*This blog contains new information as of Nov. 1* The individual health insurance market, the place where many self-employed individuals purchase medical insurance is — candidly — a mess. Many Land Stewardship Project members are adversely affected by the current state of this market: premiums exploding, coverage choices dwindling, provider networks shrinking. What are the… Read More →
An artist uses her work to introduce people to the wonders of the soil universe.
I have been a member of the Land Stewardship Project since 2008, first joining through the Farm Beginnings program. Since then, and even before, as a grass-fed beef farmer, a professor of sustainable agriculture law issues, and now renting our farm fields to Farm Beginning’s graduates, I have observed and participated in LSP’s campaigns and… Read More →
LSP members see firsthand how rural Mexicans are using their connections to the land to fight the corporate takeover of ag.
Seeing is believing: a rain simulator shows the value of continuous living cover on farm fields.
Dear Senator Klobuchar: In considering whether or not to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, I hope you will look beyond the positions of main stream economists who believe in more globalization of economic activity and seek out those economists who think more deeply and comprehensively about economic and social realities and believe in… Read More →
How rotational grazing on one farm is improving profits, wildlife habitat and community relations.
How birds, biology and food production blend on one Minnesota dairy farm.
We are saddened and angered by the news that Philando Castile was shot and killed by police in front of his girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, just hours after Alton Sterling was killed by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families, and the series of… Read More →
Using Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson training to make holistic decisions on a community farm.
