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Seeking Farmland to Rent or Buy: Minnesota

Maya is seeking a small plot of land (as small as 1/4 acre) to rent or buy within a 60 minute drive from Minneapolis. Maya is a beginning farmer who hopes to grow vegetables for a small CSA and for free food distribution efforts. Maya is open to creative land access arrangements, including renting land…  Read More →

Farmland for Rent: Iowa

Reuben is seeking a farmer to rent 2 tillable acres in Ames, Iowa.  There is irrigation from a shallow well. He is open to diverse non chemical intensive agricultural pursuits. The land has not been sprayed in 2.5 years and is set hundreds of feet away from road and chemical fields.  There is no house. …  Read More →

Farmland for Rent: Minnesota

Jacquelyn is seeking a farmer to rent 25 tillable acres in Sylvan Township, Minnesota.  The land has easy access from the road but no house.  Available 3/28/26.  Read More →

Spencer Award Winners: A Farm as Change Agent

On a blustery late summer day, Jan Libbey and Tim Landgraf hike through a waist-high prairie to the top of a dramatic knob on their farm in north-central Iowa. As they stand amongst big bluestem, Indian grass and switchgrass, corn and soybean fields flow in every direction, the monocultural landscape broken up only by a…  Read More →

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 →

LSP: Policy That Supports a Bright Future for Dairy Farming Will Require Control of Mega-Operations

Public Has Until Oct. 1 to Speak Out on Socioeconomic Impacts of Flooding the Market With CAFO Milk

MORRIS, Minn. — Any public policy related to creating a positive future for dairy farming must include strong provisions for controlling the rampant growth of mega-operations in the region while instituting market reforms, argues the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) in official comments submitted to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) today. From now until Oct.…  Read More →