New project to teach conservation methods to female landowners in Midwest

A new program that promotes land conservation efforts through training sessions for female landowners will have its first three events this fall.

The Women Landowners Leading Regeneration project is planning to educate female landowners in the Midwest by offering training sessions and outreach activities.

The project is co-led by University of Missouri faculty member Olivia Caillouet. She wants the project to not only teach landowners about proper conservation practices, but also how they can be an active part of sustaining their agriculture, even if they are not the ones farming it.

“A lot of the land that's owned in the US is rented to farmer tenants,” Caillouet said. “We want to work with these [female] landowners to help them have conversations with their farmer tenants that incorpo