Healthy Soil, Clean Water

  • Take our nitrogen survey and be a part of creating farmer-led solutions that will shape the future of farming, water quality, and rural communities in Minnesota

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  • One of our legislative wins for 2026 was the expansion of the Olmsted County Groundwater Protection and Soil Health Program. Read more about our wins and misses in this legislative update.

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The future of farming rewards stewardship and farmer-led solutions to our most pressing environmental issues like soil health, water quality, and a changing climate.

Future Forward Farming

  • Builds farmer-led solutions that enrich soil, protect waterways and reduce dependance on chemical inputs.
  • Provides safe drinking water by supporting widely-adopted farming practices that reduce nitrate runoff and are incentivized for farmers.
  • Substantially reduces nitrogen application by increasing diversification of cropping rotations and promoting continuous living cover and pasture-based livestock systems.
  • Lowers the financial risk for farmers to adopt practices that result in healthy soil and clean water via innovative policies and public and private partnerships.
  • Transforms fertilizer focused policies to better align with agronomic science, protect our water and climate and hold agribusiness accountable for incentivizing years of over use of chemical fertilizers.

Explore LSP's Soil Health Resources

  • Soil Health Library

    Soil Health Library

    Access LSP's extensive soil health resource library. Links to studies, publications, stories and more!
  • Small Grain Workshop Archives

    Small Grain Workshop Archives

    Each winter LSP hosts a winter workshop focused on sharing resources and marketing ideas for small grains. Watch speaker videos here.
  • Ear Dirt Podcast Series

    Ear Dirt Podcast Series

    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.