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LSP Applauds Court’s Support of Winona County Decision on Factory Farm

LSP Launches ‘Story Center Powerline’ Initiative for Rural Residents Fighting Big Ag

November 21, 2023

LEWISTON, Minn. — Land Stewardship Project (LSP) members applauded today’s decision by the Minnesota District Court to deny Daley Farm’s latest attempt to circumvent Winona County’s rules related to the size of large livestock operations. (The Court’s decision is available here.) For the past four years, Daley Farm has sought a variance from the county’s…  Read More →

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Minnesota

Askia is seeking 5 acres of farmland to buy.   In addition to housing, Askia is interested in a pole barn or large shed and greenhouse anytime after 2/1/2024.

Seeking Farmland to Rent or Buy: Wisconsin

Christina is seeking 25 acres of tillable/ pasture in Wisconsin.  She would prefer organic or acres that have not been sprayed.  No house is needed but ideally, the farmland would be off the highway on a quiet road and a good place to raise a family.  Christina would be looking for this land opportunity 7/5/24.

Energy Company’s Actions are Downright Petty

By Alan Perish
May 6, 2013

As a retired dairy farmer, I remember the hard fought battles between family farmers and utility companies over high voltage power lines cutting across Minnesota in the 1970s. One of the outcomes of this was the “Buy the Farm” law. Essentially, this law says that farmers and landowners have the right to require that companies…  Read More →

Join Our Trip & Help Build Cross-Border Solidarity with Mexico in March

By Doug Nopar
December 10, 2015

A number of years ago, long before billionaire provocateur Donald Trump demonized undocumented Mexican workers and called for the erection of a new wall along the southern U.S. border, the Land Stewardship Project began work as an ally for immigrant farmworker rights and immigration reform. Our latest endeavor along these lines is a trip south…  Read More →

Farm Beginnings Profile: Alison & Jim Deutsch

On the home farm…at last

By Brian DeVore
October 12, 2011

It’s early July—a time on one Wisconsin farm when there’s a brief reprieve between the spring rush of putting in crops and the mid-summer hurly-burly of making sure the land and animals are as productive as possible by fall. What better time to take a breather and assess where you’ve been, and where you’re going.…  Read More →

Land Line: Climate Change & Erosion, Russia’s Climate Windfall, Big Dairy & Vilsack, Farmland Access, Rivers of Manure

By Brian DeVore
December 18, 2020

Dec. 18: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities National Soil Erosion Rates on Track to Repeat Dust Bowl-era Losses Eight Times Over (12/16/20) Unhealthy farming practices and more extreme weather spurred by climate change will lead to an increased rate of soil erosion across the U.S. in the coming decades, according…  Read More →

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Indiana (Southeast)

Leron is seeking to buy 300 acres of pasture, tillable and forest land in Indiana.  His ideal scenario would be to find a retiring family farm that wants to see their farm be taken care of and remain a farm. An ideal scenario would be to have a regenerative organic farm with water running through…  Read More →