An agroforestry podcast and blog by the Savanna Institute
Authors Robin Wall Kimmerer and Ross Gay to deliver keynote addresses at the 2023 Perennial Farm Gathering
The virtual gathering for perennial agriculture enthusiasts will be hosted December 6th - 8th Madison, Wis - The Savanna Institute will host its Perennial Farm Gathering virtually this year from Wednesday, December 6th to Friday, December 8th, 2023. For eight years...
🔊“The Benefits of Silvopasture Are Endless” – Farm Tour with Erik Hagan and Michael Dolan
Our latest podcast episode is a podcast pasture walk! For anyone who’s not familiar with social events that involve pastures, a pasture walk is kind of like an on-farm show-and-tell. These events are a chance for people to see for themselves how a farm is being...
🔊 Top Three Agroforestry Mistakes To Avoid – with Red Fern Farm
Tom Wahl and Kathy Dice, owners and operators of Red Fern Farm in southeastern Iowa, have been managing a hyper-diverse agroforestry system on their farm for decades. Podcast host Jacob Grace visited Red Fern Farm in July of 2023 to ask Kathy and Tom what they see as...
My Year as an Agroforestry Apprentice with Red Fern Farm in Iowa
Agroforestry apprentice, Tom Lawson, tells about his experiences apprenticing in sustainable agriculture at Red Fern Farm.
The Savanna Institute selected for the Target Circle Giving Program
We are honored and excited to announce that we have been chosen to participate in a special charitable giving campaign, sponsored and funded by Target. And you have the chance to help direct a portion of Target’s donation to us! Now through September 30th, vote for us...
🔊 Black Currants: A Once-Forbidden Fruit
Kevin Wolz: Here in the US, around the year 1900, the black currant industry was about as large as the blackberry industry is today. Blackberries are not the most common fruit, but everyone knows what a blackberry is, and you can buy them in basically any store. And...
The Savanna Institute launches Tree Crop Improvement Program to boost Midwestern farm profitability, sustainability
$12.7 million in grants from the Grantham Environmental Trust and the Matthew Zell Family Foundation will fund tree crop breeding to improve varieties for Midwestern farmers who want to diversify their operations with perennial crops
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.
🔊 “Fearless Farm Finances” with Paul Dietmann and The Cutting Edge Podcast
For this episode of Perennial AF, I joined forces with another podcast, also about perennial agriculture and also based in Madison, Wisconsin. The Cutting Edge Podcast is put out by the UW Madison Division of Extension Emerging Crops Program. They have over 40 episodes looking at different emerging crops for the upper Midwest. I joined Steffen Mirsky, one of the hosts of The Cutting Edge Podcast, to talk with Paul Dietmann, Senior Lending Officer of Mission Financing at Compeer Financial, about the financial side of working with emerging perennial crops.