Conservation Marketplace Midwest pioneers incentive-based conservation, partnering with farmers, municipal stormwater districts, and ecological donors to fund cover crops and wetland buffers.
Market-Based Watershed Stewardship & Soil Conservation
Delivering measurable, lasting outcomes across Upper Mississippi River Basin & Minnesota River Valley.
Market Conservation
Facilitating performance-verified water quality credit trades between municipal wastewater utilities and upstream agricultural producers.
Soil Health
Direct seed subsidies and technical agronomist consulting to help Midwest corn and soybean farmers plant rye and clover cover crops.
Habitat Preservation
Engineering native prairie wetland swales and riverfront woodlot buffers that capture agricultural silt before it enters the Mississippi.
Based in the heart of Minnesota's agricultural river basin, our conservation team works directly at the field edge with producers to design practical, profitable conservation practices.
100% of your tax-deductible gift directly funds programs in Upper Mississippi River Basin & Minnesota River Valley.
Underwrites laboratory testing for nitrates and phosphorus at an edge-of-field tile drain.
