, 2023 | Climate, Press
Savanna Institute’s Response to the IPCC Climate Report Natural Climate Solutions are Essential to Avoiding Catastrophic Climate Disaster Spring Green, WI: On Monday, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report, issuing...
Mar 15, 2023 | Climate, Podcast, Tree Crops
๐ New Forest Farm Tour with Mark Shepard When you talk with someone whoโs familiar with agroforestry in the Midwest, the name โMark Shepard” usually comes up pretty quickly. Markโs book Restoration Agriculture was published ten years ago this year, and through...
Feb 20, 2023 | Climate, Tree Crops
Planting a Food Forest: Adventures with Kids and Berries This essay was recently published by staff member Bill Davison on his blog, Easy by Nature.ย I reached out to municipal officials in my hometown in the fall of 2015 to propose that we work together to establish...
Jan 16, 2023 | Climate, Podcast, Silvopasture
๐ The Climate Conversation Podcast: Agroforestry and the Farm Bill Our most recent podcast episode is produced in collaboration with another great podcast, The Climate Conversation, which is produced by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI). A few weeks...