wildlife habitat

Making Diversity on the Farm Pay its Own Way

July 26, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
bobolinks, Burleigh County Soil Health Team, DNR wildlife management area, Farm Beginnings, Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz, grassland birds, Howard Moechnig, Land Stewardship Project, livestock, Minnesota River, mob grazing, Redwood County, rotational grazing, soil biology, soil health, wildlife habitat

Long term sustainability of our soil requires farming systems that can not only keep soil in place, but also help it build its own resiliency. Such systems can’t just work on paper—they…
How Gov. Dayton Can Keep Pheasant Openers Part of Minnesota’s Future

October 7, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
Audrey Arner, Conservation Reserve Program, CRP, DNR wildlife management areas, farms, Gov. Dayton, Governor's Pheasant Opener, grass, grazing, hunting, Land Stewardship Project, MDA, Montevideo, Moonstone, Richard Handeen, sustainable agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grants Program, wildlife habitat, working farms conservation, working lands conservation

Minnesota’s first ever Governor’s Pheasant Opener next week couldn’t come at a better time in terms of highlighting the need for supporting working lands conservation. After Gov. Dayton has a chance to…
Humble Pie Summer

August 28, 2010
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
bobolinks, Dan Specht, grassland birds, grazing, Jon Stravers, pasture, Phil Specht, rotational grazing, wildlife habitat

For me, this has turned out to be the Summer of the Humble Expert. While conducting interviews for various articles and podcasts the past few months, I’ve run into a couple of…