Hedin

The film also gives a platform to farmers like Jack Hedin, who discusses using cover crops in winter on his vegetable farm to reduce soil erosion and run-off; Tony Thompson, who employs perennial grasses and wetlands that soak up run-off on his 4000-acre soybean and corn farm; and Dan Coughlin, who raises grass-fed cows instead of keeping them in confinement-which produces excess nitrogen-rich manure that often ends up in waterways.

Paula Crossfield: The Troubled Waters of Big Ag's Academic Influence Paula Crossfield 2010

No fewer than three "thousand-year rains" have occurred in the past seven years in the part of Minnesota where Hedin farms, according to state climatologist, Jim Zandio.

Wendy Gordon: Changing Courses: A Farmer's Call to Action Wendy Gordon 2010

Climate change, Hedin writes, "may eventually pose an existential threat to my way of life."

Wendy Gordon: Changing Courses: A Farmer's Call to Action Wendy Gordon 2010

So, Hedin calls on farmers to adopt better farming techniques.

Wendy Gordon: Changing Courses: A Farmer's Call to Action Wendy Gordon 2010

So, Hedin calls on farmers to adopt better farming techniques.

Wendy Gordon: Changing Courses: A Farmer's Call to Action Wendy Gordon 2010

No fewer than three "thousand-year rains" have occurred in the past seven years in the part of Minnesota where Hedin farms, according to state climatologist, Jim Zandio.

Wendy Gordon: Changing Courses: A Farmer's Call to Action Wendy Gordon 2010

Lieutenant Colonel Pernille Hedin—the blonde—was there as well.

A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010

Climate change, Hedin writes, "may eventually pose an existential threat to my way of life."

Wendy Gordon: Changing Courses: A Farmer's Call to Action Wendy Gordon 2010

No fewer than three "thousand-year rains" have occurred in the past seven years in the part of Minnesota where Hedin farms, according to state climatologist, Jim Zandio.

Wendy Gordon: Changing Courses: A Farmer's Call to Action Wendy Gordon 2010

So, Hedin calls on farmers to adopt better farming techniques.

Wendy Gordon: Changing Courses: A Farmer's Call to Action Wendy Gordon 2010