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• 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)

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Brian DeVore, LSP Managing Editor, e-mail, 612-816-9342

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July 2025

Wednesday July 9

8:00 am – 10:00 am
Risk to Resilience Climate Cohort
Wednesday July 9
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Risk to Resilience Climate Cohort
Online

Farming has always required adaptability, and today’s changing weather patterns are creating new challenges and opportunities. The Land Stewardship Project, in collaboration with University of Minnesota Extension, has created a resilience-focused program that gives commodity and small grain growers the opportunity to join a cohort with other like-minded farmers and learn how to prepare their operations for the future. At this Risk to Resilience cohort, you will learn:

  • How changing weather patterns in the Upper Midwest are likely to affect your farm. 
  • How you can prepare a plan that protects your farm from a changing climate.
  • How to improve your planning skills and meet with experts for opportunities to grow climate resilience  on your farm.
  • How to build community with fellow farmers interested in creating operations that are sustainable and resilient in the long term.

Program Details:

  •  Online format — join from your home or farm.
  •  Four sessions, 10-15 hours total investment — built for busy schedules, beginning July 2025. We’ll pause workshops for small grains harvest and resume in August 2025.
  • A $250 stipend will be provided to participants who attend the sessions and provide feedback on experience and content.

Dates of the Risk to Resilience Sessions:

  • Wednesday, July 9, 8 a.m.-10 a.m.
  • Wednesday, July 16, 8 a.m.-10 a.m.
  • Harvest Break
  • Wednesday, August 20, 8 a.m.-10 a.m.
  • Wednesday, August 27, 8 a.m.-10 a.m. 

To register, click here. 

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
LSP Lewiston Office Summer Potluck Lunch
Wednesday July 9
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
LSP Lewiston Office Summer Potluck Lunch
Land Stewardship Project, 180 E Main St, Lewiston, MN 55952, USA

Spring planting is behind us and midsummer is upon us! Take a quick break from all the action by celebrating summer with the Land Stewardship Project by joining us for lunch at our Lewiston office.

Our Summer Potluck will be held on Wednesday, July 9, from noon to 2 p.m., at our office in downtown Lewiston, Minn. (180 E. Main Street). This will be an opportunity to build community, hear from other farmers, socialize, and enjoy a great meal together. We also invite everyone to take a self-guided tour of the newly renovated spaces in our office that we have been working on over the winter. As a member-driven organization, this is your space too.

LSP will be providing the main dish (meat and vegetarian options) and we invite you to bring a dish to pass. This event is open to all, so please bring a friend or two as well. Let’s celebrate the joy of summer through good food and good company!

RSVP’s are encouraged, but not required. Hope to see you there — you can RSVP by e-mailing LSP’s Alex Romano direct.

Saturday July 12

10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Fishing, Farming & Food: Rush Creek's Fish Kill Anniversary & Why it Matters
Saturday July 12
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Fishing, Farming & Food: Rush Creek's Fish Kill Anniversary & Why it Matters
Farmers Community Park, 23274 Arches Road Lewiston, MN 55952

During the Fishing, Farming & Food: Rush Creek’s Fish Kill Anniversary & Why it Matters event, the Land Stewardship Project will mark the three-year anniversary of a major fish kill in southeastern Minnesota that spawned citizen action and led to new public policy around how such events are reported. Join Land Stewardship Project and our partners at Farmers Park, Saturday July 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Lewiston, Minnesota. Register here.

What to expect?

  • Fly fishing demonstration led by Minnesota Trout Unlimted and LSP member, Lee Stoe. Please bring your own fishing gear.

  • Minnesota Trout Unlimited & Izaak Walton League staff and members will be leading macroinvertebrate sampling of Garvin Brook and discussing what they tell us about the health of the stream.

  • Discussion on how regenerative farming systems can support healthy soil and clean water.

  • Opportunity to take action! Help prevent future fish kills by sharing how you think the Minnesot Feedlot Rule, which is open for comment through July 22, should be stronger. Postcards will be available to fill out and send with your comments.

  • Farmers Park is a great spot for birding. Please bring your binoculars!

  • You are welcome to bring your own snacks or picnic lunch; food will not be provided at this event.

LSP is partnering with several community groups for this event, including:

Minnesota Trout Unlimited, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Izaak Walton League, Food & Water Watch, and Savanna Institute

Register HERE. For more information, contact LSP’s Kate Rowe at krowe@landstewardshipproject.org.

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

8:00 am – 10:00 am
Risk to Resilience Climate Cohort
Wednesday July 16
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Risk to Resilience Climate Cohort
Online

Farming has always required adaptability, and today’s changing weather patterns are creating new challenges and opportunities. The Land Stewardship Project, in collaboration with University of Minnesota Extension, has created a resilience-focused program that gives commodity and small grain growers the opportunity to join a cohort with other like-minded farmers and learn how to prepare their operations for the future. At this Risk to Resilience cohort, you will learn:

  • How changing weather patterns in the Upper Midwest are likely to affect your farm. 
  • How you can prepare a plan that protects your farm from a changing climate.
  • How to improve your planning skills and meet with experts for opportunities to grow climate resilience  on your farm.
  • How to build community with fellow farmers interested in creating operations that are sustainable and resilient in the long term.

Program Details:

  •  Online format — join from your home or farm.
  •  Four sessions, 10-15 hours total investment — built for busy schedules, beginning July 2025. We’ll pause workshops for small grains harvest and resume in August 2025.
  • A $250 stipend will be provided to participants who attend the sessions and provide feedback on experience and content.

Dates of the Risk to Resilience Sessions:

  • Wednesday, July 9, 8 a.m.-10 a.m.
  • Wednesday, July 16, 8 a.m.-10 a.m.
  • Harvest Break
  • Wednesday, August 20, 8 a.m.-10 a.m.
  • Wednesday, August 27, 8 a.m.-10 a.m. 

To register, click here. 

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