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Ear to the Ground 335: Bumping Elbows

From raising produce and working in a restaurant to teaching food safety and managing a farmers’ market, Sara George has experienced “farm-to-fork” from just about every angle possible. This has given her invaluable insights into the barriers, and opportunities, involved with connecting farmers and institutional buyers. More Information • LSP’s Community-Based Food Systems Web Page…  Read More

Take Action & Show Up for Emerging & BIPOC Farmers on Thursday, March 21

The Land Stewardship Project needs you to take action to stand with emerging farmers — particularly Black farmers, Indigenous farmers, and farmers of color (BIPOC farmers). Your state representative serves on the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee. On Thursday, March 21, this committee is considering legislation that would remove emerging farmers, including BIPOC farmers,…  Read More

Seeking Farmer: Minnesota

Monique is seeking a farmer to work for her.  She has 35 tillable acres in Taylors Falls, MN, Chisago County she would like to convert to organic that is currently being used for corn/beans.  She wants to move away from conventional farming and have more sustainable/organic crops.  There are 4 separate fields if someone is…  Read More

Farmland for Sale: Minnesota (Southeast)

Melissa is seeking to sell their 7 acre certified organic vegetable farm to a farmer of color by Fall/Winter of 2025.  She prefers to sell to farmers dedicated to sustainable agriculture. She grows on about 2.5 of the 7 acres and sell primarily wholesale.  Buildings include: 3 bedroom house in good shape; old 60’x33’ barn…  Read More

Farmland for Rent or Sale: Minnesota

Nancy is seeking a farmer to rent or buy 38 acres that have not been sprayed in Kanabec County, MN.  There are rolling, wooded pastures with 18 tillable acres on a river.  There is a barn with hayloft, garage, lean-to, and pole barn.  There is no house but there is a well, electric, septic and…  Read More

Ear to the Ground 334: Youth Movement

Farm Beginnings grad Marcos Giossi started his food-raising career as a teenager tilling soil on an old soccer field. Now he’s helping young urban farmers utilize a values-based decision making strategy to kick-off better communities.  More Information • LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course • Urban Roots • Metro Food Justice Network You can find LSP Ear to the Ground podcast…  Read More

Organic Farmland for Sale: South Dakota (South Central)

Owners Lance and Doris Ekberg have certified organic land for sale in south-central South Dakota. Land sells at auction on March 18, 2024.  Details on    https://shippyrealty.com/ekberg-auction All buffer fences and buffer strips are established. Two quarters will be sold separately with the tillable land seeded to alfalfa and grass. There are 611 acres of grass/pasture…  Read More

Ear to the Ground 333: 2 Kinds of Power

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…  Read More

Seeking Farmland to Buy

Sarah is seeking a minimum of 20 acres for a 501c3 nonprofit animal rescue.  Barns that are suitable for animals, a workshop and large buildings on site for housing an animal sanctuary.

Seeking Farmland to Rent or Buy: Wisconsin

Christina is seeking 25 acres of tillable/ pasture in Wisconsin.  She would prefer organic or acres that have not been sprayed.  No house is needed but ideally, the farmland would be off the highway on a quiet road and a good place to raise a family.  Christina would be looking for this land opportunity 7/5/24.