We need Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton to use his veto pen. The "Guilty by Association" legislation, Senate File 3463, was passed by the Minnesota Legislature Saturday and is on its way to the Governor's desk. This bill is being driven by corporate interests that want to chill dissent and prevent people from standing up to corporate power. In fact, the language for this bill comes directly...
Welcome to the Land Stewardship Project Action Alerts page. The Land Stewardship Project periodically sends out Action Alerts that describe how citizens can make their voices heard on critical issues related to family farming, the environment and our rural communities.
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We Need Gov. Dayton's Veto
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Call Today: Vote No on the House Farm Bill
UPDATE: The House Farm Bill was voted down 212-198 on Friday, May 18; click here for details.
Today (Friday May 18th), the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the 2018 Farm Bill, H.R. 2.
This is a disastrous bill and...
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Tell Governor Dayton to Get Out His Veto Pen
The Minnesota Legislative Session ends May 21 and corporate interests and their legislative allies are pushing bills that violate Minnesotans’ values and put corporate interests before the public good. We need to speak up now to ensure these harmful policies don’t pass.
Many of the worst policies have been rolled into a massive omnibus finance proposal that is in conference...
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Don't Let Corporate Interests Weaken MN Democracy
Minnesotans value a vibrant democratic process and we won’t let it be undermined to serve corporate interests. We know that this process includes respect for free speech and dissent, which has been critical to achieving progress towards justice in our state. Critical farm policy reforms such as the 1986 statewide legislation that included mandatory mediation before a farm could be...
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Act Now to Keep Rural Minnesota Strong & Family Farmers on the Land
Here are key policies the Land Stewardship Project has been working on at the Minnesota state Legislature this session, along with an action you can take:
• Resources for farmers facing financial stress....
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Call Today to Support the Conservation Stewardship Program
The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is under threat. This is an attack on our soil, our water and our work to build a healthier food and farming system for all. In their first draft of the 2018 Farm Bill, House Agriculture Committee leaders are talking about...
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Make a Stand Against Factory Farms Dec. 18
Stand With LSP in Lakeville, Minn., on Monday, December 18
Monday, December 18, is going to be a big day. Will you join us in Lakeville, Minn., to say NO to factory farms?
For more than a year, Land Stewardship Project members in Minnesota’s Goodhue County have been fighting to protect their community from the proposed Kohlnhofer factory hog farm. The...
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UPDATE: Success! Comprehensive Environmental Review of MN Sands Frac Sand Mines will Stay in Place
I am happy to report that frac sand corporation Minnesota Sands, LLC, failed in its latest attempt to circumvent comprehensive environmental review (see the action alert below). Thanks to Minnesotans speaking up for the land and the health of our communities, the requirement of a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposed massive frac sand project in southeastern...
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Call Now to Ensure Support for 'Medicare for All' Senate Bill
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is introducing his new Medicare for All bill in the Senate this week. The Land Stewardship Project has been engaged in the issue of working for healthcare for all for a number of years. We want an affordable, high quality healthcare system...
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Attend the House Ag Committee Listening Session Aug. 3 at Farmfest
You are invited to join fellow Land Stewardship Project members and supporters at the U.S. House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Listening Session, Thursday, Aug. 3, at Farmfest outside of Redwood Falls.
During this crucial time, when the 2018 Farm Bill is starting to be written, we need to make our voices heard for the...
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Speak Up for Healthcare that Puts People Before Profits
The Minnesota State Legislature has until midnight on Monday, May 22, to decide on a budget for Minnesota. As of today, no budgets have been passed. Things change by the hour, with important decisions happening behind closed doors, away from public input. The bottom line is that, without citizens in the room, who will be prioritized in the final budget?
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UPDATE: Dayton Vetoes Bill Weakening Local Control
UPDATE: Great news! On Monday, May 15, Gov. Mark Dayton stood up for strong local control and vetoed House File 330, a bill that would have weakened local control. Like us, he knows that strong rural communities need strong local control. Governor Dayton is doing right by using his veto power to protect Minnesota from rollbacks and reckless budget cuts on this bill and the...
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Bill to Weaken Local Control on Senate Floor MONDAY, May 8
The Land Stewardship Project just got word Friday night that the Minnesota Senate will be taking up the bill to weaken local control this Monday, May 8, at 11 a.m. The bill, House File 330, passed off the House Floor on Feb. 14. It had been scheduled to be on the Senate Floor on March 20 for a vote, but because of our calls and e-mails the bill was pulled. Now with only two weeks left in this...
