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No. 2, 2021, Land Stewardship Letter

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• An online version of the Land Stewardship Letter is here.

• A pdf version is here.

• Archived Land Stewardship Letters are here.

• Paper copies are available by contacting Brian DeVore at 612-816-9342 or via e-mail.

 

Table of Contents

Stewardship Roots…3
• LSP & Dave Serfling’s Policy Breakthrough

Myth Buster…4
• Manure Methane Indigestion

LSP News…5
• Staff Changes
• Want an LSPer to Speak to Your Group?
• LSP Staffers form Union

Policy & Organizing…6
• 2022 MN Legislature Preview
• Let’s Bolster Local Processing in Minnesota
• Drought Stricken Farmers Call for Short Term Help, Long Term Strategies
• Factory Farming Decision a Win in SE MN
• ‘Fighting Factory Farms’ Cohort this Winter
• Fighting Corporate Control in Meat
• The Unpalatability of Food Concentration
• Sign-up for the LSAF Hotlist

Soil Health…12
• The Wonder of Working with Nature
• Join the Soil Builders’ Network
• Grass-based Meat Marketing Videos

Farm as Natural Habitat…14
• Prairie: To Blitz it is to Appreciate it

Farm Beginnings…16
• Profile: Making Room for Relationships
• Farm Beginnings & Journeyperson Primer

Farm Transitions…19
• Seeking Farmers-Seeking Land Clearinghouse
• Continuing a Stewardship Legacy

Land Access…20
• A Common Approach to Acres Accessibility
• One Farm’s Incubator Swim Team

Farmer-to-Farmer…22
• A Season of Field Days

Reviews…32
• Building Community Food Webs
• Sacred Cow
• The Drama of a Rural Community’s Life Cycle

Stewardship Shop…34

Membership Update…35
• Membership Questions?
• Showing Up Where it Counts
• MEF Closes Doors
• LSP Fact Sheets
• Get Current with LIVE-WIRE
• In Memory & in Honor

Stewardship Calendar…36

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