Check out LSP’s ongoing Ear Dirt podcast series for conversations on cover cropping, no-till, managed rotational grazing, fungi, and just about anything else that builds soil health. You can check out all 271 episodes of our Ear to the Ground podcast here.
Ear to the Ground 271: Focusing on Fungi
Maks Kopish is looking through a microscope and seeing a way for soil to be self-reliant.
Ear to the Ground 270: It Doesn’t Rain Grass
In an area that receives 8-10 inches of precipitation annually, Mexican rancher Alejandro Carrillo’s philosophy is: “It’s not how much rain you get, it’s what you do with it.” That’s why he makes sure that water falling out of the sky has a friendly reception on the ground.
Ear to the Ground 269: Soil’s Stairway to Heaven
Mike Seifert is using cover cropping and no-till to make up for the soil damage caused by years of heavy metal tillage. One rainy night, his headlamp illuminated the results.
Ear to the Ground 268: Rolling Down the CC River
A farmer, a soil conservationist, and a crops specialist talk about how the roller crimper system can help extend the benefits of a cover crop.
Ear to the Ground 267: Bringing Science Back to the Farm
A 4th grade experiment launched farmer Connor McCormick down a path of researching linkages between ecology, agricultural economics, and healthy soil.
Ear to the Ground 266: Activating Soil Life
How farmers involved in an LSP research project hope to use the Johnson-Su Bioreactor composting system to spark a chain reaction of underground ecological activity.
Ear to the Ground 260: Soil Health’s Long View 
Martin Larsen’s integration of small grains into his cropping operation is centered on building economic and ecological resiliency beyond the next growing season.
Ear to the Ground No. 259: Kernza’s Stress Test
In his ongoing attempt to create a regenerative, soil-healthy farm, Kaleb Anderson is pushing a plant science breakthrough further using rotational grazing
Ear to the Ground No. 257: The House that Biology Built
Tillage can do a lot of things, but building soil isn’t one of them. Soil expert Steve Lawler and Minnesota farmer Jon Jovaag talk about the importance of using nature as a guide when preparing a seed bed and bolstering the soil’s structure.
Ear to the Ground No. 256: From Sugar High to Soil Health
Soil health cheerleader Ray Archuleta and Iowa farmer Mervin Beachy talk about taking agroecological innovations from the “excitement stage” to the “action stage”…and the importance of aha moments.
Ear to the Ground No. 255: Embracing the Weed
What happened when beginning farmers Rachelle and Jordan Meyer started listening to the land and turned livestock loose on a “bacterial farm.”
Ear to the Ground No. 254: Mastering an Evolutionary Monster
Farmer Tom Frantzen talks about hybrid rye, ecological resiliency, and why being uncomfortable isn’t always a bad thing.
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