Ear to the Ground 171: Pasque Providers
Using conservation grazing to revitalize a prairie.
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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 →
Ear to the Ground 165: A Night of Wendell Berry
LSP farmer-members honor Wendell Berry with an evening of readings.
Ear to the Ground 164: No GMO
Farmers, seed dealers and meat firms come together at an LSP meeting to talk about the non-GMO crop market.
Forever Green’s New Crop of Researchers
During a recent Land Stewardship Letter roundtable discussion about Forever Green (see “Forever Green: Relaying Resiliency” blog), eight University of Minnesota graduate students working on the initiative responded to the question, “What excites you most about this research?” New Tools Have Compressed Time • Kevin Dorn has been mapping the genome for pennycress, which holds… Read More →