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Ear to the Ground 333: 2 Kinds of Power

https://landstewardshipproject.org/wp-content/uploads/Ear-to-the-Ground-No.-333.mp3

When LSP farmer-members like Paul Sobocinski took on Big Pork, it showed the long-term impact grassroots organizing can have.

More Information

• Making Change from the Ground Up: 40 Stories for 40 Years of Land Stewardship Project
• LSP’s Policy Campaigns Web Page
• January/February/March 2001 Land Stewardship Letter: Pork Checkoff Voted Down by Farmers
• Ear to the Ground 298: Strangers, Guests & LSP
• Ear to the Ground 213: Fighting the Worst-Promoting the Best
• Ear to the Ground 186: New LSP Leadership

You can find LSP Ear to the Ground podcast episodes on Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, and other podcast platforms.

Hog farmer Paul Sobocinski speaking out against the National Pork Producers Council’s pro-factory farm policies at the organization’s headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa.
https://landstewardshipproject.org/wp-content/uploads/Ear-to-the-Ground-No.-333.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 28:51 | Recorded on March 13, 2024

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