Ear to the Ground 150
A community food co-op in a farm town rises from the rubble and begins its next chapter.
A community food co-op in a farm town rises from the rubble and begins its next chapter.
LSP Citizens’ Frac Sand Summit (part 7): LSP’s Bobby King talks about the role of local government and state regulations in controlling frac sand mining.
A beginning farmer incubator near Duluth is helping revitalize food and farming in the Lake Superior region.
New farmers talk about how Farm Beginnings helps them balance demand for their products with keeping their businesses, and lives, sustainable.
A brother-sister team uses Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson to help transition from being landowners to active farmers.
An innovative grass-based system makes a farm friendly to livestock, wildlife and the bottom line.
LSP Farm Beginnings participants talk about “unfair advantages” as they launch an enterprise focusing on mushrooms and CSA vegetables.
Farmer Tony Schultz talks about how Community Supported Agriculture can revitalize our food system and rural communities.
BFRDP: A discussion about a precedent-setting federal program for beginning farmers and ranchers.
An LSP workshop focuses on how rural townships in Minnesota can use interim ordinances and comprehensive planning to protect the community from unwanted developments.