Clean Wisconsin’s Natural Climate Solutions Initiative is leading the strategic effort to unify Wisconsin Kernza® stakeholders, address barriers to adoption of this dual-use perennial crop, tackle supply chain challenges, and improve direct market access to the grain in a collective effort to help scale Kernza® production in Wisconsin. As part of Wisconsin’s Natural Climate Solutions
A roadmap to net-zero: Wisconsin has set ambitious climate goals: slashing greenhouse gas emissions by half within the next six years and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. However, the state’s agricultural sector, which has seen a 23% rise in emissions since 2005, is not yet equipped to meet these targets. To succeed, Wisconsin’s farming practices
Earlier this year, Clean Wisconsin’s Science Program Director, Paul Mathewson, went a step further than the average scientist. He dove deep into cross-referencing the carbon calculations reported within the agriculture sector module of the EPA’s State Inventory Tool. The State Inventory Tool is used by state agencies to calculate and monitor greenhouse gas emissions by
New Plant Hardiness Zone Maps have caused a stir among Wisconsin farmers and gardeners. They confirm something many avid gardeners have already observed: our climate is changing.
Growing Problems For decades, farmers have produced abundant and inexpensive food, but at great environmental cost. In Wisconsin, conventional agricultural practices (growing a single crop, such as corn, soybeans, or wheat, on the same land, year after year) have resulted in tired soils. Often, these soils are put on “life-support” through the intensive annual
When you think of Wisconsin, you think of agriculture, which means farmers (and we, as consumers) are key to address climate change.
