Resources
| Title | Author | Summary | Year | topic_areas_hfilter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pastures for Profit: A guide to rotational grazing | Dan Undersander, Beth Albert, Dennis Cosgrove, Dennis Johnson, and Paul Peterson | This 43 page guide introduces the Who, What, and Why’s of rotational grazing. It covers plant growth, animal needs and grazing, setting up a rotational … | 2002 | farm-conservation-practices health-and-disease livestock_management managed-livestock-grazing-systems nutrition soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| How Regenerative Agriculture Can Grow | Regenerative Agriculture Initiative at Yale Center for Business and Environment | The How Regenerative Agriculture Can Grow series is a collection of five briefs that cover how opportunities for policy reform, investing, training, and marketing can … | 2020 | conservation-program-funding-and-cost-share crop-insurance farm-business-planning-and-finance labeling-and-marketing policy-and-regulation soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| COMET Farm and Carbon Farm Planning | Quivira Coalition | Haley Nagle, Outreach & Education Specialist and Data Analyst with COMET Farm Team, and Lynette Niebrugge, Associate Director of Education and Training with Carbon Cycle … | 2022 | climate-change-adaptation conservation ecosystem-services policy-and-regulation soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| Strengthening the Economy, Health, and Climate Security through More Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems | Day One Project | Anchored in practice driving federal policy, the document describes how the agriculture sector can be reimagined to prioritize the environment, science, public health, and social … | 2021 | conservation farm-finance-policy federal-level-policy legal-and-finances organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation racial-equity soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| Soil Builder Videos: Grass Based Meat Marketing | Land Stewardship Project | Grass Based Meat Marketing is a series of three short Soil Builder Videos featuring three farms experiences with beef and goat direct marketing. Building Relationships … | 2021 | beef-cattle cover-cropping farm-conservation-practices goats-dairy-meat livestock_management managed-livestock-grazing-systems marketing-and-communications no-till-and-conservation-tillage organizational-development-and-partnerships soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| Dirt Rich | Sustainable Farming Association (SFA) | From planting garlic to pastured turkeys, SFA’s Dirt Rich podcast brings warm conversations with farmers and land professionals about research, on farm experiences, and food. … | 2020 | crop-rotation-diversification-and-intercropping farm-conservation-practices livestock_management soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| Organic Fact Sheets | Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) | MOSES developed 48 easy-to-follow explanations about various topics related to organic farming that are categorized into five sections: Field Crops & Market Farming, Business & … | crop-rotation-diversification-and-intercropping economic-community-development farm-and-food-business-cooperative-development farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-conservation-practices health-and-disease livestock_management minority-and-women-farmer-rancher-support organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health | |
| Producer-led Group Roadmap: Finding Success in Farmer-Led Watershed Organizations | WI DATCAP, Farmers for Sustainable Food, & The Nature Conservancy | Guided by steps taken by successful existing producer-led groups, the roadmap provides nine sections on how to establish a farmer-led watershed organization that works towards … | 2020 | economic-community-development ecosystem-services soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health water-quality-improvement-and-management watershed-councils |
| Field Walkover Guide: A practical on farm conservation tool | Amber Radatz, Callie Herron, Kevan Klingberg, Todd Prill, Discovery Farms Wisconsin | The guide emphasizes the how visual assessments on farm are useful in gauging potential for erosion and is broken into three categories: no signs of … | 2016 | cover-cropping economic-community-development ecosystem-services farm-conservation-practices no-till-and-conservation-tillage soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health water-quality-improvement-and-management watershed-councils |
| Climate Change Series | MOSES Organic Farming Podcast | In planning the 2022 MOSES conference, climate change was identified as a major concern for farmers. This three part series includes talks on climate change … | 2021 | climate-change-adaptation cover-cropping ecosystem-services farm-conservation-practices habitat-and-wildlife-management no-till-and-conservation-tillage nutrient-application-best-management-practices soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health water-quality-improvement-and-management |
| Digital Cafe Webinar Series | Soil Health Nexus | The Soil Health Nexus Digital Cafe Webinar Series is a collection of monthly webinars talking all things soil health. Each webinar consists of a main … | 2020 | agroforestry climate-change-adaptation conservation crop-rotation-diversification-and-intercropping ecosystem-services farm-conservation-practices managed-livestock-grazing-systems organizational-development-and-partnerships policy-and-regulation soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health strategic-planning |
