Gulf dead zone

Fertilizer, Fishing & Farmer Specht

July 19, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog, Water
Big Spring, cover crops, Dan Specht, Farm as Natural Habitat, grazing, Gulf dead zone, Jeff Klinge, Land Stewardship Project, Mississippi River, monocrops, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, nitrates, nitrogen pollution, Practical Farmers of Iowa, sustainable agriculture

Dan Specht, who was taken from us all too soon last week by a haying accident, was the embodiment of the stewardship farmer. His kind, curious nature—housed in a powerfully-built, bear-like body—was…
Troubled Waters Remain Troubled

September 26, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Water
Bell Museum, biofuels, Chippewa 10%, Chippewa River, Emmy, ethanol, farmland runoff, Gulf dead zone, Mississippi River, nitrates, nitrogen fertilizer, perennials, Troubled Waters, University of Minnesota, watersheds

A three-hour drive separates the rolling hills of Minnesota’s Douglas County from the front steps of the Bell Museum of Natural History. But a year after the controversy over Troubled Waters—the Bell’s…
Profits from Perennials

September 28, 2010
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Water
biodiversity, Chippewa 10%, grass, grazing, Gulf dead zone, local foods, Minnesota River, Mississippi River, perennial farming systems, perennials, runoff, sediment, sustainabkle agriculture, Troubled Waters, working lands conservation

One bright spot in the dust-up over the showing of the film Troubled Waters is that it highlights an important water quality issue: we need more perennial plant cover on the land…
The U’s Shifting Story Line on Troubled Waters

September 24, 2010
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
agriculture. farmers, Bell Museum, conflict of interest, fertilizer runoff, Gulf dead zone, Karen Himle, Robert Bruininks, runoff, Troubled Waters, University of Minnesota

When the University of Minnesota announced late Thursday that the public showing of Troubled Waters was back on as scheduled, officials there were no doubt hoping this week-long PR nightmare would finally…