• What are the dates for this year’s course? Visit the Farm Beginnings course page for class dates. • Who should participate in Farm Beginnings? People considering: full-time farming, farming part-time while continuing other employment, changing careers to start farming, developing an existing agricultural hobby into a more serious business activity, or re-evaluating an existing…
Beginning dairy farmer Carrie Redden talks about how she sees successful land stewardship and successful farming as deeply intertwined, and why more non-farmers need to make that connection as well. Carrie Redden was interviewed as part of the We Are Water initiative, which documented the stories of several farmers in the upper reaches of the… Read More →
The desire to farm is powerful — sparked by love of food, the land, community, entrepreneurship, and more. But it is a complicated undertaking, and the list of questions that need to be addressed before diving in is long. If you are dreaming of farming and puzzled about how to get started, the Land Stewardship…
Exciting news! The Land Stewardship Project’s comprehensive soil health bill was introduced in the Minnesota House last week by Rep. Todd Lippert (DFL-Northfield), with a growing list of co-authors from across the state. The Senate bill is coming soon, and we need your help. Over 2,000 LSP members and supporters came together last summer and… Read More →
LEWISTON, Minn. — Soil health experts Jay Fuhrer and Jon Stika will present on annual cover crops, grazing perennials and planting cash crops into green covers during a Land Stewardship Project (LSP) online workshop Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This event is free, but registration is required by going to https://landstewardshipproject.org/events/item/1576.… Read More →
2025-2026 Farm Beginnings Class Beginning and prospective farmers are invited to apply to the 2025-2026 session of LSP’s Farm Beginnings, a training program that focuses on the goal setting, marketing, and financial skills needed to establish a successful farm business. The class will run from December 2025 through March 2026. The 2025-2026 class will be…
No 2024 CSA Directory The Land Stewardship Project’s Directory of Minnesota and Western Wisconsin CSA Farms will not be updated for the 2024 season. The 2023 Directory will still be available online (see below), but it will not be updated with new listings. If you are a CSA farmer and would like your listing removed from…
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Funding Freeze Support (2025) • In response to current federal funding uncertainty, Healing Soils Foundation (HSF) is launching the Regenerative Farmer Assurance Fund (RFAF) to provide financial relief to organic and regenerative farmers facing delays in public funding. With federal reimbursement programs frozen or slowed, farmers who depend on these funds for conservation, soil health,…
