Home About Consortium Strategies Perennial Edible Grains Intermediate Wheatgrass Perennials for Livestock Agroforestry Hazelnuts Perennials for Biofuels Local Bioenergy Initiative Madelia Project Cover Crops Integrating Strategies Into Systems Chippewa 10% Project Resources Contact Us
Consortium

Green Lands Blue Waters is a consortium of scientists, policy experts, farmers, and community organizers embracing the Green Lands Blue Waters vision and implementing programs that directly advance the consortium’s strategies and goals. The strength of Green Lands Blue Waters builds on the programs of the partner organizations and of their individual staff and faculty members.

Illinois
    University of Illinois
    Agricultural Watershed Institute
    Illinois Stewardship Alliance

Iowa
    Iowa State University, Leopold Center
    Iowa Soybean Association
    Practical Farmers of Iowa
    Iowa Farmers Union

Consortium History

The Green Lands Blue Waters consortium was formed in 2004 through an agreement among five land grant universities and a dozen non-profit organizations. The University of Minnesota, College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences administers the Green Lands Blue Waters regional program.

Kansas
    The Land Institute

Louisiana
    Louisiana State University

Minnesota
    University of Minnesota
    Audubon Society
    Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
    Izaak Walton League of America
    Land Stewardship Project
    Minnesota Farmers Union
    Rural Advantage
    The Nature Conservancy

Wisconsin
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Trout Unlimited

Contact Webmaster
Fair Use Policy

Photo credits for banner: Combine harvesting wheatgrass, The Land Institute; Hazelnut bushes, Brent McCown; Black Angus steer, Selket Jewett; Watonwan River, Linda Meschke/Rural Advantage.