Growing into a New Season

by | Oct 20, 2022 | Giving

Over the last 9 years, weโ€™ve learned that organizations grow a lot like plants – with great patience and intention, a steady supply of nourishment, and a bit of hope the conditions will be favorable.

As we kick off ourย 2022 Year-End Campaign, we are mindful of the ways donor support has nourished our growth and we hope youโ€™ll join us, once again, inย supporting the Savanna Instituteโ€™s workย to make agriculture a climate solution that strengthens farms and communities.

With your help over the past year:

  • We put down roots acrossย 4 farms in Spring Green, WIย – building the beginnings of a campus that will help us advance agroforestryย andย build community while continuing to welcome folks to our demonstration farms across Wisconsin and Illinois
  • Weโ€™ve partnered with overย 60 farmers and landowners, with plans to convert overย 3,000 acres to agroforestry
  • We launchedย Canopy Farm Management, a farmland management business and tree crop nursery that planted almostย 100,000 treesย in just its first year of operation
  • We convened aย network of leadersย from across North America to scale up agroforestry throughย collaborative actionย in key areas like market development, landholder assistance, and farm policy.
  • Weโ€™ve grown from one full time staff member in 2017, toย 30 full time staffย just 5 years later!


Weโ€™re confident this is just the beginning of our story, and weโ€™re so grateful for your part in it. As we approach ourย 10 year anniversary in 2023, weโ€™re excited to see whatโ€™s in store for us in the season ahead, but we know we canโ€™t do it alone.

Can you give now, and give generously to support us in this new season?

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Building Agroforestry Through Community in Illinois

Agroforestry is a viable natural climate solution that landowners can adopt right now to increase climate-smart agriculture in the region. Planting trees in pasture, along waterways, and in alley cropping systems resonates with many that want to diversify their farm income while addressing climate change and protecting water. The demand has exposed crucial gaps in educational opportunities, state and local agricultural policy, and staff capacity to provide one-on-one support to farmers and landowners seeking to establish agroforestry projects in this region. The Savanna Institute is working to fill those gaps in Illinois and across the Midwestern US.

We need you!

Transforming agriculture will take a community-wide effort.

Will you give now and help the future of farming take root?