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Action Alert!

  • Tell Congress: We Need Rural Climate Leaders Now!

    Wednesday, July 28

    For over a year, Land Stewardship Project members have been advocating for the Agriculture Resilience Act (H.R.2803/ S.1337)...

Upcoming Events

  • Organic Dairy Day

    August 5, 11 am-2 pm

    Organic dairy production research at the WCROC aims to help producers and farmers transition from conventional to organic herds, as...

  • Midwest Grazing Exchange Webinar

    August 6, 1 pm-3 pm

    Drought woes? Extra forage? Midwest Grazing Exchange could help make a connection.

    August 6, 1 p.m., Central Daylight Time...

  • Silvopasture by Subtraction: Using Livestock & Forestry Mowing

    August 7, 10 am-12 pm

    During this Practical Farmers of Iowa field day, join farmers Dayna Burtness, Bailey Lutz, and Heidi Eger to talk about how...

  • Pasture Walk on Grazing Annuals, Converting Cropland

    August 13, 5 pm-8 pm

    Topics Covered: Grazing diverse summer annual forage crops in a traditional corn/soybean rotation, converting...

  • Growing Organic Apples & Pears Part-Time & Low-Cost

    August 14, 1 pm-4 pm

    The Organic Fruit Growers Association is offering micro-farm tours from June through November this year. We are keeping numbers...

  • Farm Beginnings Early Bird Discount Deadline

    August 15

    The Land Stewardship Project’s Farm Beginnings Program is marking its second decade of providing firsthand training in...

  • Field Day with Ray Archuleta & Mervin, Cherlyn Beachy

    August 18, 8:30 am-3:30 pm

    Ray Archuleta is a certified professional soil scientist with the Soil Science Society of America and has over 30 years experience...

  • Systems Approach to Organic Farming

    August 18, 11 am-1 pm

    MOSES Organic Specialist Rodrigo Cala shares the systems approach he uses on his organic farm, focusing on sheep production with...

  • Silvopasture for Livestock & Pollinators

    August 21, 9 am-12 pm

    Learn about species selection, installation, and weed management for tree strips that provide forage/shade for livestock and...

  • Just Farm & Food System Field Day: Northfield

    August 25, 10 am-1 pm

    Join Land Stewardship Project and Clean River Partners to tour the farms of Mike Peterson (Peterson Farm) and Anna Racer (Waxwing...

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  • Innovative Livestock Production

    Farm Beginnings Early Bird Discount Deadline Aug. 15

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    Aug. 13: Pasture Walk on Grazing Annuals, Converting Cropland in Zumbrota

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    Aug. 18: Field Day with Ray Archuleta in Northeast Iowa

  • Innovative Livestock Production

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  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow Land Stewardship Project

    Check out @CUREriver & @LSPnow member Jim Falk's quote below ⬇️ @100PercentMN https://t.co/9s3VXhNVuh
    Wednesday, August 4, 1:49 pm CDT
  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow Land Stewardship Project

    RT @highcountrynews: Riverview LLP, the largest dairy producer in Minnesota, has been quietly expanding its mega-dairy operations into sout…
    Wednesday, August 4, 9:39 am CDT
  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow Land Stewardship Project

    @highcountrynews: Riverview's draining of ecological & economic resources in MN & AZ. It’s about “enormous operatio… https://t.co/g8Amsw1Fd5
    Wednesday, August 4, 9:30 am CDT
  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow Land Stewardship Project

    @highcountrynews: Riverview's draining of ecological & economic resources in MN & AZ: “It’s about enormous operatio… https://t.co/6NxCgZzIL2
    Wednesday, August 4, 9:24 am CDT
  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow Land Stewardship Project

    We know the problems plaguing small & mid-sized farms & rural communities are rooted in a system that values corpor… https://t.co/FZJtaoZz5f
    Monday, August 2, 12:24 pm CDT

News

  • Pasture Walk to Feature Grazing of Summer Annuals Aug. 13 Near Zumbrota, Minn.

    Monday, August 2
    ZUMBROTA, Minn. — Grazing a diverse warm-season cover crop mix, transitioning cropland to pasture and planting...

  • LSP: Executive Order on Promoting Economic Competition Important Step for Addressing Corporate Control of Ag

    Monday, August 2
    MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) today applauded the White House’s recent signing...

  • Soil Health Field Days July 20 & 27 in Byron & Spring Valley

    Wednesday, July 7
    LEWISTON, Minn. —A pair of July soil health field days in southeastern Minnesota will cover everything from...

Blog

  • Farm Beginnings Profile: A Raw Deal on Farmland

    Thursday, July 15
    Using Farm Beginnings & Soil Health to Push Marginal Land Beyond Expectations There are upsides to launching a farm on raw, open land: no broken-down outbuildings or junk piles to deal with, the ability to truly start anew from the...

  • 2021 Legislative Session Wrap-Up: Good News for Soil Health, Local Foods, Emerging Farmers Bad News for Healthcare

    Tuesday, June 29

    Thousands of Land Stewardship Project members and supporters from across Minnesota came together during the 2021 session of the state Legislature and organized around our shared values. Together, we mobilized around a collective vision that includes...

  • LSP Statement: Chauvin Sentencing is One Step of the Many Needed

    Monday, June 28

    Last week’s sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd marks yet another important milestone in the ongoing work to confront the systemic racism that has infiltrated all...

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Ear to the Ground Podcast

  • Ear to the Ground No. 254: Mastering an Evolutionary Monster

    Wednesday, June 23
    Farmer Tom Frantzen talks about hybrid rye, ecological resiliency, and why being uncomfortable isn't always a bad thing.

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