Land & Stewardship Legacies

The Land Stewardship Project's Land & Stewardship Legacies initiative provides a way for your family's legacy on the land to continue by using it to support LSP's work or to provide opportunities for a new generation of stewardship farmers. LSP is now able to accept gifts of farmland or other real estate from members or other friends of our organization. The Stewardship Legacy secures financial resources to support the work of the Land Stewardship Project now and into the future. The Land Legacy is distinguished by accepting gifts of suitable parcels of farmland to serve as incubators for beginning farmers, or sold outright to promising graduates of LSP's Farm Beginnings® program. For details on the Land & Stewardship Legacies initiative, click here.

Believe in Democracy!

For 23 years, Land Stewardship Project members have found creative ways to effectively address the threats of industrial farming, while at the same time establishing new farming methods that protect soil and water, revitalize rural communities and produce healthy local food.

We believe this what a living democracy looks like – ordinary citizens speaking out and taking action on the issues most important to them – problems like food quality, water contamination and the future of our farmland.

It takes passion and strategically placed funds to make sure citizen voices are heard in Washington D.C. or in Dodge county. Support democracy in action with your gift today!

Ninth grader Kayla Koether and her father Greg flew to Washington D.C. in March 2005 with 12 other farmers from Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. They held 43 visits with key decision makers in Congress, government agencies and several environmental and religious groups.

Read what Kayla wrote about her experience for her hometown newspaper.

Read more about the Farm Bill priorities that the group highlighted in their meetings
LSP outlines priorities for 2006 Farm Bill.

One of the key issues for the group was the impact of unlimited agricultural subsidies. Recently West African leader, Madame Alimata Traoré, spoke about how those subsidies impact her home country of Mali.

Fully funding and implementing the Conservation Security program (CSP) was another key point that the group made.

A lot of political lobbying and citizens’ tax dollars are being put into promoting an industrial agricultural system that focuses only on high production, and results in low prices for farmers and disastrous effects on the land. While as individuals we have little control over such matters, when we work together we do. Through Land Stewardship Project, your voice joins with others and the combined chorus cannot be ignored. Send a gift to Land Stewardship Project today! Every dollar you give will extend our efforts and strengthen our common voice.

To learn more about the many other ways Land Stewardship Project members are taking action and making a difference visit the following:

More successful farmers on the land through Farm Beginnings™

Citizens redirect livestock development

Healthy local food on more kitchen tables

Hog farmers fight mandatory pork checkoff all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court

Become a member of Land Stewardship Project with a gift of $35 or more or give a special gift above your membership to further our impact. Support democracy in action!

Place a gift online using our secure online order form or print and mail our Holiday Gift Order Form today.

Give a gift of hope to your friends and family...
and to beginning farmers eager to make a living on the land.

Your gift of hope includes:
• Practical classes led by experienced farmers and business leaders on topics such as whole farm planning, financial and business planning, creative marketing, and a whole range of sustainable farming practices.
• On-farm field days and mentorship opportunities for participants to learn first hand from some of the region’s most innovative and skilled farmers.
• Training for community leaders in Nebraska and Illinois to spread the hope of Farm Beginnings™ to more communities.

In the name of your favorite cooks...
invest in work to produce more healthful foods for our communities.

Your gift of healthful local foods includes:
• More opportunities for all of us to buy pasture-raised meats and dairy, and grains, fruits and vegetables grown in enviromentally friendly ways.
• Inspectors visiting farms throughout the Midwest to certify those that meet Food Alliance standards of environmental and social responsibility.
• Farmer directories, fact sheets, local food events and more to educate consumers about how their food choices can support local farmers.
• Partnerships with grocery stores, colleges, restaurants, food distributors and healthcare facilities to increase their purchases of local sustainable foods.

Honor active citizens in your life with gifts that...
empower people to fight for family farms and the environment.

Your gift of empowerment includes:
• Rural and urban citizens working together for public policy that promotes strong rural communities, sustainable family farms, and a healthy environment.
• Farmers and rural citizens, using tools of grassroots democracy such as local ordinances to stop factory farms that threaten their local communities and environment.
• Fair markets for independent farmers through resistance to corporate consolidation in our food and agriculture system.
• More succesful family farmers raising both crops and livestock on the land.

Give a gift of information and inspiration, participation and influence...
by giving a gift membership to Land Stewardship Project.

Stewardship gifts of $35 of more include a Land Stewardship Project membership. All members receive:
• A year’s subscription to the nationally recognized Land Stewardship Letter, which comes 4 times a year full of insightful, well-researched articles.

• The option to receive timely updates through our email newsletter, the LIVE-WIRE, and urgent action alerts on pending legislation.

• Resources for stewardship of the table — print and on-line directories of stewardship farmers and the retailers who sell their products.

• Invitations to local foods dinners, on-farm field days, meetings with decision makers, and other gatherings with people who share these stewardship values.

Give a gift of stewardship to a friend or family member. Place a gift online using our secure online order form or print and mail our Holiday Gift Order Form today. Land Stewardship Project Members make a difference!