Cultivar development plant breeders are the best strategic thinkers in ag research re experimental design - need to emulate better in agronomy & agroecology. Make strategic use of replicated AND unreplicated trials, & blow up the number of locs the closer you get to prime time.

Savanna Institute's Fred Iutzi and collaborators recently published "Policy pathways for perennial agriculture" in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. This article, which outlines policy pathways to support perennial agriculture, can be accessed at frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Coming up in 10 min. at 9:00 AM Central, 3/10/2023: Savanna Institute research & outreach staff talking about the soil health benefits of agroforestry as part of #IllinoisSoilHealthWeek, organized by Illinois Stewardship Alliance. Registration is free & instant here: secure.everyaction.com/a6ic5Bi54kKCIJ….

Our collaborators Canopy Farm Management are now hiring for two positions: a Client Outreach & Acquisition Specialist and a Director of Business Development & Strategy. You can learn more and apply at apply.workable.com/canopyfm/

Great new piece from Liz Carlisle & Niki Mazaroli, outlining implications of Savanna Institute 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.

"Students who entered the University of Saskatchewan’s agriculture program this fall are taking a new mandatory course in Indigenous agriculture." Read more here: producer.com/news/indigenou…

This is your chance to get in good with the Administration.

Been a little obsessed lately with mapping in crochet. Here’s bathymetry for Lake Mendota in worsted weight wool and acrylic. Each stitch roughly equals 300 sq meters, and each layer represents a depth change of 10 meters. #gischat

**PhD position**: Towards selecting cereals for agroforestry: an ecophysiological approach to rainfed rice responses to light and water availability. Based at Cirad Agap Institut Montpellier with field work in Indonesia Universitas Brawijaya. Full description: drive.google.com/file/d/12Igwnr…

"The incentives will cover more than half of a farmer’s cost of implementation, said Kris Johnson, director of agriculture for The Nature Conservancy. 'In the long run the program only makes sense if it makes sense for the farmers,' he said." Agri-View agupdate.com/agriview/news/…

What a nutty idea 🌰 "Breeding Tree Crops to Fight Climate Change" Scott Brainard of Savanna Institute speaks 9/20 Wed. Nite At The Lab (on hiatus as of 2023.11.22) 7p CT Room 1111 BioTrek Outreach or Zoom go.wisc.edu/240r59 Wisconsin Alumni PBS Wisconsin University Place UW-Madison Nelson Institute @UW_Hort Division of Extension Natural Resources Institute

My article is now out in nature! It’s been ~1 year since my post about the flaws within 2 high-profile articles that claimed 33-68% increases in crop yield. Our paper describes common issues & suggests yield-testing criteria for future pubs. A thread🧵 nature.com/articles/d4158…

Join me Dec. 6-8 for the Savanna Institute's virtual #agroforestry conference, the Perennial Farm Gathering -- we're pretty excited about our keynoters this year.

The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565, 📸 via CJ Fogler 🫡

Reading Times, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1915

Join my team as Savanna Institute Director of Research! Looking for a PhD scientist to lead a team of agroecologists & breeders expanding #agroforestry options. I'm perennially hopeful real change is possible in ag - if we go out & make it happen. Apply here: savannainstitute.pinpointhq.com/jobs/186079

🌟Who creates detailed grazing plans? The maps & cost estimates? Julie Hager works w/Savanna Institute developing grazing & silvopasture plans for landowners. Julie participates in & facilitates parts of #GL20Academy. Future Academy participants can look forward to learning from Julie

Silvopasture for Water Quality in the Great Lakes | West Michigan Agroforestry youtu.be/F7iFmeCEf-g?si… via Savanna Institute