Ear to the Ground 176: Testing Total Terra
LSP experiments with a new test that provides deeper insights into soil’s productive potential.
Episode
Ear to the Ground 175: Spades, Worms & Fungi
An Indiana farmer describes his experience with cover cropping and how it fits into a bigger goal of improving his land’s soil health (part 3 of 3).
Ear to the Ground 174: From the Roots Up
A soil scientist compares Indiana’s ‘bottom up’ approach to advancing soil health to Maryland’s ‘top down’ system (part 2 of 3).
Ear to the Ground 173: A Million Acres of Cover Crops
How Indiana became the king of cover cropping (part 1 of 3).
Ear to the Ground 172: Beyond the Backyard
With the help of LSP’s Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson, Sara Morrison takes her garden beyond the backyard.
Ear to the Ground 171: Pasque Providers
Using conservation grazing to revitalize a prairie.
Ear to the Ground 170: Constructive Criticism
How a Farm Beginnings field day makes everyone a “consultant.”
Ear to the Ground 169: Acre of Opportunity
A livestock/crop farmer lends out an “odd corner” on his property as a launching pad for a beginning vegetable operation.
Ear to the Ground 168: Blitzing the Biome
Rural residents and naturalists “BioBlitz” grassland and learn about its relationship to clean water and vibrant communities.
Ear to the Ground 167: Small Goals, Big Plans
Farm Beginnings grads achieve a series of “micro-goals” in service of the bigger picture: a successful livestock enterprise.