The Queen Bee Sessions are monthly conversations with Wisconsin Women in Conservation, a collaboration between four Wisconsin agricultural organizations seeking to connect more women landowners and farmers with conservation resources. The host is Kriss Marion of Circle M Market Farm, who is the WiWiC Communications Lead and a small-scale sheep grazier in Lafayette County. Her conversation with Kirsten Jurcek of Brattset Family farm covered a wide range of topics with this experienced beef grazier: regenerative agriculture, working lands conservation easements, community, soil health and human health, among other things. Kirsten farms on nearly 300 acres in Southeast Wisconsin - including woodlands, hayfields, pasture and wildlife habitat. She is one of the Conservation Coaches for Wisconsin Women in Conservation. That means she serves as a mentor and guide to other women farmers and landowners who want to implement more conservation practices on their land. But she is a busy professional mentor to both men and women, in many capacities, including her role as a grazing specialist with Glacierland Resource, Conservation and Development - where she develops grazing plans for clients and also arranges field days for folks to see conservation practices in place on farms across the eastern part of the state. Kirsten embodies the Glacierland motto: “Conservation that Works! Bringing together science and community to grow Wisconsin’s economy and protect our natural resources.” For more information about Glacierland RC&D see glacierlandrcd.org. For more information on Wisconsin Women in Conservation events and to receive The Buzz monthly newsletter, visit WiWiC.org.