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Action Alert!

  • U.S. Senate Voting on 2013 Farm Bill Next Week

    Friday, May 17
    Demand Reform to Wasteful Crop Subsidies A new five-year Farm Bill is way overdue, but even more overdue is reform...

Upcoming Events

  • Minnesota River History Weekend 2013

    May 17-19
    Granite Falls, Minn.
  • Reading of 'Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook,' by Beth Dooley

    May 19, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    Cooks of Crocus Hill, 324 Main Street S., Stillwater, MN 55082
  • Slow Food Minnesota's Spring Foraging Dinner

    May 19, 11:00 am-5:00 pm
    York Farm, 21161 York Road, Hutchinson, Minnesota, 55350

    There will be a delicious meal, based on foraged foods, cooked for us by Craig Sharp and Tracy LeTourneau of Terra Waconia in...

  • Reading of 'Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook,' by Beth Dooley

    May 19, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
    Cooks of Crocus Hill, 877 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105
  • 2013 Session of MN Legislature Adjourns

    May 20
    Saint Paul, Minn.
  • Reading of 'Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook,' by Beth Dooley

    May 22, 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
    Byerly's, 3777 Park Center Boulevard, St. Louis Park, MN 55416
  • Spring Cover Crop Field Day

    May 22, 1:00 pm-3:30 pm
    Dan Specht farm, Monona, Iowa
  • March Against Monsanto

    May 25, 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
    Minnesota Capitol Grounds
    5 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
    Saint Paul, MN 55155

    Join us on May 25th at the Capitol Grounds in Saint Paul at 1pm to March Against ...

  • Timberframing Basics

    May 30, 9:00 am-June 1, 4:00 pm
    Dreamacres Farm,17289 County Road 8, Wykoff, MN 55990

    Work with traditional tools to create mortise and tenon joinery for a new barn. Topics include history, layout, design and assembly.

  • 2013 CSP Application Deadline

    May 31
    Natural Resources Conservation Service area offices

    Applications for the 2013 sign-up in the voluntary Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) are due by May 31, the USDA announced...

  • New Organic Stewards "Farm Hack"

    June 2, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
    Organic Field School, Gardens of Eagan
    Northfield, MN

    Have you built a tool to fit your farming needs? Are you thinking about how to increase efficiency on your farm? Let's innovate...

  • Solar Power & Alternative Systems on the Farm

    June 8, 9:00 am-4:00 pm
    Dreamacres Farm,17289 County Road 8, Wykoff, MN 55990

    Tour the solar, water catchment and ice storage systems of Dreamacres. Help design and install a photovoltaic system. Cost is $75,...

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  • LSP Intro to Grazing Workshop & Field Day May 18 in Redwood Falls, Minn.

  • Jim Koplin Remembrance & Celebration May 18

  • 2013 Minnesota/Western Wisconsin Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm Directory Now Available

  • LSP Southeast Minnesota Cookout/Celebration June 21

Twitter

  • LSPnow

    LSPnow LandStewardshipProj

    Beginning farmer legislation from Rep. @Tim_Walz @USRepRickNolan & Rep. Peterson - MN farmer lays it out - http://t.co/dnl9kOkHmE #farmbill
    Friday, May 17, 2:57 pm CDT

  • LSPnow

    LSPnow LandStewardshipProj

    Looking forward to Farm Beginnings #grazing field day 5/18 at 4th gen. family farm. Read abt the farm here: http://t.co/6upsasKqYW #agchat
    Friday, May 17, 11:26 am CDT

  • LSPnow

    LSPnow LandStewardshipProj

    From empty lot to full blown garden - @Hope_MN gardeners transform neighborhood space by growing fresh food! http://t.co/usuNWiWGyK
    Thursday, May 16, 10:50 am CDT

  • LSPnow

    LSPnow LandStewardshipProj

    New @IATP report says #fracsand mining interests oversell economic benefits, fail to mention negative impacts. http://t.co/qGECDxTPVj #mnleg
    Wednesday, May 15, 4:36 pm CDT

  • LSPnow

    LSPnow LandStewardshipProj

    .@USRepRickNolan brings good CSP amndts during House #farmbill markup. Both failed on voice vote - missed opportunity to strengthen CSP.
    Wednesday, May 15, 11:31 am CDT

News

  • Area Residents Ask Court of Appeals to Reverse Winona County Decision on Controversial Frac Sand Mine

    Thursday, May 2
    WINONA, Minn. — Twelve Winona County citizens are appealing the County Board of Commissioners’ April 2...
  • Conservation Stewardship Program Applications Due by May 31

    Wednesday, May 1

    Applications for the 2013 sign-up in the voluntary Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) are due by May 31, the USDA announced this...

  • Intro to Grazing Grasses & Cover Crops Workshop May 18 in Redwood Falls

    Friday, April 26
    REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — The basics of grazing grass and how to use cover crops in a grazing system will be...

Blog

  • From Empty Lot to Full Blown Garden

    Wednesday, May 15

    Gardeners at Hope Community in the Phillips Community of South Minneapolis have been working hard this week to prepare soil and create a design for the urban agriculture space that has come to be known as the “2012...

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  • Dear Gov. Dayton: Consider the Economic Facts of Frac Sand

    Friday, May 10

    Dear Governor Dayton, I understand you met with frac sand industry representatives yesterday. I would imagine their rhetoric included the promise of jobs and state competitiveness. Before accepting their statements as fact, I encourage you to...

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  • Cooking Up Some Hope in the Phillips Community

    Tuesday, May 7

    On April 13, Hope Community intern Taya Shultz lead a cooking class at Hope's community kitchen. "The topic was breakfast. We made almond milk, vegetable breakfast smoothies and buckwheat muesli pancakes," Taya told me. Hope Community...

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LSP in Action

LSP Members Take Their Message to the Capitol

Ear to the Ground Podcast

  • Ear to the Ground 131

    Sunday, April 28
    LSP helps launch the Minnesota Farmworker Justice Campaign to put the spotlight on ag labor violations on industrial farms.

LSP TV

Farmer and LSP board member Heidi Morlock talks about the importance of MinnesotaCare for her family.

Office Locations

  • Montevideo
    301 State Road #2
    Montevideo, MN 56265
    (320) 269-2105
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    180 E. Main Street
    Lewiston, MN 55952
    (507) 523-3366
  • Minneapolis
    821 E. 35th Street #200
    Minneapolis, MN 55407
    (612) 722-6377
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