Land Stewardship Project http://landstewardshipproject.org LSP's Ear to the Ground is an audio magazine produced by the Land Stewardship Project, a private, nonprofit membership-based organization that is working to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture and to develop sustainable communities. Ear to the Ground features interviews, reviews and news related to sustainable agriculture, rural development, local food and farming systems, agricultural policy and social justice. LSP's Ear to the Ground features interviews, reviews and news related to sustainable agriculture, rural development, local food and farming systems, agricultural policy and social justice. LSP's Ear to the Ground is an audio magazine produced by the Land Stewardship Project, a private, nonprofit membership-based organization that is working to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture and to develop sustainable communities. Ear to the Ground features interviews, reviews and news related to sustainable agriculture, rural development, local food and farming systems, agricultural policy and social justice. en-us Land Stewardship Project 2005 Land Stewardship Project bdevore@landstewardshipproject.org bdevore@landstewardshipproject.org (Brian DeVore) taraburns@comcast.net bdevore@landstewardshipproject.org http://landstewardshipproject.org/rss/lsplogos.gif http://landsttewardshipproject.org 144 144 agriculture sustainable environment soil conservation food agroecology CAFO democracy townships beginning farmers rural organic grazing csa direct-marketing antibiotic-free manure csp farm grass-based livestock pasture watershed wildlife erosion livestock agriculture, environment, food, health, diet, nutrition no Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:01:28 CDT Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:01:28 CDT www.landstewardshipproject.org Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:01:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Serving locally-produced food in a rural cafe. 00:13:26 LSP food organic local sustainable restaurant Wren fresh farm www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:20:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Sustainable beekeeping and the importance of pollinators. 00:13:18 bees beekeeping honey LSP Ames farming pollination CCD www.landstewardshipproject.org Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:28:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Finding food in farm country (part 3). 00:20:07 LSP Meter organic local food community rural farm economy www.landstewardshipproject.org Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:34:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Finding food in farm country (part 2). 00:24:21 food LSP Meter local farmers sustainable organic market economy www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:31:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Finding food in farm country (part 1). 00:27:59 Ken Meter LSP food farming economics communities rural farmers www.landstewardshipproject.org Wed, 21 May 2008 14:23:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Why the pond on this dairy farm didn't overflow during a rainstorm. 00:12:49 water grazing LSP Thicke pasture grass diversity erosion soil farm www.landstewardshipproject.org Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:56:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project How Equal Exchange uses Fair Trade to help farmers. 00:21:15 Equal Exchange Fair Trade globalization farmers coffee global www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:24:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project A young couple uses Farm Beginnings to get started on the land. 00:17:29 farm grazing grass beef LSP soil beginnings sustainable pasture www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:20:00 CST Land Stewardship Project Organic farming as economic development in Woodbury County. 00:26:43 economic development Woodbury Marqusee farmers organic Iowa www.landstewardshipproject.org Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:04:00 CST Land Stewardship Project LSP's organic initiative at the University of Minnesota. 00:14:52 LSP organic farming UofM Minnesota legislature sustainable www.landstewardshipproject.org Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:52:00 CST Land Stewardship Project How the Frantzen farm dealt with change and became sustainable. 00:27:35 LSP sustainable organic farm agriculture Frantzen holistic diversity www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:17:00 CST Land Stewardship Project Teaching kids about food without dumbing it down. 00:27:49 food kids LSP school Koester sustainable farm organic education www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:06:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Atrazine and Paul Wotzka (part 2 of 2). 00:20:51 atrazine Paul Wotzka Whitewater LSP farm agriculture herbicide www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:23:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Tyrone Hayes and atrazine (part 1 of 2). 00:30:08 atrazine Tyrone Hayes LSP cancer Syngenta farm chemical frogs www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:35:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Farming in the midst of sprawling development. 