@FredIutzi @Savannainst Used to work with Niki in SoCal farm-to-institution universe, hope to intersect again soon in the agroforestry world. So happy to see her name in your tweets, Fred- great human!
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Colin Cureton
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Colin Cureton
@Turntales
Director of Adoption and Scaling at @ForeverGreenUMN, thoughts are my own, perennial + CLC agriculture, avid cook + gardener, capoeirista, recovering DJ.
Cannon Falls, MN Katılım Temmuz 2009
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Great new piece from Liz Carlisle & Niki Mazaroli, outlining implications of @Savannainst Midwest work for getting more #agroforestry in California. I'm feeling the interregional solidarity! Looking forward to reciprocal lessons learned from Cali to improve our work here.
Liz Carlisle@lizwcarlisle
Animals and trees make a great team, but not always in the ways you expect! @foodfromforests and I wrote about the surprising lessons learned as we searched for silvopasture in California. aeon.co/essays/heres-t…
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@AnneSchwagerl Looked at the radar and saw white, blue, purple, red, green, yellow, orange, and more red all converging over near my Western MN ppl. Fun (...as in not at all fun). Wishing you smooth storm passing!
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“SUPPORTING REGENERATIVE FARMING WITH PERENNIAL GRAINS.” @KodiakCakes is knocking the #Kernza messaging out of the park on this one. Taste test with @ForeverGreenUMN imminent. Thx Kodiak team, and thx all growers, biz, and partners that make products like this possible!!
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Perennial rice delivers similar yields to annual rice with ~50% reduction in labor and input costs for the world's most widely consumed staple food! Tremendous basic science here, and great proof of concept for the potential of perennial grains.
The Land Institute@NatureAsMeasure
New research shows perennial rice production reduces labor & increases farmer profit. Perennial rice production in southern China reduced labor by nearly 60% compared to annual rice, and farmers spent almost 50% less on seeds, fertilizers, & other inputs. go.nature.com/3JEhkYh
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New MN pilot grant program now LIVE to support biz, supply chain, and market dev. for #continuouslivingcover and #regenerativeagriculture! Focus in on building mkts for new perennial and winter annual crops/systems. $420k available, $10-50k each, apps due 4/13. @ForeverGreenUMN
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@pietrospina Early commercial push hit snags yes, but over last 2 yrs Cascadian Farms (a GMI organic brand) released a Kernza cereal @ Whole Foods and a Kernza flour now @ Walmart, both nationwide. Lots of awesome Kernza entrepreneurship, too- check out Perennial Pantry + Sustain-a-Grain
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so. just me. but i wish kernza, a sutainable perennial crop considered a potent nutritional, land use, and production alt to commercial wheat would lead to subsidy for seed in MN & WI. the more of this –agri ethic 'nd grain– in the market the better.
#kernzaforahealthyprairie
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@pietrospina There's no subsidy on the seed but there is substantial production cost share/de-risking now from the state and federal govs (NRCS), which gets at a similar outcome. Kernza for sure has its challenges, more support has been coming online the last ~2 years
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@yorudan Back story, please! Love that you baked up some Kernza sourdough for the USDA. Gotta "feed 'em the message," right!?
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Feedback from some USDA folks regarding the #kernza #sourdough I made for them:
A grain of the future~
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@KeneAkers I read a children's book about this to my (multi-racial) son, it's a good one. amazon.com/Rons-Big-Missi…
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Check this whole live-tweeted thread for highlights of a fantastic hearing in the #mnleg yesterday to advance the R&D and commercialization of new perennial and winter annual crops in the Upper Midwest.
UMN Forever Green Initiative@ForeverGreenUMN
@dlwyse @nytimes @EcoAgronomist @AnneSchwagerl @SeedmanMac @alseedorganics @SenWestrom @perennialpantry Testimony is now being heard on the second bill SF 1353, grants for businesses building the market for Continuous Living #CoverCrops. @SenGustafson says these economically viable crops will benefit Minnesota farmers and citizens into the future.
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Colin Cureton retweetledi
@dlwyse @nytimes @EcoAgronomist @AnneSchwagerl @SeedmanMac @alseedorganics @SenWestrom @perennialpantry @SenGustafson Christopher Abbott, Founder of @PerennialPantry, which processes and creates food products with #Kernza, is now speaking. Says these crops represent "enormous economic opportunity" to MN, but investments in markets and supply chains are needed.
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Colin Cureton retweetledi
We need to bake conservation right into our cropping systems--it shouldn't be an add-on.
That's the promise of #Kernza and other new crops we're developing in @ForeverGreenUMN.
publicnewsservice.org/2023-02-03/sus…
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Great turnout at @ForeverGreenUMN event in Morris, MN to learn about #winterbarley, @KwsUS_Rye hybrid winter rye, #Kernza, and winter #camelina. Western MN growers interested in new crops to boost #continuouslivingcover
and #SoilHealth
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In 2022 #MNleg allocated $500k to build biz, supply chains, and markets for #continuouslivingcover agriculture in MN, @MNagriculture now convening stakeholders 11/30 + 12/9 to inform program dev- pls join! #Kernza #elderberry #regenerativepoultry #camelina mda.state.mn.us/developing-mar…
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Colin Cureton retweetledi
MN entrepreneurs: Are you working on scaling value chains for #ForeverGreenUMN crops? Join this @MNagriculture listening session to learn about a new grant program that can help support your work.
#Kernza #continuouslivingcover @MKernza
mda.state.mn.us/developing-mar…
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Colin Cureton retweetledi
“The seeds planted by visionary researchers would have never taken root in Minnesota without supportive state agencies, policymakers, committed advocates, and conservation-minded farmers.” @US_N4C @MNagriculture @MKernza #COP27 bit.ly/3TC6CU3
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By keeping #farmland covered with plants year round, perennial grains like Kernza® and “cash cover crops” like winter camelina can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase soil #carbon storage. @MKernza @NatureAsMeasure @MNagriculture #COP27
nature.ly/3UUerFw
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Colin Cureton retweetledi
WOW.
Perennial rice is a reality. Good news for the perennial future of agriculture!
@NatureAsMeasure @dlwyse @Turntales @JacksonRD #UMNForeverGreen
npr.org/sections/goats…
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@kagan20a @Pursell4MNHouse Congratulations, Kristi! So happy for you, and for Minnesota!
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