| REGAIN Office Hours: Mississippi River Resilience Initiative | REGAIN | Trevor Russell and Erin Meier share their work on the Mississippi River Restoration & Resilience Initiative (MRRRI). MRRI works to advance river-related policy and funding opportunities at the federal level by aiming to strengthen community resilience to climate change and reduce flood risk by restoring floodplains, riverine wetlands, delta and coastal wetlands, and backwaters. | 2021 | agroforestry climate-change-adaptation commodity-crops ecosystem-services edge-of-field-practices farm-conservation-practices federal-level-policy habitat-and-wildlife-management invasive-species-management natural-disaster-mitigation nutrient-application-best-management-practices policy-and-regulation soil-and-crop-health-and-management water-quality-improvement-and-management |
| Managing Food Safety Liability Risks when Integrating Livestock with Specialty Crops | Savanna Institute & Farm Commons | The Savanna Institute partnered with Farm Commons, Wisconsin DATCAP, and Midwestern farmers to develop the Managing Food Safety Liability Risks when Integrating Livestock with Specialty … | 2021 | agroforestry food-safety-and-inspection livestock_management specialty-crops farm-conservation-practices policy-and-regulation soil-and-crop-health-and-management |
| Daily Erosion Project Interactive Map | Iowa State University | An interactive map that spans Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin details precipitation, runoff, detachment, and hill slope soil loss at user selected time … | 2021 | soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| REGAIN Office Hours: Monroe County Climate Change Task Force | Monroe County Land Conservation Department | Bob Micheel, Monroe County Land Conservation Department Director, shares his work on the Climate Change Task Force with Monroe County in Wisconsin. | 2021 | climate-change-adaptation economic-community-development ecosystem-services leadership-development organizational-development-and-partnerships partnerships-and-networking rural-community-leadership soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health water-quality-improvement-and-management |
| REGAIN Office Hours: Dr. Randy Jackson | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Dr. Randy Jackson of University of Wisconsin-Madison through key questions related to regenerative ag and soil carbon – what are the opportunities to build soil, what are the challenges, and how do we shift away from paradigm of soil mining? | 2021 | climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-services farm-conservation-practices managed-livestock-grazing-systems soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| REGAIN Office Hours: Research on Regenerative Ag | REGAIN | Dr. Jonathan Lundgren discusses his research and education programs on assessing the ecological risk of pest management strategies and developing long-term solutions for regenerative food systems.⠀ | 2021 | agroforestry cover-cropping crop-rotation-diversification-and-intercropping ecosystem-services farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-conservation-practices farm-enterprise-planning habitat-and-wildlife-management herbicides-fungicides-and-pesticides no-till-and-conservation-tillage soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| REGAIN Office Hours: Oh The Places Carbon Can Go! | REGAIN | Dr. Jasmine Dillon and Dr. Megan Machmuller get in the weeds of soil carbon science and the potential for regenerative grazing to sequester carbon. | 2021 | climate-change-adaptation cover-cropping ecosystem-services farm-business-planning-and-finance farm-conservation-practices livestock_management managed-livestock-grazing-systems nutrient-application-best-management-practices soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| Pasture Management Online Course | WI School for Beginning Dairy & Livestock Farmers | The pasture management course is a training program in basic cool-season pasture management and guides the creation of a personalized pasture management plan. | 2019 | beef-cattle dairy-cattle ecosystem-services farm-conservation-practices goats-dairy-meat livestock_management managed-livestock-grazing-systems natural-disaster-mitigation sheep-dairy-fiber-meat soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health water-quality-improvement-and-management |
| Grazing Cover Crop Video Tutorials | Pasture Project | This video tutorial series on grazing cover crops features a set of 14 videos with expert tips and advice from farmers and adaptive grazing expert, Dr. Allen Williams. The videos cover everything from the benefits of cover crops to fencing and watering systems to animal nutrition when grazing cover crops. | 2018 | beef-cattle climate-change-adaptation cover-cropping farm-conservation-practices livestock_management managed-livestock-grazing-systems soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health water-quality-improvement-and-management ecosystem-services |
| Adaptive Grazing Video Tutorials | Pasture Project | This video tutorial series includes a set of 35 tutorials from adaptive grazing expert Dr. Allen Williams on topics such as assessing the degree of finish of cattle, determining optimal stock density, and what to do about endophyte-infected fescue | 2019 | beef-cattle dairy-cattle farm-conservation-practices livestock_management managed-livestock-grazing-systems soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |
| Research Report: Soil Compaction in Grazed Cover Crop Fields | Practical Farmers of Iowa | This report details the results of a four year research project on the economic and soil health benefits of livestock grazing on cover crops | 2019 | climate-change-adaptation cover-cropping ecosystem-services farm-conservation-practices managed-livestock-grazing-systems soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health water-quality-improvement-and-management |
| Grazing Cover Crops How-To Guide | Pasture Project | Read Pasture Project’s how-to guide on grazing cover crops, focused on helping farmers get started with the practice to leverage soil health and economic benefits through winter livestock grazing. | 2018 | beef-cattle cover-cropping farm-conservation-practices livestock_management managed-livestock-grazing-systems nutrition soil-and-crop-health-and-management soil-health |