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Land use, including agriculture and forestry, has become Minnesota’s number two source of carbon emissions, after transportation. And one group you might not think of has some decision-making power to help reduce that pollution: non-farming landowners.
Meg Nielsen is part of a group called Climate Land Leaders, which recruits and trains landowners to try to store carbon and reduce emissions by planting trees and taking care of soil. She joined MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer to talk about changes she is making on her family farmland.
Nielsen and her husband are both 75 years old, and she isn’t ignoring the fact that her time may be limited. She says she hopes that in 50 years, her farm continues to be a refuge for pheasants, small game rabbits and deer. She hopes the trees they are planting now will be homes for pollinators and that it will be a place people visit and say, “wow, we thought she was crazy when she started this, but maybe she wasn’t.” | 
