When we steward healthy soil, we are cultivating vibrant and resilient rural, urban, and suburban communities and economies. We cultivate thriving and resilient land that soaks up rain and sequesters carbon, while fostering healthy ecosystems with clean water and a sustainable climate for microorganisms, wildlife, and people. Yet, farmers are facing compounding challenges of extreme…
There are clear signs that healthcare is in crisis and we need to act together to build a system that provides quality, affordable coverage for all Minnesota families. Signs of a dysfunctional healthcare system include extremely high deductibles in the individual market as well as limited choices when it comes to doctors and hospitals. In…
Factory farms pose a serious threat to the health and well-being of rural communities. These large-scale industrial operations push family farmers off the land and put independent producers out of business. Local economies suffer as more and more land is consolidated into fewer and fewer hands. Factory farms also pose numerous environmental hazards — such…
Organizing from the grassroots level to the halls of Congress, the Land Stewardship Project has played a national role in winning important policy changes like the Conservation Stewardship Program and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. Congressional Farm Bills have a dramatic impact on the land and our communities. U.S. farm policy still heavily…
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No 2024 CSA Directory The Land Stewardship Project’s Directory of Minnesota and Western Wisconsin CSA Farms will not be updated for the 2024 season. The 2023 Directory will still be available online (see below), but it will not be updated with new listings. If you are a CSA farmer and would like your listing removed from…
• Amador Hill Farm & Orchard, North Branch, Minn. • Axdahl’s Garden Farm & Greenhouse, Stillwater, Minn. • Big River Farms, Marine on St. Croix, Minn. • Blackbrook Farm, Amery, Wis. • Boreal Farm, Rice Lake, Minn. • Burning River Farm, Frederic, Wis. • Buttermilk Falls, Osceola, Wis. • Clover Bee Farm, Shafer, Minn. •…
• The Boreal Farm Caroline Hegstrom 5205 Arnold Rd. Duluth, MN 55803 Phone: 218-310-6060 E-mail: fresh@theborealfarm.com Website: theborealfarm.com The Boreal Farm is a diversified, USDA certified organic farm serving the Duluth and surrounding communities through Community Supported Agriculture in vegetables and broilers. The pick-up location is at our farm, where you can see right where…
• Amador Hill Farm & Orchard Kayla Pridmore 15715 River Road North Branch, MN Phone: 651-583-0705 E-mail: kayla@w-e-i.org Website: www.amadorhillfarm.org Amador Hill Farm and Orchard is a certified organic vegetable and apple farm and a program of the Women’s Environmental Institute (WEI). Our farm is located in Almelund, Minn., and helps support and serve WEI’s…
Press release: https://landstewardshipproject.org/posts/news/1412 Action Alert / Petition: https://landstewardshipproject.org/usdameatprocessing Info about AGRI grants: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/grants/agri-mpem-processing To Get Involved in LSP’s Work to Support Local Meat Processing, Click Here
