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Jacob plays a variety of roles within the Savanna Institute: hosting the Perennial AF podcast, contributing to the Grassland 2.0 initiative, and managing projects related to grazing, silvopasture, and public communications. Jacob joined the Savanna Institute after receiving master’s degrees in Agroecology and Life Science Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jacob grew up on a farm in northern Missouri where he helped his family raise native prairie plants and manage a rotationally-grazed cattle herd.