Ear to the Ground No. 241: A Farm Transition Power Team
A desire to continue a legacy (and a love of weed-pulling) eases Foxtail Farm into the hands of the next generation.
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LSP Statement on the Police Killing of George Floyd
We at the Land Stewardship Project are shocked, saddened, and outraged at the news that a black man died while in police custody Monday night, less than three blocks from the Minneapolis office of the Land Stewardship Project. Video footage shows a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for several minutes after he… Read More →
Your Action Needed Today: Partway There on Pausing Farm Foreclosures
Thanks to the hard work of the Land Stewardship Project’s members and supporters who have lobbied their legislators by phone and sent e-mails from across the state, the Minnesota Legislature has taken an important first step to protect small to medium-size farms. Farm foreclosures and mediation deadlines are on pause for 60 days. However, 60… Read More →
A Message from LSP on the COVID-19 Virus
We are writing with an important update on how the Land Stewardship Project is responding as COVID-19 spreads throughout our communities and our world. In the best interests of the health and well-being of our staff, members, and communities, we have decided to take some important actions. Our work can and must move forward. While… Read More →
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Farm Crisis Forum: ‘Resiliency, Resources & Taking Action’ Feb. 12 in Plainview & Feb. 13 in Preston
LEWISTON, Minn. — As the farm financial crisis deepens in our rural communities, the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) and Izaak Walton League of Minnesota are partnering to offer an event called, “Farm Crisis Forum: Resiliency, Resources and Taking Action,” on Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Immanuel Lutheran Church (45 W.… Read More →
MN Farmers to Lead ‘Farm Finances & Soil Health’ Workshop in SE MN on Jan. 29 & NE Iowa on Jan. 30
ELGIN, Minn. — A Land Stewardship Project (LSP) workshop called, “Cover Crops, No-Till & Grazing: Evaluating the Economics and First Steps to Improving Soil Health” will be held Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Peace United Methodist Church between Plainview and Elgin. Co-sponsored by the Wabasha County Soil and Water… Read More →
Community Forum on the ‘Farm Crisis’ Jan. 9 in Granite Falls
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — As the farm financial crisis deepens in our rural communities, the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) is offering special workshops and forums for farmers and rural communities, including one on Thursday, Jan. 9, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Kilowatt Community Center in Granite Falls (600 Kilowatt Dr). The event… Read More →
Ear to the Ground 233: Public Science-Public Good
How one land grant experiment station is helping farmers integrate livestock and crops in a way that creates resilient soils…and a resilient food system.
Standing up to a Factory Farm & Asking Tough Questions
CROW LAKE TOWNSHIP, Minn. — It’s early November, and Grass Lake in Stearns County’s Crow Lake Township is peaceful, lined with cattails bending in the breeze and a few ducks and geese watching for winter’s arrival. But if things had gone differently a few months ago, neighbors could have been seeing, hearing, smelling, and feeling… Read More →