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Farmer Focus Groups: The Foundation of the DCB Project
When the Diverse Corn Belt Project began, we needed a baseline, a foundation for knowing what farmers thought about diversification. In previous work, Emily Usher, DCB Project Manager, and Lauren Asprooth, a social scientist at Purdue University, had researched...
From the Ground Up: Agricultural Diversity at All Levels of the Farm
Diversity of insects, income streams, and products benefit the farm, market, and landscape levels we discussed in our previous post on why the Diverse Corn Belt project (DCB) was started. Now, let’s take a look at what agricultural diversification means from the soil...
The Diverse Corn Belt Project: Working Toward Resilience in our Farms and Communities
Each spring, tiny corn plants emerge from rich, dark soil in the Midwest. Soybean leaves grow overnight. Summer arrives, and deep green fields stretch to the horizon. In autumn, golden leaves rustle in warm breezes, and combines race into the night to bring in the...