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No. 1, 2020, Land Stewardship Letter

• An online version of the Land Stewardship Letter is here. • A pdf version is here. • Archived Land Stewardship Letters are here. • Paper copies are available by contacting Brian DeVore at 612-722-6377 or via e-mail. Table of Contents Stewardship Roots…3 • Everything is Connected to Everything Else • Glover Named LSP’s New…

No. 2, 2020, Land Stewardship Letter

• An online version of the Land Stewardship Letter is here. • A pdf version is here. • Archived versions of Land Stewardship Letters are here. • Paper copies are available by contacting Brian DeVore at 612-722-6377 or at via e-mail. Table of Contents Stewardship Roots…3 • One Disruption Away • COVID-19 Crisis Resources •…

No. 3, 2020, Land Stewardship Letter

• An online version of the Land Stewardship Letter is here. • A pdf version is here. • Archived versions of Land Stewardship Letters are here. • Paper copies are available by contacting Brian DeVore at 612-722-6377 or via e-mail. Table of Contents Stewardship Roots…3 • Sustainable Vs. Regenerative In Remembrance…4 • Dennis Johnson’s Deep-Rooted Legacy…

No. 3, 2020, Land Stewardship Letter

• An online version of the Land Stewardship Letter is here. • A pdf version is here. • Online versions of other Land Stewardship Letters are here. • Paper copies are available by contacting Brian DeVore at 612-722-6377 or via e-mail. Table of Contents Stewardship Roots…3 • Sustainable Vs. Regenerative In Remembrance…4 • Dennis Johnson’s…

Brian DeVore

Brian DeVore joined LSP’s staff in 1994 and his responsibilities include coordinating media relations, editing the Land Stewardship Letter, producing the Ear to the Ground podcast, administering the organization’s website, and editing special publications. DeVore grew up on a crop and livestock farm in southwestern Iowa and, as a Peace Corps Volunteer, operated a dairy…  Read More

No. 1, 2021, Land Stewardship Letter

• An online version of the Land Stewardship Letter is here. • A pdf version is here. • Archived Land Stewardship Letters are here. • Paper copies are available by contacting Brian DeVore at 612-816-9342 or via e-mail. Table of Contents From the Board…3 • LSP Leadership Change Stewardship Roots…4 • 2 Decades of Farm…

Land Line: Lost Horizon, Nitro Overload, Drugs & Bugs, Meatpacker Compensation, Food System Control, Giving Back Through CSA, Farms & Groceries

Feb. 28: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities New Evidence Shows Fertile Soil Gone From Midwestern Farms (2/24/21) National Public Radio reports on a new study showing the most fertile topsoil is entirely gone from a third of all the land devoted to growing crops across the upper Midwest. Highlights: The…  Read More

Land Line: Carbon Cow Stomp, CC Myths, Record Plantings, Dairy Bankruptcies, Rural COVID Cases, Dangerous Line Speeds

Feb. 21: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities A Different Kind of Land Management: Let the Cows Stomp (2/17/21) The New York Times writes about how Texas cattle producer Adam Isaacs is using regenerative grazing to reclaim worn-out, weedy pastureland on some 5,000 acres. Highlights: Regenerative grazing means closely managing where…  Read More

Land Line: Efficiency’s Cost, Busting Big Ag, Neonic No-No, Rooting Out Racism, Rural Isolation, Winter Greens

Feb. 12: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities The Efficiency Curse — We built a ‘better’ food system. The cost: It couldn’t handle a pandemic. (2/5/21) When COVID-19 arrived in the U.S., we discovered that the food system was fragile, rigid, and therefore vulnerable. But, as Michael Pollan points out in…  Read More

Land Line: CC Incentive, Labor & Farmers Unite, Black Farmers & Climate Change, COVID Meatpacker Scrutiny, Swine Drugs & Super Bugs

Feb. 5: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities More Farmers Are Planting Cover Crops Thanks To State Incentive Programs (1/29/21) Harvest Public Media reports on how state incentive programs are boosting the planting of cover crops in Iowa and Illinois. Highlights: In both states, farmers can qualify for discounts on their…  Read More