Land Stewardship Project

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Our Mission

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The Land Stewardship Project’s mission is to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture, and to develop healthy communities.

The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) is a private nonprofit organization founded in 1982 to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture, and to develop healthy communities. LSP is dedicated to creating transformational change in our food and farming system. LSP’s work has a broad and deep impact, from new farmer training and local organizing, to federal policy and community based food systems development. At the core of all our work are the values of stewardship, justice, fairness, democracy, health and community.

Our Vision

LSP is committed to building vibrant rural communities that are places of belonging and opportunity for everyone. We envision a countryside where the soil, water, air, and the natural world are healthy, with more successful stewardship farmers raising both livestock and crops on the land and strong local economies where all can succeed.

Our Purpose

We are dedicated to creating transformational change in our food and farming system. We work within a broader movement that is fighting for justice and positive change. Some of our allies focus on issues such as healthcare and racial justice, while LSP works for change through the lens of farming, food and rural communities.

Our Values

LSP believes that by working together, culturally and racially diverse rural and urban people can take practical steps that result in greater stewardship of the land, more family farmers, healthy food for all and resilient, racially just communities. The following core values guide LSP’s efforts to achieve our mission: Stewardship, Justice, Fairness, Democracy, Health, and Community.

Join the Movement!

Members of the Land Stewardship Project:

→ Share our values of stewardship, justice, fairness, democracy, health and community.
→ Work toward a more just and sustainable food and farming system.
→ Invest financially in LSP’s work by paying membership dues.

By becoming a member of LSP, you are putting your values into action and funding on-the-ground work to keep the land and people together. You are joining with over 4,000 member households who are united together to advance positive change, as well as with a broader nationwide movement of organizations seeking to build healthy and vibrant communities for everyone and in right relationship with the land.

Click Here to Become a Member Today!

  • Gov. Walz Declares March 11 Land Stewardship Project Day

    March 11, 2022

    MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — As a Minnesota-based family farm and regenerative agriculture organization marks its 40th year of “keeping the land and people together,” Governor Tim Walz has…

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    Gov. Walz Declares March 11 Land Stewardship Project Day
  • Ear to the Ground 298: Strangers, Guests & LSP

    Before there was the Land Stewardship Project, there were people like Sister Mary Tacheny helping farmers speak out and be heard.
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    Ear to the Ground 298: Strangers, Guests & LSP
  • Ear to the Ground 211: Bold Solutions for Rural MN

    LSP members talk to candidates for Minnesota governor about what should be prioritized when it comes to farmers, the land and rural communities.

    Ear to the Ground 211: Bold Solutions for Rural MN

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For more on LSP’s mission and history, contact Brian DeVore via e-mail or at 612-816-9342.

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July 2025

Tuesday July 15

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Organic Fruit & Vegetable Field Day
Tuesday July 15
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Organic Fruit & Vegetable Field Day
1805 Dudley Ave, Falcon Heights, MN 55113, USA

Join U of M researchers and Extension for updates on organic fruit and vegetable research and tour the Student Organic Farm and the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station in Saint Paul. Topics include: organic insect management, integrating livestock into vegetable farms, new crops for Minnesota, irrigation strategies, and more. Free to the public.
 
For details and to register, click here.

Wednesday July 16

9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Russell Hedrick Soil Health Event: Cottonwood County
Wednesday July 16
9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Russell Hedrick Soil Health Event: Cottonwood County
27092 Co Rd 8, Comfrey, MN 56019, USA

Details here.

Thursday July 17

9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Russell Hedrick Soil Health Event: Pipestone County
Thursday July 17
9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Russell Hedrick Soil Health Event: Pipestone County
518 30th Ave, Jasper, MN 56182

Details are here.

Friday July 18

9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Russell Hedrick Soil Health Event: Lac qui Parle County
Friday July 18
9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Russell Hedrick Soil Health Event: Lac qui Parle County
1174 295th Ave, Dawson, MN 56232

Details are here.

Tuesday July 22

9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Ray Archuleta Soil Health Series: Sartell
Tuesday July 22
9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Ray Archuleta Soil Health Series: Sartell
2611 17th St N, Sartell, MN 56377, USA

Details are here.

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