Land Stewardship Project

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Our Mission

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The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1982 to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture, and to develop healthy communities. LSP is dedicated to creating transformational change in our food and farming system. LSP’s work has a broad and deep impact, from new farmer training and local organizing, to federal policy and community based food systems development. At the core of all our work are the values of stewardship, justice, and democracy.

The Land Stewardship Project’s mission is to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture, and to develop healthy communities.

Our Vision

The Land Stewardship Project wants more successful stewardship farmers raising both livestock and crops on the land.

Our Values

LSP believes that by working together, culturally and racially diverse rural and urban people can take practical steps that result in greater stewardship of the land, more family farmers, healthy food for all and resilient, racially just communities.

Join the Movement!

Members of the Land Stewardship Project:

→ Share our values of community, stewardship, justice, health, and democracy.
→ Work toward a more just and sustainable food and farming system.
→ Invest financially in LSP’s work by paying membership dues.

By becoming a member of LSP, you are putting your values into action and funding on-the-ground work to keep the land and people together. You are joining with over 4,400 member households who are united together to advance positive change, as well as with a broader nationwide movement of organizations seeing to build healthy and vibrant communities for everyone and in right relationship with the land.

Click Here to Become a Member Today!

  • Land Stewardship Project Picks Veteran Grassroots Organizer as New ED

    January 10, 2022

    MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — As the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) launches its 40th year of “keeping the land and people together,” a veteran grassroots organizer has been…

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    Land Stewardship Project Picks Veteran Grassroots Organizer as New ED
  • Ear to the Ground 213: Fighting the Worst-Promoting the Best

    https://landstewardshipproject.org/podcast-player/2022/ear-to-the-ground-213-fighting-the-worst-promoting-the-best.mp3

    Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on July 24, 2018

    LSP executive director Mark Schultz describes why it’s critical that LSP join forces with other “people’s organizations” in our fight for change. (1st in a…

    Ear to the Ground 213: Fighting the Worst-Promoting the Best
  • Ear to the Ground 211: Bold Solutions for Rural MN

    https://landstewardshipproject.org/podcast-player/2022/ear-to-the-ground-213-fighting-the-worst-promoting-the-best.mp3

    Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on July 24, 2018

    LSP members talk to candidates for Minnesota governor about what should be prioritized when it comes to farmers, the land and rural communities.

    Ear to the Ground 211: Bold Solutions for Rural MN

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For more on LSP’s mission and history, contact Brian DeVore via e-mail or at 612-816-9342.

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May 2022

Wednesday May 18

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
LSP Food Systems Virtual Listening Session
LSP Food Systems Virtual Listening Session
Wednesday May 18
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

The Land Stewardship Project will hold a virtual listening session on regional food systems. Register here.

Thursday May 19

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LSP Grazing Group Pasture Walk
LSP Grazing Group Pasture Walk
Thursday May 19
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

LSP will hold a Grazing Group Pasture Walk at Oak Creek Pastures in Ossian, Iowa. Sign-in for this free event begins at 4:45 p.m. Supper will be provided; suggested $3-$5 meal contribution.

Scott & Amanda Holthaus of Oak Creek Pastures are hosting a pasture walk for area graziers to show cattle grazing on crop-ground planted last fall to a diverse winter cover mix (rye, vetch, triticale, winter barley) and results of winter bale grazing on permanent pasture. There will be a discussion around fencing and watering considerations for maximizing grazing days.
 
Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/aYx1CibrAUaEu0XVPjqlIw2.

Friday May 20

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Farm Bill Listening Session for Retiring Farmers, Non-operating Landowners
Farm Bill Listening Session for Retiring Farmers, Non-operating Landowners
Friday May 20
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Join the Land Stewardship Project on Friday, May 20, from noon-1 p.m., for a virtual conversation with other retiring farmers and non-operating landowners to discuss how federal policy could better support your efforts to build a more just and resilient agricultural system. To register, click here.

Saturday May 21

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Farmer Fiesta at Whitewater State Park
Farmer Fiesta at Whitewater State Park
Saturday May 21
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Get to know other farmers and learn about conservation programs while enjoying a build-your-own taco bar with locally grown foods and ice cream served by the Winona County Dairy Princess. After supper, area farmer and soil conservationist Martin Larsen will share his experiences caving below the farm fields of southeastern Minnesota. Reserve a spot for this free Friends of Whitewater State Park event by e-mailing sara.holger@state.mn.us or calling 507-312-2308.

Tuesday May 24

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
LSP Food Systems In-Person Listening Session
LSP Food Systems In-Person Listening Session
Tuesday May 24
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

The Land Stewardship Project will be holding an in-person listening session on regional food systems in Montevideo, Minn. Register here.

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117 South First Street
Montevideo, MN 56265

(320) 269-2105

Lewiston

180 E. Main Street
Lewiston, MN 55952

(507) 523-3366

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Minneapolis, MN 55407

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