2. FGF25 Vision

Описание: In this section, Dr. Mitch Hunter (Co-Director, Forever Green Initiative) gives background on Forever Green and lays out the vision. Next, Colin Cureton (Director of Commercialization, Adoption, and Scaling, Forever Green Initiative) gives an overview of the commercialization work. Finally, Whitney Clark (Executive Director, Friends of the Mississippi River) talks about the Forever Green Partnership and Societal Lift work.

After the presentations, Mitch leads a discussion with Dr. Dawn Wyse-Pester (Director of Innovation and R&D, Winfield United, Land O’Lakes) and Aaron Reser (Associate Director, Green Lands Blue Waters) to make meaning of an interactive activity about the vision.

To conclude the Vision section, Dr. Nick Jordan (Professor and Co-Director, Forever Green Initiative) leads a respondent panel to further discuss and reflect on the vision. The panel includes Commissioner Thom Petersen (MN Department of Agriculture), Montana Rasmussen (Owner, River Rock Kitchen & Baking Co.), Lyle DePauw (Director of Crop Innovation Business Development, Cargill), Haley Burns (Senior Program Officer, Builders Vision), Steve Morse (Executive Director, Minnesota Environmental Partnership), Carmen Fernholz (Farmer, A-Frame Farm), and Rachel Stroer (President, The Land Institute).