Ear to the Ground 193: 50 Acres of Opportunity
A farmer’s wish to not have his land become just one more cornfield provides an opportunity for beginning farmers.
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Ear to the Ground 192: Healthy Soil, Healthy Profits
A dairy farmer finds more microbes in the soil means more money in the bank.
Ear to the Ground 191: Healthy Soil & Climate Change
LSP’s George Boody describes what he learned at an international conference on how agriculture can sequester greenhouse gases
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… Read More →
Ear to the Ground 190: Rebuilding Soil’s Self-Reliance
Dr. Kristine Nichols describes how we can build agronomic, economic and environmental resiliency in our agricultural soils.
Ear to the Ground 189: A Farm Flourishes When the Soil Flourishes
Rick Bieber describes how building soil health saved his farm from financial ruin.
Ear to the Ground 188: Telling a New Story About Race
Autumn Brown talks about how we can counter the myths that lead to racial injustice in rural America and elsewhere.
Citizens File Legal Challenge After Goodhue County Commissioners Grant Permit to Factory Farm that Violates County Ordinance
Permit is Suspended Until Minnesota Court of Appeals Issues Ruling RED WING, Minn. — Goodhue County Commissioners voted today to grant a Conditional Use Permit for a controversial factory hog farm proposed in Goodhue County’s Zumbrota Township. Neighbors to the proposal have documented how it does not meet the standards of the Goodhue County Ordinance.… Read More →
Citizens Denied Access to Public Information from Goodhue County on Eve of Critical Hearing on Factory Hog Farm
RED WING, Minn. — Zumbrota Township residents were denied access twice this week to a copy of the Conditional Use Permit application for the Kohlnhofer factory hog farm being proposed in their community. They were denied access to the information despite the fact that a public hearing is scheduled for the Conditional Use Permit on… Read More →
The Beauty Beneath Our Feet
For an artist, it’s always nice to get a little public recognition—it helps make up for all those hours spent alone in the studio. So when Deborah Foutch’s piece, “Soil Horizon,” won a blue ribbon at the Minnesota State Fair in 2015, she was thrilled. But even more exciting was that the artwork—it uses various… Read More →