The Land Stewardship Project’s mission is to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture, and to develop healthy communities.
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, fairness, democracy, health and community.
Our Vision
LSP is committed to building vibrant rural communities that are places of belonging and opportunity for everyone. We envision a countryside where the soil, water, air, and the natural world are healthy, with more successful stewardship farmers raising both livestock and crops on the land and strong local economies where all can succeed.
Our Purpose
We are dedicated to creating transformational change in our food and farming system. We work within a broader movement that is fighting for justice and positive change. Some of our allies focus on issues such as healthcare and racial justice, while LSP works for change through the lens of farming, food and rural communities.
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. The following core values guide LSP’s efforts to achieve our mission: Stewardship, Justice, Fairness, Democracy, Health, and Community.
Join the Movement!
Members of the Land Stewardship Project:
→ Share our values of stewardship, justice, fairness, democracy, health and community.
→ 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 4,000 member households who are united together to advance positive change, as well as with a broader nationwide movement of organizations seeking to build healthy and vibrant communities for everyone and in right relationship with the land.
