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.
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Expanding My Knowledge in Healthcare
Being a senior physician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester for several decades, I thought I knew quite a bit about healthcare and how it is paid for, but I’ve come to realize that my viewpoint was limited. There is always a lot new to learn. My wife and I discovered the Land Stewardship Project many… Read More →
Unaffordable Health Insurance Major Problem for Farmers
My name is Curt Tvedt and I am a farmer near Byron, Minn. I am currently farming 200 acres, 120 of which are part of the original homestead that my great-grandfather settled in 1854. I retired from dairy farming 10 years ago, and I currently raise hay and soybeans, as well as do bale wrapping… Read More →
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.
Ear to the Ground 166: From the Lab to the Land
A farmer works with a professor and her students at a local college to study the impacts of cropping on soil health.
Avian Flu & the Farmer: On Pinfeathers & Needles
I’ve been watching with great concern the outbreak of H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Minnesota turkey confinements. As of today, nine facilities in the state have been affected, including in Lac Qui Parle County, which borders Big Stone, where we live. I raise what the Minnesota Department of Agriculture refers to as a “backyard… Read More →