00:20:37 LSP sustainable sprawl Beginnings farm city food development www.landstewardshipproject.org Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:57:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Organic farming research comes of age. 00:20:09 organic farming research SWROC Riddle Fernholz LSP sustainable www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:34:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project "Keeping the Land & People Together" panel discussion (part 5). 00:24:35 LSP Berry O'Reilley Paddock anniversary farming farms food www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:18:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project "Keeping the Land & People Together" panel discussion (part 4). 00:22:55 LSP Anniversary Paddock Berry O'Reilley farm readings art www.landstewardshipproject.org Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:30:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project "Keeping the Land & People Together" with Joe Paddock (part 3). 00:20:38 Joe Paddock LSP 25th Anniversary poems farms soil culture farm www.landstewardshipproject.org Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:56:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project "Keeping the Land & People Together" with Mary Rose O'Reilley (part 2). 00:15:13 O'Reilley LSP 25th Anniversary poems Berry sustainable farm www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:18:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project "Keeping the Land & People Together" with Wendell Berry (part 1). 00:32:01 Wendell Berry LSP 25th Anniversary writers agriculture farmers www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:44:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Multifunctional farming and biofuels. 00:22:13 LSP Boody multifunctional agriculture perennial grass grazing www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:17:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Farm Beginnings grads reflect on a decade of farming. 00:21:49 LSP farm farmers farming farmbeginnings grazing grass pasture dairy PastureLand perennial sustainable organic Benrud Stettler stewardship education dairy cheese butter milk pastures www.landstewardshipproject.org Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:47:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project The Monitoring Team's agroecological legacy. 00:24:09 monitor monitoring team indicators MISA indices grassland bluebirds livestock dairy beef CSP policy LSP stewardship streams streambanks perennial plants MIRG rotational resource agencies environmentalists susainable grazing Gates Hawkins DNR USFWS Minar birds birding soil water ecosystem agroecological biologist watershed farmers farming farms sustainability environment environmental conservation pasture grazing grass pastures graziers flyway Mississippi refuge private public toolbox Tex Minnesota farm beginnings www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:24:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project Healthy food and health care. 00:25:28 food nutrition patients health Winona economic Mayo clinics healthcare hospitals Harvie nursing doctors antibiotics mercury dioxin toxins industrial FoodMed sustainable farms farming organic hormones antibiotic-free farmers' markets cafeterias cafeteria foodservice LSP harm sustainably drugs thermometers incinerators www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:17:00 CST Land Stewardship Project John Ikerd and the true costs of agricultural globalization. 00:23:45 John Ikerd LSP sustainable sustainably ecosystems land global globalization food farm farms farming trade world consumers economist international economics economy Missouri oil security SFA capitalism NAFTA WTO grain society multinational hope interdependent borders boundaries www.landstewardshipproject.org Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:41:00 CST Land Stewardship Project Raising green vegetables during a Minnesota winter. 00:17:06 vegetables greenhouse cold winter LSP Farm Beginnings farmers farming veggies passive solar sun Carol Ford food organic CSA greens greenhouses garden subscribers energy Milan Minnesota prairie engineering design agriculture sustainable www.landstewardshipproject.org Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:21:00 CST Land Stewardship Project India's top farm journalist talks about an agrarian crisis. 00:24:49 Palagummi Sainath India farmers farm suicide suicides crisis cotton grain trade global globalization international Hindu journalist reporter newspaper pesticide subsidy subsidies Monsanto rural smallholders village villages LSP Indian water agriculture credit poverty agricultural dought www.landstewardshipproject.org Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:28:00 CST Land Stewardship Project A farm makes a waste product into a sustainable input. 00:07:43 farm farmers farming LSP Varney permaculture perennial timber gardening garden hazelnut forestry woodchips waste soil polyculture raspberries organic farmbeginnings erosion tilth mulch sustainable Amish logging forests sawdust firewood gardening trees community Vernon Viroqua Wisconsin www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:50:00 CST Land Stewardship Project Perennial permaculture gets established on a Midwestern farm. 00:16:40 permaculture perennial farm farming farmers sustainable CSA hazelnuts sustainable sustainability maple syrup timber woods trees gardens agriculture agricultural beginnings Varney Wisconsin erosion water soil livestock fruits vegetables nuts raspberries strawberries berries asparagus bakery baked whole planning woodlot manure nutrient nutrients stacking annual marketing Viroqua organic rotation rotational grazing pasture hogs cattle www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:37:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project The farm as natural habitat. 