Invest in tomorrow’s agricultural leaders.
GreenSeam Futures brings together Southern Minnesota’s agricultural community and educational institutions to create meaningful opportunities for students, advance research, and address real-world challenges.
GreenSeam Futures supports projects that bring students, educators, and agricultural industry stakeholders together to explore challenges, develop new ideas, and create opportunities for learning.
Through partnerships with educational institutions and community organizations, GreenSeam Futures has helped advance initiatives focused on agricultural career awareness, student entrepreneurship, and applied research.
FutureSolvers Cultivation Challenge
Agriculture offers career opportunities across business, technology, engineering, and numerous other fields. Yet students outside traditional agricultural programs may have limited exposure to the industry’s challenges and opportunities.
To help bridge that gap, GreenSeam Futures partnered with Minnesota State University, Mankato’s College of Business to launch the FutureSolvers Cultivation Challenge, an agricultural problem-solving pitch competition. The competition engaged college students in developing creative solutions to real-world challenges facing agriculture and rural communities.
Long Lake Water Quality Research
Water quality is an important issue for agricultural communities, often involving a variety of stakeholders with different perspectives on environmental challenges and potential solutions. GreenSeam Futures supported a research initiative designed to encourage a cooperative, research-based approach to understanding water quality conditions at Long Lake.
Through a partnership with Minnesota State University, Mankato, and ISG, university faculty and a graduate student conducted water quality testing with support from local farmers and residents. The research provided data used to develop an updated model of the lake’s water quality conditions. This model is being used to inform stakeholder discussions and help identify potential approaches tailored to the lake’s unique characteristics.
Influencer Survey
Parents play an important role in shaping their children’s educational and career decisions. However, relatively little research has explored how parents perceive careers in agriculture and how those perceptions may influence students’ interest in the industry.
To better understand these perspectives, GreenSeam Futures partnered with South Central College faculty to conduct a survey of parents of area high school students. The research explored parents’ views of agriculture as a potential career path and the opportunities they associate with the industry.
Help Make the Next Project Possible.
Your contribution helps GreenSeam Futures continue supporting educational partnerships, student engagement, and research initiatives that strengthen Southern Minnesota’s agricultural community.
GreenSeam Futures welcomes charitable contributions by check. To make a donation:
GreenSeam Futures
3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 100
Mankato, MN 56001
For questions about making a contribution, contact GreenSeam at 507-385-6640 or info@greenseam.org.
GreenSeam Futures is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions may be tax-deductible as permitted by law.
Address
3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 100
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone
507.385.6672
Email
info@greenseam.org
