It’s not often you get in a room with over one hundred women educated, committed and experienced in farming and conservation of our soils and water. It doesn’t happen all the time, but it is occurring more and more as organization like the Wisconsin Women in Conservation bring the women, the issues and the opportunities to the challenges of restoring our soils, protecting our groundwater and encouraging all farmers across the state.

The Wisconsin Women in Conservation (WiWiC) is a state-wide collaborative effort led by the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute in partnership with Renewing the Countryside, Marbleseed (formerly MOSES), and the Wisconsin Farmers Union.

I hope you enjoy this Deep Roots Radio chat with Kriss Marion, a long-time powerhouse in efforts to empower farmers and women landowners to conservation efforts. Kriss is WiWiC’s Media and Communications Lead, Communication’s Specialist with the Wisconsin Farmers Union. She is a small-scale farmer using managed grazing practices with her cattle, goats and sheep. Kriss and her husband Shannon run the Circle M Farm BnB.

During our chat, Kriss described several upcoming meetings that’ll be a help to any woman farmer and landowner. They can be found on the WiWiC website.

Sylvia