00:11:46 farm farmers farming wildlife LSP organic sustainable agricultural rotational rotations land birds windbreaks ducks sparrows shrikes grazing mammals cows dairy milk grass pastures grassland wetlands trees soil erosion frogs biology Loretta Martin Jaus prairie agroecology Jackson economics Organic Valley insects pesticides habitat water nutrients www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:08:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project A farm family gets rewarded for good stewardship. 00:14:26 farm farmers farming sustainable CSP policy conservation USDA agriculture watershed nonpoint limestone sinkholes runoff graziers grass-based rotational LSP Iowa karst Koether grassfed organic grazing grass pastures organic livestock water runoff soil erosion stewardship federal cattle sheep goats commodity commodities corn soybeans rowcrops holistic perennial plants forage hay trees wildlife animals erosive waterways www.landstewardshipproject.org Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:56:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project LSP calls for sustainable farm policy at a Congressional hearing. 00:20:33 farm farmers farming farmland policy CSP LSP CRP sustainable beginning agriculture environment environmental agricultural D.C. Washington Congress bill legislation policy organic markets local innovative conservation House Paul Sobocinski livestock grazing grass-fed corporate feedgrains feed factory CAFO animals family www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:20:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project LSP's Mark Schultz discusses federal farm policy reform. 00:24:08 farm farmers policy agriculture Mark Schultz LSP organizing food agriculture sustainable federal D.C. Washington agribusiness commodity commodities corn soybeans family wealth USDA CSP conservation stewardship soil water erosion organic markets price 2002 2007 bill lawmakers Congress street action agricultural subsidy factory farm www.landstewardshipproject.org Wed, 24 May 2006 09:14:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project A beginning dairy farmer faces the realities of agriculture. 00:24:18 LSP Farm Beginnings farmers farming Aimee Finley Minnesota grazing graziers dairy cows organic agriculture agricultural young goalsetting community grass pastures milk grassfed cows sustainable rotational MIRG business planning entrepreneurial Ayrshire Holstein milking hay forage young heifers www.landstewardshipproject.org Mon, 01 May 2006 13:33:00 CDT Land Stewardship Project A West African farmer talks about the negative impacts of unlimited U.S. commodity crop subsidies. 00:24:20 subsidies crops commodity commodities WTO globalization global policy U.S. West Africa Burkina Faso farmers farming farm price crops cotton corn soybeans LSP reform market Oxfam fair free trade exports imports dumping corporate www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:06:00 CST Land Stewardship Project Beginning farmers learn how to successfully obtain credit. 00:25:58 Farm Beginnings farmers farmland interest farming agricultural agriculture land business lenders banks banker credit loan LSP sustainable collateral financial credit lender cash www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:56:00 CST Land Stewardship Project An introduction to innovative direct marketing for beginning farmers. 00:27:49 marketing farms farming farmers agriculture agricultural organic food markets direct market markets LSP natural branding label consumers customers Bergh Tomkins grass-based pastured beef grazing pastures environmental cattle prairie grassland www.landstewardshipproject.org Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:05:00 CST Land Stewardship Project A Farm Beginnings discussion about planning for profit. 00:27:09 Chris Kim Blanchard Rock Spring Farm LSP farmers farming farm business CSA vegetable organic business planning profit Farm Beginnings gross profit analysis net profit class agriculture Holistic Management produce agricultural Community Supported Agriculture sustainable course students financial accounting www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:20:00 CST Land Stewardship Project How Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) brings farmers and consumers together. 00:28:54 CSA Community Supported Agriculture farming farmers farms food land consumers customers urban shoppers supermarkets organic marketing gardens vegetables produce Racette Wright sustainable LSP budget core team financial members subscribers direct marketing fresh healthy www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:32:00 CST Land Stewardship Project Farmer Audrey Arner talks about her experiences with globalization. 