Bequests A bequest (or planned gift) goes a long way toward ensuring the Land Stewardship Project’s long-term impact in the generations to come. The most common planned gifts are made through wills or trusts, but many people choose to make legacy gifts to LSP through retirement accounts, pension plans, life insurance, charitable trusts, securities, gift…

Conservation Leases Toolkit Below is a list of documents and websites meant to support anyone working to improve conservation on rented land — from both the landowners’ and farmers’ perspectives. If you’d like to know more about why conservation on rented land is important, check out this podcast. Landowners who are thinking about conservation leases…

Tools to Get You Started A farm is a deeply personal thing. It is a home, a business, a living ecosystem, a way of life. It can also be an investment in the future of agriculture. When a family makes a farm transition plan, they can shape the values and stewardship that will be carried…

In spite of the uneven playing field that often leaves beginning farmers few opportunities to access land to farm, there are some innovative ways they are doing just that. Check out a few of these examples: Videos: Harvey Benson’s & Bonita Underbakke’s Passion for Transitioning Land to the Next Generation of Stewards: A Different Kind…

In February 2018, the Land Stewardship Project board of directors created the Land Stewardship Action Fund (LSAF), a 501 c4 partner organization, because they recognized the power that comes with being able to drive forward the mission and goals of LSP with an expanded set of political and electoral tools. LSAF came out of the…

Sign up today to connect with LSP for opportunities to: Hold big ag accountable. Create a food and farm system that serves your rural community. Put clean drinking water before corporate profits.

Sign up today to connect with the Land Stewardship Project for opportunities to: • Take action at the local, state, and federal levels to address corporate consolidation in agriculture. • Find opportunities to attend meetings in your area and connect with local neighbors who are also concerned. • Be notified about major agricultural policy changes…