Tristyn is seeking to rent or buy five certified organic pasture acres in MN. A house, workshop, barn with stalls is preferable. Permanent fencing and water would be a plus. Tristyn would be ready for this opportunity 6/1/24.
Bill Backs Corporate Interests Over Family Farmers, Rural Communities & the Environment A deeply flawed U.S. House Farm Bill represents corporate interests, particularly industrial livestock operations, at the expense of independent farm families and the environment, and should be swiftly rejected when it comes to a vote this month, the Land Stewardship Project, along with… Read More →
There are lots of reminders out there that we have a long ways to go before building soil health becomes a mainstay of our food and farming system. Some reminders are subtle, while others are about as blunt as a baseball bat to the head. A reminder of the latter variety is featured in the… Read More →
Shari is seeking farmland to rent or buy in Indiana.
Harlee is seeking to rent or buy 40 acres of farmland (forest, pasture and tillable) in MN. Housing is needed and a barn or other buildings suitable for animals would be helpful.
Larisa is seeking 40 acres of farmland (1o tillable, 10 forested, 3 pasture, 27 other) to rent or buy in Southeastern WI, preferably Kenosha County. Larisa is looking to create an LLC for a CSA, permaculture, ecofriendly campground (as much off grid as possible), EV charging station, homestead, retreat/workshops/classes, and park/recreation area all in one… Read More →
One winter evening in 1999 I was sitting in on a Farm Beginnings class being held in the southeast Minnesota community of Plainview when a local banker stood up and made a statement that about knocked me out of my chair. “We need to eat our own cooking,” said the banker, Dean Harrington. The statement… Read More →
LEWISTON, Minn. — One of the most successful beginning farmer training programs in the country is now accepting applications for its 2024-2025 course session serving the Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa region. The Land Stewardship Project’s (LSP) Farm Beginnings initiative is a training program that focuses on the goal-setting, marketing and financial skills needed to establish… Read More →
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 →
While walking a piece of North Dakota landscape under a withering summer sun, one’s thoughts turn to moisture—or rather, the lack of it. So when I and other participants in a soil health tour kicked up signs of cool, shady places while traipsing across a hay field, it seemed like a mirage. Green-and-black leopard frogs… Read More →