00:25:35 globalization global citizens democracy debt agriculture Cuba Europe local locally farmers farms farming food Terra Madre Audrey Arner Montevideo Italy G-8 international global hunger starvation trade subsidies commodities policy Oxfam LSP sustainable organic grass pasture beef crops www.landstewardshipproject.org Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:50:00 CST Land Stewardship Project Economist Richard Levins describes how farmers can use market power to get paid a fair price for their production. 00:29:38 Richard Levins efficiencies Minnesota University applied market OFARM farmers farms farming agriculture agricultural economics economist price grain livestock value added commodities cooperatives coops power efficiency size independent corporations processing CWT elevator NFO Capper-Volstead oganic family www.landstewardshipproject.org Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:43:00 CST Land Stewardship Project Second of a two-part series on Fred Kirschenmann and his views on the future of agriculture. 00:26:43 Kirschenmann Leopold sustainable farms farmers farming climate global SFA Forbord environment watersheds water food rain erosion soil agriculture agricultural biodiversity future rowcrops grass grazing livestock organic energy irrigation policy consumers diet health pastures pollution runoff chemicals www.landstewardshipproject.org Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:12:00 CST Land Stewardship Project Fred Kirschenmann talks about the future of agriculture in the first of a two-part series. 00:23:54 Kirschenmann Leopold oil sustainable Iowa SFA LSP agriculture agricultural food farming farmers farms water energy calories organic climate erosion runoff rowcrops monocrops aquifers future civilizations Rupprecht grazing grass pastures soil corn soybeans ethanol Forbord livestock caloric neocaloric irrigation freshwater Ogallala www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:52:00 CST Land Stewardship Project A dairy farmer talks about how he has used rotational grazing to improve water quality on his land. 00:28:44 LSP water grazing pasture manure nutrients milk dairy French rotational cheese butter PastureLand soil erosion fecal coliform fish streams creek waterways streambanks MBA farms farming farmland farmers agriculture environment Monitoring food grass hay forage perennial rowcrops runoff pollution watershed corn soybeans beginning mentor protégé policy research consumers www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:39:00 CST Land Stewardship Project A scientist working on the Multiple Benefits of Agriculture project talks about how working farms can help reduce fish-killing water pollution. 00:25:16 MBA LSP multiple benefits watershed stream soil erosion grazing rotational rotations farms farming farmers sustainable agriculture environment fish aquatic watershed food monitoring Vondracek USGS water invertebrates sediment cattle rowcrops corn soybeans pasture hay perennial multiple runoff biodiversity livestock grass www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:20:00 CST Land Stewardship Project A research initiative examines how farming can produce multiple benefits for society beyond food and fiber production. 00:29:11 farming environment watershed LSP multiple benefits agriculture farms farmers community organic grazing pasture cattle water sediment erosion perennial grass hay organic sustainable BioScience MBA corn soybeans rotational rotations diversity biodiversity diverse society rowcrops Boody birds www.landstewardshipproject.org Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:20:00 CST Land Stewardship Project A tribute to the late Dave Serfling, a farmer, leader, husband, father and steward of the land. 00:20:37 Dave Serfling LSP farmer farming agriculture policy CSP farms stewardship sustainable erosion soil water innovation Senate land working CSP environment subsidies food www.landstewardshipproject.org Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:37:00 CST Land Stewardship Project Launching a financial plan for a new farming operation. 00:26:02 financial farm farming planning beginnings profits profitable agriculture farmers mentors CSA beginning LSP family relationships www.landstewardshipproject.org Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:04:00 CST Land Stewardship Project How Farm Beginnings helps new farmers set goals and put tools in their place. 00:25:01 Holistic farms farmers beginners goals goalsetting beginning classes technology ecosystems sustainable LSP agriculture planning tools technique mentors www.landstewardshipproject.org Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:33:00 CST Land Stewardship Project The role of women in agriculture is examined through the "Planting in the Dust" play, and the "Voices of Minnesota Farm Women" film documentary. 00:14:11 soil erosion women farmers farming sustainable consumers play Vagnetti Jackson documentary film organic planting dust community voices dramatic Paddock Bly Annie monologue topsoil community www.landstewardshipproject.org/pr/04/itn_040201.html Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:06:00 CST Land Stewardship Project A farm family unearths some unpleasant environmental history, pushing them to work even harder to be good stewards of the land. 00:23:10 soil erosion farming sustainable birds grassfed beef grassland CCC conservation agriculture land erosive prairie grass organic consumers food meat bluebirds bobolinks monitoring wildlife habitat certified pasture