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How farmers are improving trout streams with grazing.
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LSP Organizing Pioneer Steve O’Neil Dies
Steve O’Neil, the Land Stewardship Project’s first community organizer who went on to serve as a mentor and adviser to the organization for most of its history, lost a battle with cancer on Monday. He was 63. Steve was hired in 1982 by Ron Kroese shortly after Kroese and Victor Ray founded LSP. O’Neil’s first… Read More →
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Farm Beginnings applies the brakes to a young couple’s farming plans—in a good way.
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How ‘Tribally Supported Agriculture’ could help a Native American community attain food sovereignty.
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An innovative grass-based system makes a farm friendly to livestock, wildlife and the bottom line.
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LSP helps launch the Minnesota Farmworker Justice Campaign to put the spotlight on ag labor violations on industrial farms.
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An LSP member-farm helps spawn a CSA movement in China.
An Investment in Sustainable Ag is an Investment in a Positive Future for Rural Minnesota
If ever there was a shining example of a smart public investment in our food and farming future, Minnesota’s Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant Program is it. This program has been an important driver of sustainable (and conventional) farming innovations in the state for almost a quarter-century. Farmers who qualify for these competitive grants are able… Read More →
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LSP Farm Beginnings participants talk about “unfair advantages” as they launch an enterprise focusing on mushrooms and CSA vegetables.
Justice for All: U of M Must Help Protect Farm Workers’ Rights
Our federal elected officials finally seem to be getting serious about passing much-needed comprehensive immigration reform in Washington, D.C. That’s good. It is also important to note there’s a very important immigrant worker rights issue that needs to be addressed right here and right now in rural Minnesota. No new laws need to be passed,… Read More →