https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElcuqupjoqHdaBZOBAHjoxF_w2pBCNwjQL’
Event Breakdown:
The event goes from 1-5pm, on June 5th via Zoom.
Each of our discussion segments will last roughly one hour, with some flexibility, with ten minute breaks between.
(1:00) Start recording
Forest Jahnke will welcome and offer a brief land acknowledgment, framing and overview.
Session 1:
(1:10) Learn the story of the proposal for the state’s largest hog CAFO in Crawford County, and the community’s response with Dr Steve Oberle, Adam Voskuil of Midwest Environmental Advocates, and CSP’s own Forest Jahnke.
(2:10) 10 minute break
Session 2:
(2:20) Education Panel: Sustainable, Resilient, & Regenerative Ag:
Vance Haugen (former UW Extension Ag Educator, grazier)
David Bruce (Savannah Institute)
Scott Mericka (dairy grazier – Grass Dairy)
Mike Mueller (farmer, Driftless Back to the Land Pasture Pork Cooperative)
Chris Petersen (Farmers Union, Iowa Hog farmer)
(3:20) 10 minute break
Session 3:
(3:30) Networking & Action Panel:
John Ikerd (food systems academic and influencer)
Tony Wilkin-Gibart (Midwest Environmental Advocates)
Bill Hogseth (Wisconsin Farmers Union)
Lynn Henning (Socially Responsible Agriculture Project)
Karen Hudson (IL Coalition for Clean Air and Water)
Tom Mortensen (Central Sands)
Lisa Doerr (Polk/Burnett)
Jim Goodman (Family Farm Defenders & Via Campesina)
Christina Anderson (WI Land & Water)
Keith Bancroft (Kewaunee Co)
(4:30) Wrap-up
24 Collaborators & Co-sponsors:
University of Wisconsin, Extension
Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project
Midwest Environmental Advocates
Wisconsin Trout Unlimited
Trout Unlimited, Driftless Area Restoration Effort
Trout Unlimited, Harry and Laura Nohr Chapter
Wisconsin Farmers Union, Vernon/Crawford Chapter
Wisconsin Farmers Union, Sterling-Crawford Local Chapter
Wisconsin Farmers Union, Grant/Iowa Chapter
Family Farm Defenders
Coulee Region Sierra Club
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
Food and Water Watch
Crawford Stewardship Project
Emerald Clean Water for All
Grant County Rural Stewardship
Richland Stewardship Project
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger
Save Our Unique Lands of Wisconsin
Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Driftless Organizing Cooperative
Save The Hills Alliance
Citizens’ Water Coalition of Wisconsin
Friends of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway