• Wisconsin State Farmer: Matchmaking Website Could Connect Retiring Farmers with Younger Farmers (12/6/25)
• Minnesota Public Radio: ‘Oat Mafia’ in Search of a Market for Oats in the Upper Midwest Market (11/24/2)
• Agweek: Two Midwest Authors On What it’s Like to Expose Big Ag (11/18/25)
• Minnesota Reformer: Here’s an Agenda for Rural Minnesota (11/13/25)
• Minnesota Star Tribune: Some Rural Minnesota Sheriffs Hesitant to Partner with ICE — For Now (11/1/25)
• Wisconsin Watch: Beginning Farmers Struggle to Find Land. Could a New Website Help? (10/24/25)
• Public News Service: MN’s ‘Oat Mafia’ Farmers Hope for Miracle Ending to Comeback Story (10/21/25)
• Star Tribune: Opinion | MAHA Gives Regenerative Agriculture a Moment in the Sun (10/17/25)
• Cannon Falls Beacon: Area Farmers Share Land Access, Marketing Concerns with Legislators from Nine States (10/1/25)
• Minnesota Star Tribune: The Last Bite: Avian Flu (9/26/25)
• Morning Ag Clips: Avian Flu Reemerges in Minn.: White Paper Asks: Are Factory Farms the Victims or the Cause? (9/26/25)
• Morning Ag Clips: Farmers Share Land Access & Marketing Concerns: Pre Farm-Aid SIX Tour Highlights Cannon Falls & Rochester Farmers (9/26/25)
• Minnesota Star Tribune: As Farm Aid 40 Comes to Minneapolis, Minnesota Farmers Face a New Crisis (9/16/25)
• WDIO TV: Lt. Gov. Flanagan Gets to the Root of Problems Farmers are Facing (9/12/25)
• Agweek: Austin Farmer Tom Finnegan Cashes in on Sunflowers on Long Road to Land Stewardship (9/2/25)
• Morning Ag Clips: Farmers to AG: Take Action to Counteract Community-Killing Consolidation (8/27/25)
• Public News Service: MN Dairy Farmers Get Vocal About Confronting Corporations (8/19/25)
• Tri-State Neighbor: Bringing Small Grains Back to Minnesota: Farmers Explore Alternatives to Row Crops at Workshop in Madison (8/7/25)
• Wadena Pioneer Journal: Living for the Long Haul in Rural MN: Water is an Important Element for a Self-sufficient Community (7/28/25)
• KAAL-TV: Fishermen and Farmers Team up to Spread Awareness on Fish Kill in Minnesota (7/12/25)
• Deep Roots Radio: LSP’s Laura Schreiber on Developing Policies for Better Agriculture/Food System (7/4/25)
• Daily Yonder: ‘We Take Last Place’: North Dakota Residents Fight Industrial Dairy Threat to Land and Legacy (6/2/25)
• Star Tribune: Big Ag’s Corporate Culture of Indifference has been Years in the Making (5/26/25)
• West Central Tribune: Small Gathering in Montevideo, Minnesota, Focuses on Positive Change (4/11/25)
• Agweek: Minnesota House Ag Committee Reaches Compromise on $172 Million Ag Budget Bill (4/9/25)
• Winona Post: Supreme Court Turns Down Daley Farm Case (3/19/25)
• Tri-State Neighbor: Western MN Farmers Say Consolidation ‘Devastating’ Their Communities (3/18/25)
• Agweek: Agriculture Program Freezes Come as Farmers Look to Planting (3/17/25)
• Minnesota Public Radio: How the Trump Administration’s Policies are Affecting Farmers (3/13/25)
• Morning Ag Clips: Western MN Farmers Share Stories with Attorney General (3/9/25)
• Star Tribune: Keith Ellison met with constituents in Trump-voting farm country. It was civil. (3/6/25)
• Agweek: Minnesota Farmers, Attorney General Keith Ellison Share Stance on Right to Repair, Antitrust Lawsuits (3/5/25)
• Star Tribune: Tolkkinen: Surrounded by Crops in Minnesota Farm Country, but with Little to Eat (2/26/25)
• Public News Service: Policy Fight Over Meat Label Transparency Back in Play (2/26/25)
• Agweek: Land Access Workshop Asks Important Question: Are You Ready? (2/11/25)
• Albert Lea Tribune: Farmers Gather in Albert Lea to Talk About Bringing Small Grains Back to Minnesota (1/30/25)
• KAAL-TV: Growing Small Grains Market in Albert Lea Attracting Attention from Farmers (1/28/25)
• MinnPost: Minnesota Finalizes New Feedlot Permit System, Prompting Some Backlash (1/23/25)
• Winona Post: Land Stewardship Releases Strategic Plan (1/16/25)
• Marshall Independent: ‘Get them involved’: Working with Neighbors can have Big Impact, Land Stewardship Project Speaker Says (1/11/25)
• Faribault Daily News: Oats and the 3-Legged Stool of Resilience (1/6/25)
• Tri-State Neighbor: Oats and the Three-Legged Stool of Resilience (1/4/25)
• Rochester Post Bulletin: Appeals Court Upholds Winona County’s Denial of Daley Farms Expansion (12/9/24)
• Winona Post: Appeals Court Rules Against Daley Farm (12/9/24)
• WNAX: Farm Transition Planning Course (11/27/24)
• West Central Tribune: Land Stewardship Project in Montevideo, Minnesota, Receives $305,000 Grant to Support Local Foods Program (11/27/24)
• Food & Water Watch: 3 Policy Changes We Need to Fight Factory Farms (11/22/24)
• Civil Eats: Fighting the Corporate CAFO ‘Takeover’ of Rural America (11/18/24)
• Detroit Lakes Tribune: Ikes Study Warns of Industrial Sized Feedlots Coming to Becker County (11/5/24)
• Star Tribune: Spurred by the ‘Oat Mafia,’ the Familiar Grain Makes a Comeback in Minnesota (10/26/24)
• Mississippi Valley Conservancy: Land Conservator Nurses Buffalo River Watershed Farmland Back to Health (10/18/24)
• MinnPost: Why Advocates of an Olmsted County Nitrate Program Want it Broadened to Other Parts of the State (10/1/24)
• Wisconsin Watch: Wisconsin Dairy Industry Fights Back as Towns Seek to Curb CAFO Growth (9/11/24)
• Workday Magazine: A Taste of Working-Class Environmentalism with a Hospital Cook from Albert Lea (9/2/24)
• Public News Service: MN Livestock Producers May Take Concerns to the Polls (8/26/24)
• Star Tribune Editorial: So Much Rides on the Farm Bill: Here’s what’s on the table in Washington this time around and how it touches on all of our lives. (8/14/24)
• Modern Farmer: Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Folks Are Fighting Back (8/13/24)
• Inside Climate News: VP Candidate Tim Walz Has Deep Connections to Agriculture and Conservation (8/8/24)
• Morning AgClips: Minnesota Gears Up for National Farmers’ Market Week (8/5/24)
• MinnPost: Late U of M Scholar’s Regenerative Agriculture Vision for Minnesota Must Continue (7/30/24)
• Food Freedom Radio: LSP executive director Scott Elkins talks about the organization’s work. (7/20/24)
• Public News Service: MN Farmers Push for More Protection from Corporate Agriculture in Farm Bill (6/17/24)
• MinnPost: What the Legislature did to Address Nitrate Contamination in Minnesota Groundwater (6/10/24)
• The Wandering Naturalist: Alex Romano from the Land Stewardship Project joins us to talk about how farmers are leading each other to sustainable practices and healthy soil. How can farmers teach each other sustainable soil practices and does it benefit them? Wander with us to find out. (5/1/24)
• Minnesota Reformer: In Winona County, the Tension Between Agriculture and Water Quality Gets Personal (4/30/24)
• Star Tribune: Counterpoint: Expanding Diversity in Farming Shouldn’t be a Culture War (3/31/24)
• West Central Tribune: Relationship Between Local Food Producers, Buyers in West Central Minnesota Needs ‘Elbow Bumpers’ (3/30/24)
