Ear to the Ground No. 240: The Farmer-Chef Connection
What happens when you bring a group of food service folks out to see how vegetables are actually grown?
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Midwest Family Farm Groups Want Covid-19 Aid to Get to People, Not Global Agribusiness
Groups Concerned That Trump’s USDA Will Continue to Favor Industry Family farm-based organizations in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and South Dakota sent a letter to Congress today calling for strong oversight of the recently passed Covid-19 aid package to ensure the USDA disburses aid to people and rural communities, not global agribusiness firms that reaped tens… Read More →
Farm Crisis Exacerbated by Covid-19: Urgent Action Needed
As people across Minnesota and around the world face a global health pandemic, the reality of the farm crisis grows starker and more urgent. Small- to mid-sized farmers who strengthen our rural economies and act as stewards of the land and water face greater uncertainty in the production and distribution of the food we depend… Read More →
Ear to the Ground No. 239: From Entomology to Economics
Blue Dasher Farm’s Jonathan Lundgren talks about bugs, biodiversity and, of course, cow pies.
One Disruption Away
I got a call from a colleague this morning asking how I was dealing with the corona virus pandemic and I said I was feeling grateful. Grateful to live in a rural area where my primary activity outside of working for the Land Stewardship Project is goofing around outside collecting firewood and going for long… Read More →
LSP Names Jess Anna Glover as Executive Director
Mark Schultz Retiring After 3 Decades with the Land Stewardship Project MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A veteran advocate for independent family farmers and sustainable rural communities has been named as the Land Stewardship Project’s new executive director, the organization’s board of directors announced today. Jess Anna Glover will take over from Mark Schultz, who is wrapping… Read More →
IMPENDING VOTE: Contact Elected Officials to Protect Free Speech
The government of Minnesota belongs to the people of Minnesota — not to outside corporate interests who write special laws for themselves that threaten our democracy. Land Stewardship Project members know why free speech is so important. Since the 1980s, members across the state have been leveraging our collective power to fight against farm foreclosures,… Read More →
Ear to the Ground 236: Nature as Profit Partner
How farmers Dawn and Grant Breitkreutz are building soil carbon and bolstering financial resiliency.
Ear to the Ground 235: Lights in the Darkness
Farm advocates provide tips on dealing with the ag crisis, and how we can fight for a brighter future.
‘From Entomology to Economics’ Soil Health Workshop March 5 in Caledonia
CALEDONIA, Minn. — A workshop entitled, “From Entomology to Economics: Building Soil Health with Jonathan Lundgren,” will be offered by the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) on Thursday, March 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at St. John’s Lutheran Church (650 N. Kingston St.) in Caledonia. It will feature presentations by Dr. Lundgren and a… Read More →