Ear to the Ground 187: Soil & Survival
Allen Williams on soil health, livestock and “compounding, cascading effects.”
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Restoring Stewardship on a Worn-Out Farm
After a lifetime of working for others in agricultural jobs, and retired after a career with the postal service, Tom Hoekstra and his wife, Lisa, bought a 150-acre farm outside of Plainview in southeastern Minnesota. Tom was 59 when they bought the farm in 2009. Right after their purchase, they immediately went to work re-building… Read More →
One Farmer’s Journey: No-till, Cover Crops, Improved Soil Health & Yields
My journey into conservation started as a teenager in the mid-1980s— I was tired of picking rocks every year and filling ditches from erosion on a regular basis. We had changed to mulch-till by then to reduce erosion. We had also started transitioning from a corn and hay rotation to a corn and soybean rotation.… Read More →
Stand Up for Standing Rock & Call the White House Today
Now is a critical time for we at the Land Stewardship Project to stand with the Standing Rock Sioux, who are resisting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. We need to take action with them in their fight and end the construction of this pipeline. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the governor… Read More →
Ear to the Ground 186: New LSP Leadership
George Boody and Mark Schultz discuss their personal passions and how LSP brings about positive change as the organization prepares for a leadership transition.
Small Group Insurance Market May be an Option
*This blog contains new information as of Nov. 1* The individual health insurance market, the place where many self-employed individuals purchase medical insurance is — candidly — a mess. Many Land Stewardship Project members are adversely affected by the current state of this market: premiums exploding, coverage choices dwindling, provider networks shrinking. What are the… Read More →
Ear to the Ground 185: Beauty Beneath Our Feet
An artist uses her work to introduce people to the wonders of the soil universe.
A Leadership Transition at LSP
I have been a member of the Land Stewardship Project since 2008, first joining through the Farm Beginnings program. Since then, and even before, as a grass-fed beef farmer, a professor of sustainable agriculture law issues, and now renting our farm fields to Farm Beginning’s graduates, I have observed and participated in LSP’s campaigns and… Read More →
Ear to the Ground 184: Cross-Border Connections
LSP members see firsthand how rural Mexicans are using their connections to the land to fight the corporate takeover of ag.
Ear to the Ground 183: Rains Don’t Lie
Seeing is believing: a rain simulator shows the value of continuous living cover on farm fields.