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Keep Rural MN Strong & Say NO to Factory Farms this Week
Despite citizens' calls from across the state, the Minnesota Senate sided with corporate interests and passed the Senate Omnibus Environment Finance Bill with a provision that will double the size factory farms can be before environmental review is required. Sen. Jason Isaacson offered an amendment to remove this bad provision from the bill, but it failed narrowly on a 31-34 vote. (...
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Join LSP at Minnesota Water Action Day in St. Paul on April 19
Stand with hundreds of Minnesotans from around the state in protecting our water from corporate polluters. Join one of the six bus routes coming in from rural Minnesota.
The Land Stewardship Project is co-sponsoring the 2017 Minnesota Water Action Day on Wednesday, April 19, in Saint Paul. We encourage our members to participate in this event, which is being hosted by a...
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Ask Your Representative to Continue to Keep Local Control Strong
Our work to stop the bills that would weaken local control in Minnesota have had an impact. On March 20, the state Senate version of the bill that would weaken local control was scheduled to be heard on the Senate Floor. Shortly before the Senate went into session, bill proponents pulled it from the day’s agenda because they weren’t sure they had the votes.
This is good...
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Take Action Today to Stop Bigger, More Numerous Factory Farms in MN
Bill to be on Senate Floor March 29; Calls Needed Before 9 a.m.
A bill that paves the way for more and larger factory farms in Minnesota is headed to the Senate Floor on Wednesday, March 29, and your voice is needed now to stop it.
We ...
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Take Action: Bill to Weaken Local Control on Senate Floor MONDAY, March 20
Since the beginning of the 2017 Minnesota state legislative session, we have been fighting a corporate-backed effort to weaken local control. House File 330 passed off the House Floor on March 2 and it will now be on the Senate floor on Monday, March 20, at 11 a.m. We need you to TAKE ACTION NOW to help kill this bill on the...
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Act Now to Support a MinnesotaCare Option for all Minnesotans
Farmers and small businesses, people nearing retirement and parents wanting to stay home with kids — hundreds of Minnesotans have shared stories with the Land Stewardship Project about the need for affordable healthcare options that provide quality coverage.
With news yesterday that federal changes to healthcare could knock 24 million Americans off health insurance, these stories...
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Senate Bill to Roll Back Air Quality Controls on Frac Sand Industry Gets Hearing Monday
The frac sand industry is pushing to roll back a law we won in 2013 that requires the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to create rules to control air pollution from frac sand facilities. LSP has documented that the frac sand industry routinely puts profit before respect for rules designed to protect neighbors’ health and...
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Keep Local Control Strong. Oppose House File 330
Since the legislative session began Land Stewardship Project has been fighting a corporate backed effort to weaken the local control our Minnesota communities need to be strong. The bill will be on the House Floor at the State Capitol on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. and we need you to take action now.
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Act Now to Keep Factory Farms from Ducking Environmental Review
When you look at the bills being pushed at our State Capitol this year it appears many legislators think that what people living in rural and small town Minnesota want are more factory farms and less of a say in what happens in our community. Nothing is further from reality. But reality at the Capitol where corporate lobbyists line the halls is different from our reality in rural Minnesota....
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Stand Up for an Affordable Public Insurance Option on Feb. 14
Even if you are not in the crosshairs of the healthcare crisis yourself, you have surely heard the stories. Premiums have doubled for some Minnesotans, and high deductibles have many of us deciding not to go to the doctor — if our doctors are even covered by narrow-network insurance plans.
Governor Mark Dayton has proposed making ...
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Don't Let Corporate Interests Weaken Local Control in Minnesota
Oppose House File 330 & Senate File 201, Which Weaken Local Democracy
Corporate interests are pushing bills to weaken the rights of cities and townships in Minnesota to effectively respond to unwanted and potentially harmful developments. This in turn weakens our ability as citizens to work through our local governments to protect our communities. Minnesotans value strong...
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Tell MPCA Commissioner to Get Environmental Review Right on Factory Hog Farm
Incredibly, MPCA Environmental Review Missed Neighbors’ Homes & Wells
Land Stewardship Project members in Zumbrota Township in southeastern Minnesota's Goodhue County are facing the possibility of having a proposed 4,700-hog factory farm and 3.7-million-gallon liquid manure pit in their community. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is charged with doing...
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