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Savanna Institute’s Response to the IPCC Climate Report

Savanna Institute’s Response to the IPCC Climate Report

Spring Green, WI: On Monday, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report, issuing what UN Secretary-General António Guterres described as a “clarion call to massively fast-track climate efforts by every country and every sector and on every timeframe.” The report, dubbed a ‘survival guide for humanity,’ underscores the urgency for local and global leaders to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and forecasted an overshoot of the goal as early as 2030 if major course corrections are not taken. The Savanna Institute, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit working to transition Midwest agriculture to a climate solution, issued the following statement.

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🔊 New Forest Farm Tour with Mark Shepard

🔊 New Forest Farm Tour with Mark Shepard

When you talk with someone who’s familiar with agroforestry in the Midwest, the name “Mark Shepard'' usually comes up pretty quickly. Mark’s book Restoration Agriculture was published ten years ago this year, and through his book and his speaking appearances, Mark has...

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🔊Shower Goats and Arctic Kiwis with Xinyuan Shi

🔊Shower Goats and Arctic Kiwis with Xinyuan Shi

Xinyuan Shi spent 2020 as an Agroforestry Apprentice working with chestnut growers Greg and Amy Miller at Route 9 Cooperative in Ohio. Last year, Xinyuan joined the Savanna Institute staff as a research fellow to update a USDA guidebook on conservation buffers. Now in...

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Planting a Food Forest: Adventures with Kids and Berries

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.  I reached out to municipal officials in my hometown in the fall of 2015 to propose that we work together to establish a food forest in a town park. I was inspired by the...

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🔊 How NOT to Start a Farm – with Marie Raboin

🔊 How NOT to Start a Farm – with Marie Raboin

The Internet is overflowing with advice on how to farm. But sometimes knowing what NOT to do is even more valuable than hearing what worked for someone else one time.  With that in mind, podcast host Jacob Grace visited Marie Raboin, a beginning farmer in southern...

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Ten Resources to Help You Start Grazing

Ten Resources to Help You Start Grazing

This post was produced in collaboration with Grassland 2.0.  Well-managed grazing practices can be profitable, enjoyable, and good for the land. As you get started grazing, nothing will be more valuable to you than talking with other graziers, and grazing specialists,...

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