Cohort 1 included 22 participants from 12 states. The coordinators were Koelsch, Lawrence and Stoltenow.

• Workshop 1, Des Moines, IA, December 2-4, 2014
  • North Central Region’s Contribution to Feeding the Fueling the World
• Workshop 2, Fargo, ND, March 18-20, 2015
  • Technology’s Role in the Future of Agriculture
• Workshop 3, Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI, September 21-24, 2015
  • Integrating Sustainability into our Corn Belt Cropping Systems
• Workshop 4, Omaha, NE, December 1-3, 2015
  • Adaptive Management in Cropping Systems

Cohort 2 had 20 participants from 11 states. The coordinators were Lawrence, Stoltenow, Bossaer and Dan Cotton, UNL.

• Workshop 1, Des Moines, IA, December 2-4, 2016
  • North Central Region’s Contribution to Feeding the Fueling the World
• Workshop 2, West Lafayette, IN, March 14-16, 2017
  • North Central Region’s Precision Farming
• Workshop 3, Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI, September 11-14, 2017
  • North Central Region’s Sustainable Cropping Systems
• Workshop 4, Minneapolis, MN, December 5-7, 2017
  • Sustainability, consumers, processors and supply chains