Growing grassroots change

摘要

Renovating a drainage ditch got Minnesota farmer Pat Dun-canson thinking beyond his field edges, eventually leading to his involvement in Minnesota's Le Sueur River Watershed Partnership.Lakeshore owner demands for buffers led Watertown, Wis., farmer Tony Peirick to help start Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soil-Healthy Water — in part to help reduce phosphorus entering a lake.Getting involved in the formation of the Tainter Creek Farmer-Led Watershed Council just made sense to Viroqua, Wis., farmer Brian McCulloh.