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Beginning Farmer Program for MN, WI & IA Accepting Applications for 2023-2024 Course

Early Bird Discount Deadline for Farm Beginnings Class Aug. 1

July 17, 2023

LEWISTON, Minn. — One of the most successful beginning farmer training programs in the country is now accepting applications for its 2023-2024 course session serving the Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa region. The Land Stewardship Project’s (LSP) Farm Beginnings initiative is a training program that focuses on the goal-setting, marketing and financial skills aneeded to establish…  Read More →

Farmers Deserve the Right to Repair!

Legislation to do Just That is at Risk in the MN Legislature

April 18, 2023

It’s time to restore farmers’ right to fix the equipment they own as they choose — but legislation to do just that is at risk in the Minnesota Legislature. Right now, major farm equipment manufacturers refuse to make the software tools necessary to repair agricultural equipment fully available to farmers and independent mechanics, leaving farmers…  Read More →

The Next Farm Bill Must be a Climate Bill

Sign the Letter Supporting the American Resilience Act

February 21, 2023

There are less than eight months before the current Farm Bill expires. Now is the time to demand BOLD solutions, especially BOLD climate solutions in the next Farm Bill. Take Action TODAY! The 2023 Farm Bill is being written now, and it needs to center farmer solutions when it comes to the climate crisis. Farmers…  Read More →

Let’s Get a Robust State Budget Across the Finish Line!

Contact Lawmakers & Join LSP at the Capitol May 21

May 17, 2022

The Minnesota legislative session ends in just six days and we need your help in ensuring a robust budget that invests in our farmers and communities makes it across the finish line. Check out the Land Stewardship Project’s latest blog for details on where our priorities stand. Here are two opportunities to take action: Join…  Read More →

Shepherd Moon Farm

Shepherd Moon Farm is located on 47 acres in the St. Croix River Valley. We are a female-operated and family-run farm committed to caring for the Earth, creating a vibrant local community, and developing the local economy. Our stewardship practices include growing vegetables free of chemicals using crop rotations, limited tillage, green manures, animal manure,…  Read More →

Jubilee Rock Farm

Jubilee Rock Farm is a small family farm located near Frederic, Wis. The farm has a young orchard; flower, herb and vegetable gardens; bee yard; berry patches; sugar bush; beautiful woods, big rocks, and more! We believe that to grow good food one must start with healthy soil and love. We love what we do,…  Read More →

Gale Woods Farm

Gale Woods Farm is owned and managed by Three Rivers Park District. It is a 438-acre park with the mission of demonstrating small-scale, productive, contemporary, sustainable agriculture and offering farm-related educational opportunities to school groups and the general public. The park includes gardens and orchards, pasture-raised beef cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens, several miles of…  Read More →

Annelie Livingston-Anderson

After graduating with a master’s degree in Integrated Biosciences (focusing on insect ecology and evolution) from University of Minnesota-Duluth, Annelie worked in nonprofit sustainable agriculture programming for a few years in the Twin Cities before hopping on the LSP train in 2018 as a Farm Beginnings organizer. She heads up the Farm Beginnings class and…  Read More →

‘Principles to Practices’ Virtual Soil Health Workshop Feb. 16

February 3, 2021

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 →