• West Central Tribune: Prairie Five Looking to Develop Food Hub to Serve its Western Minnesota Counties (3/30/24)
• Civil Eats: Can Taller Cover Crops Help Clean the Water in Farm Country? (2/27/24)
• MinnPost: Agricultural Groups, in Court Filing, Ask to Weigh in on Ruling that Blocked Lewiston Dairy’s Expansion Plans (1/25/24)
• Winona Post: Farm Orgs. Apply to Join Daley Appeal (1/10/24)
• Agweek: Court Affirms Winona County’s Denial of Daley Farm Expansion (11/29/23)
• Star Tribune: Farm Seeking to Expand its Dairy Operation Loses Legal Fight to Winona County (11/22/23)
• Winona Post: Judge Upholds Denial of Daley Farm Expansion (11/22/23)
• Alexandria Echo Press: Western Minnesota Farmers Say They Feel Forgotten in D.C. (11/21/23)
• WXPR: Family Farm Groups Blast Conservation Incentives for Industrial Ag (11/17/23)
• Agweek: Goal of Grazing 300 Days a Year Almost Reached by Minnesota Farmer (11/14/23)
• The Land: Women’s Input Powers Land Stewardship Project (11/3/23)
• Agweek: Rural Groups Gather for Clean Water (10/26/23)
• Public News Service: Scandia Event Addresses Lack of Land Access for New Farmers (10/20/23)
• Minnesota Reformer: Farm Bill Needs to Make Land Accessible for Young, Less Affluent and BIPOC Farmers (9/26/23)
• Agri-View: Custom Grazing Adds Income, Fertility (9/21/23)
• Civil Eats: How Crop Insurance Prevents Some Farmers From Adapting to Climate Change (9/20/23)
• Minnesota Public Radio: Hmong Immigrants Put Down Roots on Dakota County Farmland (9/15/23)
• Food Freedom Radio: LSP Executive Director Scott Elkins Talks About Farm Policy, the Next Generation of Farmers, Community Food Systems, and the Power of Organizing. (7/22/23)
• KAAL TV: Local Farmer Advocates for Better Access to Crop Insurance in Washington (6/29/23)
• Ambrook Research: Minnesota Farmers Celebrate Their New Public Health Care Option (6/2/23)
• Agri-View: Finnegan Finds Fine Way to Farm (6/2/23)
• KTTC TV: Rural Communities Struggle with Contaminated Drinking Water (5/28/23)
• Fillmore County Journal: Write a Farm Bill for Farmers, Not Corporate Interests (5/15/23)
• Minnesota Women’s Press: Farming Needs Addressed in Town Hall and Omnibus Agriculture Bill (5/6/23)
• Public News Service: MN Family Farms Make Their Case for Farm Bill Inclusion (5/5/23)
• Winona Post: Petition Asks EPA to Intervene on Nitrates (5/3/23)
• Mankato Free Press: Farm Bill Should Include Provisions to Address Climate Change (4/28/23)
• The McLeod County Chronicle: 2023 Farm Bill Priorities (4/26/23)
• Agri-View: Little Microbes Grow Financial Success (4/19/23)
• Agweek: Small-scale Producers Share with Rep. Angie Craig how Crop Insurance Doesn’t Work for Them (4/19/23)
• West Central Tribune: West Central Minnesota Ag Producers Writing the Menu for a Local Foods Economy (4/5/23)
• Winona Post: Daley Farm Drops Lawsuit Against LSP, Commissioners (3/22/23)
• Agri-View: Help Farming’s Cimate Actions Now (3/21/23)
• Pine Knot News: Passing MNCare Public Option Would Give Middle-Income Minnesotans Another Choice (3/17/23)
• MinnPost: Critical of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, some DFLers Want to Revive Citizens Board Idea (3/15/23)
• Bluestem Prairie: Bills to Restore Citizens Board of the MPCA Working their Way through Minnesota Legislature (3/13/23)
• Lancaster Farming: Farmers March on Washington to Demand Climate Legislation (3/8/23)
• Brownfield Radio Network: Farmers for Climate Action Rallying in D.C. (3/7/23)
