• Minnesota Reformer: Big Dairy Outside Morris Wants to Grow Bigger (4/28/26) • Agweek: Bill Aims to Toughen Review for Minnesota Livestock Operations Looking to Exceed 10K Animals (4/16/26) • Food Freedom Radio: “People Not Polluters” coalition interview with LSP’s Laura Schreiber (4/11/26) • eDairyNews: Minnesota Mega Dairy Plan Triggers Industry Clash (4/7/26) • MPR…
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The Land Stewardship Project has developed a series of deeply researched “Myth Busters” to address some of the misrepresentations circulated by supporters of corporate-controlled industrial agriculture: • Myth #68: When Nitrogen is Gone, it Can be Forgotten • Myth #67: Bird Flu’s Deadly Variant is the Fault of Regenerative Ag & Nature • Myth #66:…
Funding Freeze Support (2025) • In response to current federal funding uncertainty, Healing Soils Foundation (HSF) is launching the Regenerative Farmer Assurance Fund (RFAF) to provide financial relief to organic and regenerative farmers facing delays in public funding. With federal reimbursement programs frozen or slowed, farmers who depend on these funds for conservation, soil health,…
Building Soil Health Profitably The Land Stewardship Project’s Bridge to Soil Health initiative works with crop and livestock farmers and other professionals that view soil as a long-term investment. LSP acts as a bridge between emerging soil health information and local farming practices, thereby uniting a community of farmers as the Soil Builders’ Network. Join…
Cover crops play a key role in building soil health. They shield soil from erosion during heavy downpours, rebuild soil structure, improve water infiltration and aeration, and scavenge excess nutrients. They also feed the soil’s biological life and suppress disease and weeds. With all of these benefits comes a host of questions to consider when…
A functioning ecosystem isn’t complete without animals to help close the nutrient loop. One key way farmers are building soil organic matter, cycling nutrients, and adding economic value to their farmland is by integrating ruminant livestock — beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, and goats — into a well-managed grazing system. Simply turning animals out onto…
The first step to rebuilding soil is to reduce or eliminate tillage. Whether organic or conventional, new technologies are available to help all farmers lessen their impact on the soil. The benefits of leaving soil in place includes erosion prevention, cost savings on fuel and equipment use, alleviation of compaction, better water infiltration, and leaving…
A new and exciting step in rebuilding healthy soil is managing for soil microbial communities. The soil environment is like any other ecosystem — it consists of producers, consumers, and predators. Bacteria and fungi make up the producers, beneficial protozoa and nematodes are the consumers, and the top predators are arthropods and predatory nematodes. This…
LSP & Organizing for Change Working to advance stewardship and justice on the land is a tall order. The Land Stewardship Project starts from values — like stewardship and justice — and then organizes people, resources, and ideas to build the power to make a difference. We work at the local, state, and national levels…
