GrassCast Grassland 2.0

Grassland 2.0's final Digital Dialogue webinar of 2021 featured NRCS state grazing lands specialist Adam Abel. In this recording, Adam discussing his experiences with managed grazing and his plans for boosting support for grazing throughout the state. 

 In Part Three of Grassland 2.0's Digital Dialogue Series, Thelma Heidel-Baker, an entomologist and organic dairy farmer in eastern Wisconsin, discusses the benefits of managed grazing for beneficial insects, other wildlife, and the farmers themselves. 

In Part Two of Grassland 2.0's Digital Dialogue Series, Dr. Stephan van Vliet, nutrition scientist and metabolomics expert at the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University, discusses the link between animal and human health.

This episode features the first of Grassland 2.0's Digital Dialogue series, with a presentation by Dan Smith, President and CEO of the Cooperative Network. Dan discusses the changes dairying has experienced over the last 50 years and explore the economic, social and cultural impacts these changes have had through poem.

Every couple of weeks, Grassland 2.0 participants meet on Zoom for a project-wide lab meeting. This episode features an edited recording of one of these meetings, in which UW-Madison graduate student Jacob Henden presents his research design and responds to comments from attendees. We'll hear how tricky it is to separate the influence of perennial groundcover from other related factors, and why making promises about improving water quality could backfire in the short-term.GrassCast is supported by the Grassland 2.0 project.  This project is made possible thanks to a Sustainable Agricultural Systems Coordinated Agriculture grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.  

Marie Raboin is a Conservation Specialist for Dane County, Wisconsin. In this episode, you'll hear about Marie’s work with a new farmer network called the BFFs (Biological Farming Friends), why she’s big on farmer dates, and why you maybe shouldn’t invite everyone to the meeting. You can see more from this conversation on the Grassland 2.0 YouTube channel.Stories on Pasture is supported by the Grassland 2.0 project.  This project is made possible thanks to a Sustainable Agricultural Systems Coordinated Agriculture grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.