My story of connection to the land is one of re-connecting. I’m in process. I grew up in Lincoln, Neb., with essentially no connection to place. My parents had lived together in Goshen, Ind.; Iowa City, Iowa; and Berkeley, Cal., before I came along, and they had both spent their growing up years in various… Read More →
LSP Citizens’ Frac Sand Summit (part 1): Tex Hawkins talks about why frac sand mining poses such a risk to the driftless region.
A beginning farmer incubator near Duluth is helping revitalize food and farming in the Lake Superior region.
New farmers talk about how Farm Beginnings helps them balance demand for their products with keeping their businesses, and lives, sustainable.
In October, I told the Minnesota House Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee that we had begun to listen to our farm, an assertion lawmakers heard with some surprise. The occasion was testimony around the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s presentation of its “Nitrogen in Minnesota Surface Waters” report, which showed among other things that… Read More →
NRCS staffers from Minnesota’s top Conservation Stewardship Program county talk about how farmers implement CSP on working land.
A brother-sister team uses Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson to help transition from being landowners to active farmers.
Can Minneapolis feed itself? Is it possible to create a local food system that is accountable to our communities and empowers all to participate? The answers to these questions are a critical part of developing an independent, just and equitable food system that will help our city weather the changes in our food and energy… Read More →
Two Minnesota farmers experiment with multi-species cover cropping to improve soil health.
Southeast Minnesota citizens traveled to Saint Paul yesterday and presented copies of the People’s EIS Scoping Report to each of the state agency commissioners and citizen members who make up Minnesota’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB). Land Stewardship Project organizer Johanna Rupprecht made these comments to the EQB after the report was delivered to the EQB… Read More →
