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Action Alert!

  • 100% Soil-Healthy Farming Bill Introduction & Hearing!

    Tuesday, February 9

    Exciting news! The Land Stewardship Project's comprehensive soil health bill was introduced in the Minnesota House...

Upcoming Events

  • Sharing Stories: Growing Relationships with the Land (part 2)

    March 9, 12 pm-1 pm

    Join our discussion with Land Stewardship Project member Bryan Simon as we learn from the experiences of a family blending their...

  • Farm Transitions and Renting It Out Right Workshop Series: Long Term Care Considerations & Your Farmland with Attorney Kate Graham

    March 9, 5:30 pm-7:30 pm

    Established farmers and non-operating landowners mark your calendars for Tuesday evenings starting February 2nd from...

  • 100% Soil-Healthy Farming Organizing Meeting

    March 9, 7 pm-8 pm

    Farmers are on the front lines of the climate crisis — battling extreme weather and changing seasons while also building soil...

  • 'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System: A Study Group

    March 10, 7 pm-8 pm

    Whiteness: it’s the air we breath, the water we swim in, and…the soil we cultivate? A force that affects nearly every...

  • Winter Meat-ings #5: Labor Struggles & Solutions

    March 11, 12 pm-1 pm

    Farmer & Processor Perspectives

    WFU is planning a “Winter Meat-ings” series on solutions to meat...

  • Letter Writing Party - Workshop Your LTEs!

    March 11, 4 pm-6 pm

    This event is a writing workshop designed for members to craft letters-to-the-editor in a fun and supportive environment. Helpful...

  • LSP Community Convos: Revenue

    March 12, 12 pm-1 pm

    Join us on Friday, March 12, from 12-1 pm, or Tuesday, March 23, from 6-7 pm, for a community conversation on revenue, the...

  • Farm Transitions & Renting It Out Right Workshop Series: Conservation Lease Forum

    March 16, 5:30 pm-7:30 pm

    Is your rental agreement based on a handshake and a phone call? Would you like to hear about different kinds of rental agreements?...

  • LSP Relational Organizing Training

    March 18, 6:30 pm-7:30 pm

    Join us for a training that will delve into the strategy of relational organizing -- how to connect with the people in your life...

  • LSP Community Convos: Revenue

    March 23, 6 pm-7 pm

    Join us on Friday, March 12, 12-1 pm, or Tuesday, March 23, 6-7pm, for a community conversation on revenue, the...

  • Sharing Stories: Growing Relationships with the Land (part 3)

    March 30, 12 pm-1 pm

    Join our discussion with Jessica Blair as we dig into the challenges of converting her family’s land from conventional...

  • 'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System: A Keynote by John Biewen

    March 30, 6:30 pm-8 pm

    We are thrilled to announce that our study group on 'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System will be capped off by a keynote...

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    'Sharing Stories: Growing Relationships with the Land' March 9

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    Letter Writing Party March 11

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  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow Land Stewardship Project

    What do you want to see @USDA accomplish in the #first100days? Send your own msg now: https://t.co/tozOO6r39o
    Wednesday, March 3, 4:04 pm CST
  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow Land Stewardship Project

    .@LSPNow farmer-members have a message for @JoeBiden & @SecVilsack: it’s time to break up Big Ag. Smaller scale far… https://t.co/G4dfxgmVit
    Wednesday, March 3, 3:51 pm CST
  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow Land Stewardship Project

    35+ folks spent their lunch hour strategizing the 100% Soil-Healthy Farming Bill! Farmers want to share their stori… https://t.co/PLoei2fIkO
    Monday, March 1, 4:51 pm CST
  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow Land Stewardship Project

    RT @BRNAgNews_Mark: #Minnesota #legislators are considering legislation that @LSPnow calls the "100% Soil Healthy Farming Bill" https://t.c…
    Monday, March 1, 4:34 pm CST
  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow Land Stewardship Project

    RT @jrupprecht_mn: Important bill up in #mnleg Senate Ag & Rural Development committee right now, SF 1218 -- $1 million investment in incre…
    Monday, March 1, 3:43 pm CST

News

  • MN Farmers Welcome Hearing of Groundbreaking Soil Health Legislation

    Wednesday, February 17
    SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Calling it a “win-win” for agriculture and the environment,...
  • Principles to Practices' Virtual Soil Health Workshop Feb. 16

    Wednesday, February 3
    LEWISTON, Minn. — Soil health experts Jay Fuhrer and Jon Stika will present on annual cover crops, grazing...
  • LSP Statement on MN Governor's Budget Proposal

    Wednesday, January 27

    Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s two-year budget proposal was released Jan. 26. The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) applauds...

Blog

  • Lost Horizons & the Need for Healthy Soil

    Wednesday, March 3

    Recent news out of Farm Country highlights how imperative it is that a Land Stewardship Project bill working its way through the Minnesota Legislature lands on the Governor’s desk in 2021. First, the USDA predict U.S. farmers...

  • Land Line: Lost Horizon, Nitro Overload, Drugs & Bugs, Meatpacker Compensation, Food System Control, Giving Back Through CSA, Farms & Groceries

    Sunday, February 28

    New Evidence Shows Fertile Soil Gone From Midwestern Farms (2/24/21) National Public Radio reports on a new study showing the most fertile topsoil is entirely gone from a third of all the land devoted to growing crops across the...

  • Leadership Change: A Joint Statement from the Boards of LSP & LSAF

    Tuesday, February 23

    On Friday, Feb. 12, Jess Anna Glover resigned as the executive director of the Land Stewardship Project and the Land Stewardship Action Fund. The boards of these two organizations have accepted her resignation and have proposed to engage Jess Anna...

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Ear to the Ground Podcast

  • Ear to the Ground No. 247: A Raw Deal on Farmland

    Monday, January 18

    Hannah Bernhardt and Jason Misik couldn't afford prime farmland brimming with infrastructure. But sweat equity and soil health are...

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Grazing & a Healthy Water Cycle

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    Minneapolis, MN 55407
    (612) 722-6377
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