Mary Fales

Midwest Division Regenerative Crop Systems Director, Nature Conservancy, mom to 3 boys, Spartan forever

[Senate Ag, Nutrition, & Forestry Committee Dems @SenateAgDems]

🚨Breaking News🚨 CBO confirms: The proposed Republican Senate bill would end SNAP for 2.9 million Americans, including 1.1M who live where jobs are scarce, 900K seniors, 600K parents, and 270K veterans, homeless, & former foster youth.

[Nate Mangas @natemangas]

Big news out yesterday, the #H2Ohio program dedicated to water quality in the state is still moving forward!

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

Whitecaps night! @wmwhitecaps

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

Saginaw Valley farmer says "When the life goes out of the soil due to tillage, you are farming dirt and not soil" Jerry Grigar at Center for Excellence field day

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

Field work day! Pulling soil probes at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge @nature_MI

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

@wmwhitecaps #tweetyourseat
Once a year date at the Whitecaps!

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

@HerfordRita Congratulations!

[Patrick Doran, Ph.D. @pjdgreatlakes]

A truly memorable celebration tonight. Partnerships in conservation - Farmers and Ag Leaders Honored by The Nature Conservancy https://t.co/i8F32UslIV #conservationoptimism @ConservOptimism #GreatLakes @Tom4tnc #saginawbay @MaryFales #rcpp

[The Nature Conservancy in Michigan @TNCMichigan]

Get ready to walk the green carpet at the March 1 Saginaw Bay Ag Awards! Register today at https://t.co/sSBz9CSQ2Z.

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

@justinehausheer Have fun! I'm impressed with your packing!

[The Nature Conservancy in Michigan @TNCMichigan]

Join us in congratulating JJ Metz of Crop Production Services for receiving our Conservation Excellence Award! Thanks to JJ & his team, farmers & ag partners are helping to improve water quality in Saginaw Bay Watershed.

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

Another reason to protect water quality in the Saginaw Bay watershed! This is amazing! @nature_MI @better_backyard https://t.co/7pOQCce2fc

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

I'm attending MABA Winter Conference & Trade Show 2018 https://t.co/UpS85pDZFd Don't miss the lunch session on the last day of the conference to find out which ag retailer is receiving the 2017 Conservation Excellence award from the @nature_mi

[Paul Gross @hankkimble]

This explains all the purple wheat we are seeing around Michigan. Purple leaves on wheat explained | MSU Extension https://t.co/tYtualg1iO

[Sean Patrick McMahon @IowaAgWater]

Excited to explore how this grant can be leveraged to advance a #SoilHealth metric that helps to link land valuation with soil health in Iowa and scale adoption of #CoverCrops and #NoTill. @soil_institute @SoilPartners @soilmgt #CoverCrops17 @IAwateralliance https://t.co/94NOK6UKVD

[Soil Health Institute @soil_institute]

This $20 million project is important — unless you don't care about eating https://t.co/yQYt3axeTX via @indystar

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

Love representation from Michigan's #saginawbay farmers at the #covercrops17 conference @hankkimble @SWCSNews

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

@GreenCoverSeed says any form of tillage is like "declaring war on your soil" #covercrops17 @SWCSNews

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

Wait what? Plants can release chemical signals that call in predatory insects like an air strike if they are under attack from aphids...only works if insects are nearby...plant pollinator strips! #covercrops17 @SWCSNews @GreenCoverSeed

[Mary Fales @MaryFales]

@GreenCoverSeed Healthy mycorrhizal fungi and earthworm tunnels create the highway network that transports nutrients and water to the plant root #covercrops17 @SWCSNews