Archive for February 2021
Podcast: Restoring Oak Savanna
Tyler Carlson and Stephen Thomforde pick up their conversation on oak savanna from our last episode: How do we restore oak savanna? What does it take? Where have we been and what’s been missed in prior restoration attempts? According to Stephen, “restoration is restoring the processes that maintain the desirable vegetation.” He dives into a…
Read MoreMDA Builds Upon Work to Better Support Emerging Farmers
Editors note: Following the “Agriculture in the Metro” session at our Annual Conference last week, Minnesota Department of Agriculture Assistant Commissioner Patrice Bailey phoned in with some resources he wished to share with emerging farmers. The Department of Agriculture was started as the Minnesota State Dairy Commission in 1885 by a department head, a single…
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