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Dec 2, 2022 By , ,

“Is This Really A Dairy Farm?” Ask-a-Farmer with Greg Galbraith

In this episode of Perennial AF, hear my conversation with Greg Galbraith, a Wisconsin dairy farmer. Greg began dairy farming after college, and switched from conventional to grass-fed, as he put it, “to survive”. After some initial resistance to going organic, he also converted his farm to an organic dairy and although Greg retired a few years ago, a new generation of organic dairy farmers is keeping the farm in operation. 
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Nov 15, 2022 By ,

Cooking with Perennial Ingredients – Beth Dooley, Linda Hezel, Rick Mullins, & Taylor Neff

As we enter the holiday season, many of us begin thinking about food and cooking – and what to do with perennial crops as they go from farm to kitchen. In the latest Perennial AF podcast episode, we listen back to a conversation between cooks with a passion for perennial ingredients, and invite you to think about the journey that perennial foods make “from soil to palate”.
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Nov 1, 2022 By ,

“We Have Mongoose Pressure” – Silvopasture Farmer-to-Farmer Interviews

Several years ago, the Savanna Institute received grant funding for a silvopasture establishment study, working with four Midwest farms to compare different methods of protecting newly planted trees from livestock. What they found is that maybe it’s better to wait a few years before letting livestock anywhere near your trees! But in addition to the research project, the farmer partners were also asked to record themselves interviewing more experienced silvopasture farmers for use in a Savanna Institute podcast that – at the time – didn’t exist yet.
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Agroforestry Infographic
Sep 14, 2022 By ,

Agriculture as a Climate Solution: Just Add Trees

In the latest episode of Perennial AF, Savanna Institute’s Executive Director, Keefe Keeley, and Wisconsin Community Agroforester, Barbara Decré, present agroforestry as a natural climate solution in a webinar for the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, recorded in March 2022. The transcript below has been edited for brevity and clarity.
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Aug 31, 2022 By ,

“A Growth Mindset for Agroforestry” – featuring Bill Davison

A few months ago I got to talk to Bill Davison, a Savanna Institute staff member based in central Illinois. Bill works to develop value chains for Midwest tree crops, and has recently been focused on scaling up the Midwest chestnut industry. Bill served in the Army after high school and worked as a biologist, farmer, bike mechanic, and Extension agent before joining the Savanna Institute. 
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