**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** SINCE 2012, GREEN LANDS BLUE WATERS CONFERENCES HAVE FILLED A GAP IN AGRICULTURAL EVENTS WITH ITS FOCUS ON THE PRACTITIONER AND APPLIED RESEARCHER AUDIENCE THAT HAS EMBRACED PERENNIALITY AS A FRAMING CONCEPT FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AT SCALE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST UNITED STATES. CONFERENCE HOST GREEN LANDS BLUE WATERS (GLBW) HAS A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD OF PARTNERSHIP WITH A VARIETY OF CROSS-SECTOR STAKEHOLDERS. MUCH OF THE PLANNED 2025 CONFERENCE CONTENT IS A RESULT OF YEARS OF ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH PARTNERS, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS AROUND CONTINUOUS LIVING COVER (CLC) RESEARCH, MARKETS AND VALUE CHAINS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND EQUIPPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONALS. THE VALUE OF THIS PURPOSEFUL GATHERING IS BOTH IN THE RICH COMMUNITY-BASED, RESEARCH-DRIVEN CONTENT, AS WELL AS THE INTENTIONAL DESIGN FOR ENGAGEMENT TOWARDS WISE, STRATEGIC ACTION THROUGH CROSS-SECTOR CONNECTIONS AND COLLABORATIONS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES OF OUR DOMINANT AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS. THE GOAL IS A HIGHLY-CRAFTED EVENT THAT PROVIDES A VARIETY OF CRITICAL, TIMELY EDUCATIONAL AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRACTITIONERS TO INCREASE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CLC AGRICULTURE, GROUNDED IN EQUITY AND WHOLE-SYSTEMS THINKING. OUR HYPOTHESIS IS THAT BY BALANCING INFORMATION DELIVERY WITH ENGAGED WORKING TIME, AND ELEVATING COLLECTIVE IMPACT THROUGH CONNECTIONS AMONG DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS AROUND SHARED GOALS, GREATER CLC ADOPTION IS POSSIBLE.