Nettle Valley Farm’s “informed sink or swim” model of incubating the next generation of farmers. LSP’s Ear to the Ground episode 261 describes Nettle Valley Farm’s silvopasturing system and the work it’s doing to improve pollinator habitat. More information: • LSP’s “Accessing Farmland” Web Page • LSP Farmland Clearinghouse • LSP Farm Beginnings Course •… Read More →
Robin Moore talks about how LSP is using soil health to forge stewardship partnerships between non-operating landowners and the farmers who rent from them.
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HAGER CITY, Wis. — Looking for affordable, quality land to get started farming and don’t know where to start? The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) will be holding a hands-on Farmland Access Workshop Sunday, Sept. 30, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Oxheart Farm in Wisconsin’s Pierce County. For more information, contact LSP’s Karen Stettler… Read More →
John is seeking ten acres to rent in MN. He is looking for five acres of tillable and three acres of pasture- a house is not necessary, but land must be buildable. Run-down buildings are okay.
Raini is seeking to rent 2 pasture acres and a house in rural MN. She can do some light farming, maintenance and repairs. She has excellent credit and references. She has experience with tractors, seeding, baling hay, chopping stalks. She would need some outbuildings, as a place to store hay for 3 mini horses, and… Read More →
Shoua is seeking up to an acre of land to rent for farming in MN. Ideally Shoua would like to have access to water and fencing but not necessary. Outbuildings would be ideal but not required- no housing is needed. Shoua would like to access the land by 4/1/2024.
Ilian is seeking a half to two acres of organic tillable land near the Twin Cities for small-scale, no-till vegetable production. Ilian lives in SE Minneapolis so land in close proximity would be helpful. He would need access to water. A structure for wash-pack would be ideal, but not required. Ilian would be ready to… Read More →
Pack-shed or people? That’s the question Les Macare and Els Dobrick are grappling with on a dank day in mid-March as they brave a biting wind to inspect the garden plots, cover crops, and outbuildings on Racing Heart Farm in western Wisconsin. With the exception of some onions sprouting in one of the hoop houses,… Read More →
Adam is seeking 5-20 acres of farmland within 40 minutes of Madison, WI to plant a research and breeding orchard for native fruit trees. Fruit and nut plantings will be established for production, and a portion of the property will be used to develop improved varieties of pawpaws (Asimina triloba) which have potential as a high… Read More →
Despite Previous Rulings, MN Sands Attempts to Yet Again Circumvent Environmental Law LEWISTON, Minn. — The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) today called on the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to continue to enforce its requirement of a comprehensive environmental review of a proposed frac sand mining project in southeastern Minnesota. Earlier this week, EQB considered… Read More →
