The Calumet County Ag Stewardship Alliance consists of just 11 registered farmers. But the group is making great strides. The group implemented conservation practices on 14,810 acres in 2021. That’s about double the amount of acres on which it implemented conservation practices in 2020, said Ricardo Costa, agricultural strategy manager for The Nature Conservancy.
Alliance shows small groups can make big impact
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The Calumet County Ag Stewardship Alliance board of directors is comprised of, from left, John Schwarz, Barbara Fett, Kurt Schneider, John VandenBoom and Paul Meyers.
John Schwarz, president of the Calumet County Ag Stewardship Alliance, right, discusses conservation practices at the producer-led watershed-protection group’s annual meeting in February.
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