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Join LSP Dec. 20 for Healthcare Meeting & Petition Delivery
Monday, December 17

Thanks to the hard work of Land Stewardship Project members and supporters, we gathered more than 3,200 signatures this fall on...

Upcoming Events

Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Training Course
January 16
Managing for Stewardship: Intro to Land Management & Stewardship Communication Workshop
January 16, 9 am-3 pm
The Land Stewardship Project and sponsors will be holding several “Managing for Stewardship” workshops this winter for...
Minnesota Fruit & Vegetable Growers Assoc. Conference
January 17-18
Pre-conference workshops will be held Jan. 16.
Managing for Stewardship Workshop: Intro to Land Management & Stewardship Communication Workshop
January 17, 9 am-3 pm
The Land Stewardship Project and sponsors will be holding several “Managing for Stewardship” workshops this winter for...
'Wildly Successful Farming' Book Event with Brian DeVore in Minneapolis
January 17, 7 pm-8 pm
Brian DeVore of the Land Stewardship Project will discuss his new book, ...
LSP Farm Transition Planning Workshop
January 19
The Land Stewardship Project’s 2019 Farm Transition Planning Workshop is scheduled to be held during a series of...
LSP CSA Farm Directory Listing Deadline
January 21, 7 am-6 pm
If you are a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farmer operating in Minnesota or western Wisconsin, the Land Stewardship Project...
LSP Workshop on Building Profits & Soil Health-Alexandria, MN
January 22, 5:30 pm-8:30 pm
Faced with challenging financial pressure and growing weather extremes, how do farmers go about building soil and improving yields...
Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Training Course
January 23
39th Annual EcoFarm Conference
January 23-26
The Ecological Farming Association (EcoFarm) presents the 39^th annual EcoFarm Conference January 23-26, 2019, in Pacific...
LSP Workshop on Building Profits & Soil Health-Faribault, MN
January 23, 4 pm-8:30 pm
Faced with challenging financial pressure and growing weather extremes, how do farmers go about building soil and improving yields...
LSP Workshop on Building Profits & Soil Health-Lewiston, MN
January 24, 10 am-3 pm
Faced with challenging financial pressure and growing weather extremes, how do farmers go about building soil and improving yields...
Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Training Course
January 25
Emerging Farmers Conference
January 25, 6 pm-January 26, 5 pm
The Minnesota Food Association's annual Emerging Farmers Conference — formerly the Immigrant and Minority Farmers Conference...
Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Training Course
February 6
LSP Managing for Stewardship: Digging Deeper for Women Landowners
February 7, 9 am-3 pm
This Land Stewardship Project workshop, “Digging Deeper Into Conservation for Women” is designed for women farmland...
Managing for Stewardship: Digging Deeper into Conservation for Men & Women Workshop
February 7, 12 pm-3 pm
This Land Stewardship Project afternoon workshop, “Digging Deeper Into Conservation” is designed for farmland owners,...
Farmer Resiliency Workshop: Empowerment During Financially Stressful Times
February 7, 12:30 pm-3:30 pm
Join panelists Jack LaValla of Farm Business Management at Riverland Community College, Tim Gossman of Merchant's Bank in St....
LSP Managing for Stewardship: Digging Deeper for Women Landowners
February 13, 9 am-3 pm
This Land Stewardship Project workshop, “Digging Deeper Into Conservation for Women” is designed for women farmland...
Managing for Stewardship: Digging Deeper into Conservation for Men & Women Workshop
February 13, 12 pm-3 pm
This Land Stewardship Project afternoon workshop, “Digging Deeper Into Conservation For Men and Women” is designed for...
LSP Managing for Stewardship: Digging Deeper for Women Landowners
February 14, 9 am-3 pm
This Land Stewardship Project workshop, “Digging Deeper Into Conservation for Women” is designed for women farmland...
Managing for Stewardship: Digging Deeper into Conservation for Men & Women Workshop
February 14, 12 pm-3 pm
This Land Stewardship Project afternoon workshop, “Digging Deeper Into Conservation For Men and Women” is designed for...
Cover Crop, No-Till & Grazing: evaluating the economics & first steps to improving soil health
February 15
The Land Stewardship Project will be holding a series of winter workshops across Minnesota on ways to integrate profit-producing...
'Wildly Successful Farming' Book Event with Brian DeVore in Mountain Lake
February 15, 7 pm-8 pm
Brian DeVore of the Land Stewardship Project will discuss his new book, ...

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Looking to Transition Your Farm? LSP Workshop Series Starts Jan. 19
'Building Profits & Soil Health' Workshop Jan. 22 in Alexandria
LSP 'Soil Building on Rented Land' Workshops this Winter

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LSP is a proud partner of this study, which "is based on soil & financial data collected over 3 years on 8 farms in… https://t.co/g3GzKwLZP8
Friday, January 11, 4:44 pm CST
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.@LSPnow farmer member leaders met with Ag & Food Vice Chair Rep. @BrandforHouse today in St. Peter to talk abt leg… https://t.co/Nr2zjjhEpY
Friday, January 11, 4:17 pm CST
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Tuesday, January 8, 3:51 pm CST
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Thursday, January 3, 1:15 pm CST
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News

Workshop on Empowering Resilient Farmers During Financially Stressful Times Feb. 7 in Rochester
Thursday, January 10

ROCHESTER, Minn. — As the farm financial crisis deepens in our rural communities, the Land Stewardship Project...
'Migration Stories Past & Present' Event Jan. 21 in Montevideo
Thursday, January 10

MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — A special community conversation to uncover the realities and impacts of migration will be...
Analysis of Minnesota & Iowa Farms Finds Grazing Cover Crops Saves Money & Improves Soil Health
Wednesday, January 9

Cover crops can pay for themselves when combined with managed rotational grazing of cattle, finds a study of eight Midwestern farms....

Blog

Farm Transitions Profile: The Goal Standard of Farming
Wednesday, January 9

One day in 2014, a man stopped by Bill and Bonnie McMillin’s farm tucked away in the hills of southeastern Minnesota’s Wabasha County and offered to pay cash for all 160 acres, lock, stock and barrel. Such an offer can be tempting. After...
LSP Sets Priorities for 2019 MN Session
Friday, December 21

The Land Stewardship Project’s State Policy Steering Committee convened last week to start setting LSP’s state policy priorities for the 2019 Minnesota Legislative Session, which begins Jan. 8. The committee, made up of LSP members who...
2018 Farm Bill: Some Victories, but Bigger Reform Needed
Thursday, December 20

The membership of the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) launched the “Our Farm Bill” campaign in 2016 as an ambitious grassroots effort of family farmers, rural communities and urban allies to change the direction of federal policy. It...

LSP in Action

CSA Farmers: Sign-up for the 2019 Directory

Ear to the Ground Podcast

Ear to the Ground 220: Restocking Soil's Refrigerator
Thursday, November 22

Farmers Kent Solberg and Jim Wulf talk about the economic and ecological advantages of integrating crops and livestock.
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LSP TV

Soil Health Practices for a Changing Climate

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Montevideo, MN 56265
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Lewiston, MN 55952
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821 E. 35th Street #200
Minneapolis, MN 55407
(612) 722-6377

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