A vision and roadmap for the next generation of agricultural systems
About Us
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Contact:
Dr. Helene Murray
411 Borlaug Hall
1991 Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
612-625-8235
hmurray@umn.edu
How We Are Organized
Green Lands Blue Waters is internally organized in a manner to best leverage and mobilize the collective knowledge and other resources of its partners: 1) the consortium, consisting of all partners, focuses upon integrative work that cuts across all participating organizations and working groups, such as overall strategy plan development, communications, outreach and education, evaluation, and fundraising; and 2) working groups serve as hubs for research and development around the most viable and promising perennials and other continuous living cover systems.
More specifically, the purpose of the consortium is to support and advance the Green Lands Blue Waters initiative as a whole. This includes integrating and coordinating the collective strengths and unique capabilities of its partners, raising the awareness and understanding of the initiative and of related issues in the Basin, attracting financial support for the initiative, and working with and through its partners to develop and fund new, proactive research, education, and implementation programs in the Mississippi Basin.
The current slate of working groups focuses on advancing the research, development, and implementation of five viable classes of perennials and other continuous living cover: 1) agroforestry systems, 2) perennial biomass crops, 3) cover crops for annual production systems, 4) perennial grain crops, and 5) perennial-based grazing systems. As the need arises, more working groups may be added at a later date.
More about the Working Groups
How We Measure Outcomes
The Green Lands Blue Waters initiative supports the development of and transition to a new generation of multi-functional agricultural systems in the Mississippi River Basin that integrate more perennial plants and other continuous living cover into the agricultural landscape. In so doing, we aim to strengthen the resilience, quality of life, and health of rural communities by increasing sustainable economic options and profitability for farmers, while maximizing the multiple benefits of the natural services these options provide to humans and the environment at the local, regional, watershed, and basin scales.
More about Outcomes and Performance Measures
Example of a GLBW Project
Strategic Plan
Working Strategic Plan, June 2009
(MS Word Document, 185 kb)--- Appendix B: Logic Model
(MS Excel Workbook, 60 kb)
The Green Lands, Blue Waters
Initiative BrochureOuter page (PDF, 258 kb)
Inner page (PDF, 185 kb)