• Hutchinson Leader: Staying True to the Land: Vegetable Farmer Laura Frerichs Promotes Strong Communities, Quality Produce (3/1/23)
• Successful Farming: Minnesota Couple Starts Organic Dairy from Scratch (2/16/23)
• Rochester Post Bulletin: Last summer’s fish kill near Lewiston likely caused by rainfall runoff, MPCA says (2/16/23)
• Star Tribune: Winona County feedlot sues nonprofit members, public officials over expansion denial (2/9/23)
• Rochester Post Bulletin: Fillmore County Planning Commission to consider doubling animal unit cap for feedlots (2/8/23)
• Winona Daily News: $2.9M in National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grants, portion supports Land Stewardship Project (12/9/22)
• Faribault Daily News: Land Stewardship Project Empowers Family Farms for Four Decades (10/28/22)
• Experience Life Magazine: What is Food Justice? (10/7/22)
• Food Safety News: Groups Seek President’s Attention to Food Safety in Upcoming Farm Bill (9/28/22)
• Minnesota Reformer: We Need a Transformative Farm Bill (9/26/22)
• KARE-11 TV: Study: Climate change will make MN fish kills much more likely…and complicated (9/21/22)
• Rochester Post Bulletin: Winona County residents ask Gov. Walz for investigation on recent fish kills (9/21/22)
• Food Freedom Radio: LSP farmer-member Darrel Mosel and LSP organizer Sarah Goldman discuss the need for a 2023 Farm Bill that supports farmers, communities, and the land. (9/17/22)
• Agweek: Southeast Minnesota farms learning the route to building biodiverse compost (9/6/22)
• Successful Farming: Focus Farm Bill on Small Farmers, Not Corporate Ag, says Land Stewardship Project (8/17/22)
• Northfield News: Regional Farmers Hear Farm Bill Priorities (8/17/22)
• Star Tribune: Don’t mess with federal crop insurance, farmers say. Others aren’t so sure (8/8/22)
• Albert Lea Tribune: Farmers Explore No-till, Cover Crop Options in Event (7/28/22)
• West Central Tribune: Land Stewardship Project Looking to Revitalize Local Foods Economy in the Upper Minnesota River Valley (6/1/22)
• Winona Post: County Board Sticks by Animal Unit Cap (6/1/22)
• AGATE: Wildly Successful Farming AGATE Book Review (5/29/22)
• Winona Post: ‘Litmus test’ for BOA faces criticism at County Board (3/2/22)
• Agweek: New Land Stewardship Project billboards use humor, quotes to promote soil health (2/25/22)
• Brownfield Radio Network: Soil Health Expert Wants Farmers to Mimic Nature, Not Control It (8/18/21)
• Civil Eats: Hybrid Rye is Helping Farmers Fight ‘Superweeds’ Without Herbicide. Herbicide-resistant giant ragweed is destroying crops across the Corn Belt. These farms have found a sustainable solution. (8/10/21)
• High Country News: A Mega-dairy is Transforming Arizona’s Aquifer and Farming Lifestyles; Minnesota’s Riverview Dairy has Deep Pockets and Long Straws (8/1/21)
• The Guardian: ‘There are ghosts in the land’: How US Mega-dairies are Killing off Small Farms (6/1/21)
• Star Tribune: Don’t turn to animal-free meat; just let the animals out. When it comes to meat, it’s not about the cow, it’s about the how. (4/28/21)
• Minnesota Conservation Volunteer: The Farmer Who Went Underground: Martin Larsen’s cave explorations shine a light on water quality and farming practices in southeastern Minnesota. (May-June 2020)
• Mankato Free Press: Minnesota Farmers Demand Action from Policy Makers (2/29/20)
• Star Tribune: Water contamination: In Minnesota, we must reconsider which crops we plant. Thoughts about nitrates, unstable yielders and a new view of the land. (1/21/20)