When Mark Erickson’s combine got stuck in the muck, he knew he needed to unearth a different relationship with the land. Mark Erickson was interviewed as part of the We Are Water initiative, which documented the stories of several farmers in the upper reaches of the Minnesota River watershed who are using innovative production methods… Read More →
How the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust is connecting stewardship-minded landowners with the next generation of regenerative farmers.
What happens when you bring a group of food service folks out to see how vegetables are actually grown?
Contact Your Senator TODAY The Problem: After years of poor returns, farm prices have destabilized even further due to COVID-19. Nearly all farmers are in financial crisis. TIME is needed to recover. TIME, during which no farmer should be foreclosed upon. The Solution: Pass HF 4599 to Extend Farmer-Lender Mediation deadlines through harvest to December… Read More →
A dairy farmer finds more microbes in the soil means more money in the bank.
Rick Bieber describes how building soil health saved his farm from financial ruin.
Farm Beginnings grads John and Heidi Wise climb out of the “pit of despair.”
A retiring farmer and beginning farmers share their transition stories.
How one farmer used innovative grazing and leasing techniques to start a low-cost livestock operation.
Beginning farmers find a working operation that’s intact and ready to produce income.
