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  • Demand Justice at the MN Legislature During the Special Session

    Saturday, July 11

    Part of the Land Stewardship Project’s mission is to develop healthy communities for everyone, no exceptions. Racist violence is...

Upcoming Events

  • LSP Summer Grazing Photo Contest

    June 19, 12 am-August 14, 5 pm

    LSP’s Bridge to Soil Health Program has launched a Summer Grazing Photo Contest!

    Celebrate...

  • LSP 'No-Till & Covers with Farmer Rod Nelson' Zoom Field Day

    August 14, 1 pm-2:30 pm

    Rod Nelson has been no-till farming for the past 40 years near Chatfield, Min., and has been recently incorporating cover crops....

  • We Are Water: West-Central Minnesota

    August 20

    We Are Water and Why Treaties Matter are traveling exhibits from the Minnesota Humanities Center that will be displayed in the...

  • Exploring Profit Potential of Different Seasonal Grazing Enterprises

    August 27, 6 pm-7 pm

    Are you a young grazier wanting to explore seasonal livestock to either complement a cow/calf operation or replace a cow/calf...

  • LSP Prairie Pothole Bike Tour & Fundraiser

    August 29

    Please register at bottom of page

    Schedule:

    • Monson State Park: Leave 9:00 am ...

  • Interseeding Cover Crops, Grazing & 60" Corn Zoom Event

    September 10, 10 am-11:30 am

    Aaron Gillespie farms near Fountain, Minn., and raises conventional/organic row crops, small grains, cover crops, hay, and canning...

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    Farm Beginnings Early Bird Application Due Aug. 15

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    Enter LSP's Summer Grazing Photo Contest by Aug. 14 — Great Prizes!

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    Prairie Pedal Pusher Bike Tour & Fundraiser Aug. 29 in W MN

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    @LSPnow LandStewardshipProject

    RT @MEPartnership: Critical research, habitat, and good jobs that go with them are on the line. MN legislators, please pass an Environment…
    Monday, August 10, 2:30 pm CDT
  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow LandStewardshipProject

    A few farmers get huge USDA relief payments while many struggle for pennies https://t.co/U9eS4ZuUIX
    Wednesday, August 5, 1:08 pm CDT
  • LSPnow

    @LSPnow LandStewardshipProject

    Who's gobbling up the bulk of COVID-19 ag support funds? In Iowa, it's Minnesota hog giant Christensen Farms. Meanw… https://t.co/vl4ME1jmxg
    Tuesday, August 4, 3:18 pm CDT
  • LSPnow

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    Want to truly get to know the farmland you own? Get out and walk it. Climate Land Leaders video shows you how.… https://t.co/w9RaYkasvd
    Tuesday, August 4, 6:53 am CDT
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    @LSPnow LandStewardshipProject

    LSP podcast: Paul Johnson talks about "A Geography of Hope," soil health, working lands conservation, and about the… https://t.co/1X7bCzZHWl
    Wednesday, July 29, 6:00 pm CDT

News

  • No-till & Cover Crops with Farmer Rod Nelson Online Zoom Event Aug. 14

    Monday, July 27
    CHATFIELD, Minn. — No-till and cover crops will be the focus of a Land Stewardship Project (LSP) Zoom event...

  • Virtual field Day to Explore No-till Oat & Rye production June 24

    Tuesday, June 9
    BYRON, Minn. — Farmer Martin Larsen will host a virtual field day in partnership with Practical Farmers...

  • Legislature Protects Farmers From Foreclosure Through Harvest Time

    Monday, May 18
    SAINT PAUL, Minn. — As a sign of the dire financial situation the state's agriculture faces, the...

Blog

  • Farm Transitions: That Farm on Highway 40

    Thursday, July 16

    Black, ominous clouds were approaching fast, and Luke Peterson was in a bit of a panic as he stood next to his tractor parked in an 80-acre soybean field, scanning the sky. Hooked up to that tractor was a rotary hoe, and before this particular...

  • Time to Level the Farming Playing Fields for BIPOC

    Friday, June 19

    Systemic racism is ingrained in all of our institutions, including our farm and food system. Achieving structural change and justice begins with standing together, walking alongside each other, and lifting up voices that need to be heard to express...

  • Channeling Water's Power Profitably

    Wednesday, June 17

    To Tom Cotter, the various natural resources his farming operation relies on don’t operate in a vacuum. Rather, they have a relational quality — the role one resource plays in keeping his business viable depends on how it interacts...

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  • Ear to the Ground No. 242: A Geography of Hope

    Tuesday, July 28
    Conservation pioneer Paul Johnson talks about forging a social compact between farmers and society...and the day he made a farmer cry.

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