Elizabeth Schuster

Something I’m not hearing enough people talk about: Regenerative agriculture practices do not always help farmers manage risk. I’m not suggesting there are no risk management benefits. In fact, I recently read that a blog noting a University of Illinois study which showed that farmers using cover crops and no-till farming practices were 24% less … Read more

For years, the conservation community was obsessed with ecosystem services. I would get nearly weekly calls to help folks with ecosystem service valuation. A lot of us in the conservation field believed that if we could get concrete data to decision makers showing that nature has value, then nature would finally get a seat at … Read more

Empowering organizations to reflect their own values when making decisions  Much has been written about when not to give advice in personal relationships that it’s become meme worthy. When a friend or loved one comes to you for support they probably don’t want advice; they just want you to listen. How does that translate to … Read more