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A Hub of Soil Health Activity

How Indiana is using cover cropping and early adopters as ‘gateways’ into a deeper understanding of sustainable soil management. It’s an overcast August morning in northeastern Indiana, and in a massive machine shed well stocked with the tools of a modern row crop operation, some 60 farmers are being reminded that growing corn and soybeans…  Read More

Healthy Farms, Healthy Frogs, Healthy Land

While walking a piece of North Dakota landscape under a withering summer sun, one’s thoughts turn to moisture—or rather, the lack of it. So when I and other participants in a soil health tour kicked up signs of cool, shady places while traipsing across a hay field, it seemed like a mirage. Green-and-black leopard frogs…  Read More

Join LSP at Minnesota Water Action Day in St. Paul on April 19

Stand with hundreds of Minnesotans from around the state in protecting our water from corporate polluters. Join one of the six bus routes coming in from rural Minnesota. The Land Stewardship Project is co-sponsoring the 2017 Minnesota Water Action Day on Wednesday, April 19, in Saint Paul. We encourage our members to participate in this…  Read More

2021 Legislative Session Wrap-Up: Good News for Soil Health, Local Foods, Emerging Farmers — Bad News for Healthcare

Thousands of Land Stewardship Project members and supporters from across Minnesota came together during the 2021 session of the state Legislature and organized around our shared values. Together, we mobilized around a collective vision that includes a just food and farm system, a healthy landscape, thriving small and mid-sized farms, just and prosperous communities, and…  Read More

Minnesota Soil Health Story: Rhyan Schicker

Sign LSP's Soil Health Petition Today

When I first moved to Minnesota eight years ago, my knowledge of soils and agricultural systems was purely textbook. I live and work in an amazing community that has taught me more than I ever expected to learn, and has pulled back the curtain on our current farming systems and the ways in which they…  Read More

Justice for All: U of M Must Help Protect Farm Workers’ Rights

Our federal elected officials finally seem to be getting serious about passing much-needed comprehensive immigration reform in Washington, D.C. That’s good. It is also important to note there’s a very important immigrant worker rights issue that needs to be addressed right here and right now in rural Minnesota. No new laws need to be passed,…  Read More

Seeking Farmland to Rent: Minnesota, Wisconsin

Andi is seeking to rent 20 acres (tillable, pasture, forest) in  Minnesota or western WI with a house.  Ideally there would be a barn or shed for livestock (goats, pigs and ducks) and/or tool storage.  Some fencing and water infrastructure for livestock would be a great plus. Andi is looking to start a small scale…  Read More

Farmland for Rent: Minnesota

Andrew is seeking a farmer to rent 3 tillable organic acres in Shafer, Minnesota.  There is one pole barn and a vegetable pack shed, two 12×110′ caterpillar tunnels and one 22×88′ high tunnel. The 3 acres are surrounded by a 10′ deer fence. There is a water line available in fields and 10 plots within…  Read More

Seeking Farmland to Rent or Buy: Minnesota

Lawrence is seeking 3 tillable acres in Minnesota to rent or buy.  No housing is necessary but a structure for drying cannabis flowers, water, electricity, and fencing would be helpful.

Spanish-Language Land Access Workshop for Beginning & Aspiring Farmers April 27 in Northfield

NORTHFIELD, Minn. —A culturally relevant “Land Access: Are You Ready?” workshop will be held for Spanish-speaking beginning and aspiring farmers Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Emmaus Baptist Church, 712 Linden St. N., in Northfield. This Land Stewardship Project (LSP) workshop is free; materials, lunch and childcare are provided. To register by April…  Read More