Organizations announce intent to pursue conservation and profitable farming WISCONSIN - On the Winter Solstice, December 21, four organizations issued a joint announcement about a partnership to protect clean water and thriving farms. Those organizations are Clean Wisconsin, the Dairy Business Association, the Nature Conservancy, and Wisconsin Land+Water. The announcement was signed by Mark Redsten, president and CEO of Clean Wisconsin; Tom Crave, president of the Dairy Business Association; Elizabeth A. Koehler, state director of The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin; and Bob Micheel, president of Wisconsin Land+Water. The announcement stated: “We believe the current programs to permit farms and manage unintended agricultural runoff are in need of change. Together, our state must also invest more resources in helping people who don’t have access to clean water get it and in helping farmers grow our food with fewer negative environmental impacts. We need to support and encourage innovative farming practices and new cropping systems that improve farmers’ bottom lines and the environment.”