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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

At the @uwmadison.bsky.social Kegonsa Research Campus, scientists from across UW and the @savannainstitute.bsky.social are growing currant berries between solar panels. This practice is known as #agrivoltaics and has many potential benefits. Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMGH...

Happy Columbo Day to all who celebrate.

“There are a million different ways of doing agroforestry,” Oviatt said. “You have to take the different components and see what works on your farm.” Staff member MJ Oviatt talks about #agroforestry in last week's story from Illinois Farmer Today! agupdate.com/illinoisfarm...

What can we learn from livestock producers about marketing #agroforestry products? Free webinar hosted by the #AgroforestryCoalition Thursday, September 4th 9am PT / 10am MT / 11am CT / 12pm ET Register at agroforestrycoalition.org/event/grassf...

I don’t endorse candidates but a scientist who worked on agriculture and climate change before Trump eliminated her job? LFG Jersey girl @meganorourke.com! www.science.org/content/arti...

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Good time to follow our friends at @canopyfm.bsky.social on their new Bluesky account!

I'm giving a free webinar "Black Currants in the US: From Banishment to Revival" As part of the Far North Currant Festival in Fairbanks, Alaska. Tuesday, Aug. 12, noon-1 p.m. (Alaska Standard Time). Register here: bit.ly/AKBlackCurrant

Joanna Macy, 1929-2025

Timothy Searchinger, a CHW affiliate and senior research scholar at Princeton University, explains how silvopasture – the intentional integration of trees, grasses and livestock – could increase cows' productivity and reduce deforestation in South America. tinyurl.com/2hhynr99

If you're interested in #agroforestry, there's no better follow on Bluesky than the Savanna Institute.

We have gotten currants in the ground under solar panels! going to test different varieties of currants under different kinds of solar panels. #energysky 🌾🧪🌱🫐

We hope you'll join us at an event this summer! We have some exciting events in the coming months across Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. These are great opportunities to get to know our organization and to see #agroforestry in action. Find an event near you at: www.savannainstitute.org/events/

Not sure how @arielron.bsky.social got it so far wrong.

@cadwego.bsky.social This you?

Shade for livestock. Richer soil. Trees that plant the next generation themselves. Farmers across the Midwest are designing systems that regenerate the land and sustain livelihoods. Watch how the @savannainstitute.bsky.social and our partners are shaping the future of farming. https://bit.ly/3Eso5gd

We are pleased to be a sponsor of this year's North American Agroforestry Conference, hosted by the University of Missouri's Center for Agroforestry and the Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA). You can learn more and register at centerforagroforestry.org/2025naac/

Selfie from the Forever Green Forum at the University of Minnesota campus, happening now.

these are 1200 foot rows, with enough space in between rows for our partner farmer to do hay, so this is serving as both a breeding orchard and an alley cropping demo

“If there’s one big takeaway from the various farming experiences I’ve had and continue to seek out, it’s that nobody does it alone,” says @serenalarkin.bsky.social, a participant in our On-Farm Training Program. Read more in our latest Perennial Report: www.savannainstitute.org/perennial-re...

this was my favorite Illinois state flag design

This moment in a nutshell.

We need to improve human wellbeing while burning less stuff

“I don’t think this plant is a lost cause,” said Lily Hislop @currantlylily.bsky.social, who runs the only institutionally backed #blackcurrant breeding program in the West at the Savanna Institute. #Blackcurrants showing up in Ambrook Research! ambrook.com/research/cro... @jessehirsch.bsky.social

Yesterday's Print is the best thing on social media, and you should shower them with follows and likes on Bluesky so they feel motivated to migrate their primary posting effort over here, instead of on [other platform].

The American #persimmon grows wild throughout the eastern US, and offers nutritious, abundant fruit that can be eaten by both humans and livestock. Learn more at www.savannainstitute.org/persimmon See if #persimmons are suitable for your land at CanopyCompass.com #agroforestry #silvopasture

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Research scientist Lily Hislop @currantlylily.bsky.social demonstrates how elderberry juice can be used as a pH indicator. You can learn more about #elderberry, a native, nutrient-rich fruit, and other deep-rooted perennial crops at www.savannainstitute.org/crops/

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

New exhibit alert! Visitors are invited to experience two new exhibits at the Illinois State Museum's Lockport Gallery that reflect on the enduring cultural traditions of Native Americans with homelands in Illinois and the Midwest. Learn more here: dnr.illinois.gov/press-releas...

Better tighten up the slack in that workflow, @kathleenrhoades.com

Online Town Hall Meeting: Wednesday, Jan. 22nd The Expanding Agroforestry Project is launching its second producer application cycle, inviting eligible producers to apply for #agroforestry incentive payments: www.savannainstitute.org/event/expand...

One chart, many stories. Predicted renewable energy deployment vs actual deployment.

Looking for on-farm #agroforestry training? Our On-Farm Training Program (formerly Apprenticeship Program) might be right for you. This program offers a wide variety of opportunities to suit most interests and experience levels. Learn more and apply today at www.savannainstitute.org/on-farm-trai...

Harvesting currant plants with our sister organization Canopy Farm Management. These are currant bareroot plants. Each stick is a single plant that gets dug out of the ground.

“Hunter-gatherer” doesn’t actually describe how most civilizations related to production. “Hunter-gatherers” engaged in millennia of selective plant breeding & advanced landscape stewardship, which created wildly productive perennial gardens & managed hunting grounds www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Chicago Tribune, Illinois, November 24, 1936

Hey @waiterich.bsky.social, for your starter pack consideration, the Savanna Institute mothership now has an account on BlueSky: @savannainstitute.bsky.social

The Savanna Institute is now on BlueSky, thanks to my colleagues on our communications team -- give us a follow, if you're so inclined.

Created a starterpack for agroforestry scholars and practitioners!

more users are joining and the hog grows longer

Join my team as Director of Research at the Savanna Institute! Looking for a PhD scientist to lead a team of agroecologists & breeders expanding #agroforestry options. I'm perennially hopeful real change is possible in ag- if we go out & make it. To apply: savannainstitute.pinpointhq.com/jobs/186079

Another position at the University of Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences: extension specialist in forestry (illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...). Focal areas may include urban and community forestry, agroforestry, arboriculture. November 24th deadline.