Ear to the Ground No. 245: Sustainable vs. Regenerative
Should we call it “sustainable” or “regenerative” ag? Dana Jackson makes it clear this is not a new debate and it all centers around soil, communities, and people.
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LSP Land Line: Organic Acreage Up, Local Meat Production, Price Fixing
Sept. 30: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities Mercaris: Organic Production Continues to Grow (9/28/20) The U.S. harvested organic field crop area will exceed 3.4 million acres over the 2020-2021 marketing year, which is an increase of 4% over the previous marketing year, according to the market data service Mercaris. The… Read More →
Ear to the Ground No. 239: From Entomology to Economics
Blue Dasher Farm’s Jonathan Lundgren talks about bugs, biodiversity and, of course, cow pies.
Ear to the Ground 230: Renting It Out Right
Robin Moore talks about how LSP is using soil health to forge stewardship partnerships between non-operating landowners and the farmers who rent from them.
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Workshop on Roller-crimping Cover Crops to Feature UW’s Dr. Erin Silva & Local Farmers March 7 in Rushford
RUSHFORD, Minn. — A special Land Stewardship Project workshop on how conventional and organic farmers can utilize the roller-crimper to build soil health and suppress weeds will be held Thursday, March 7, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Rushford (103 N. Mill Street). During the workshop, Dr. Erin Silva of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and… Read More →
Ear to the Ground 221: Biological Bottom Line
Farmer Bob Mierau describes how his drive to do “organic no-till” depends on boosting and supporting his soil’s bug life.
Ear to the Ground 206: Going Cold into Cover Cropping
A southeastern Minnesota farmer’s drive to plant cover crops takes him out onto the snow and into new soil health territory.
Ear to the Ground 201: Regenerating vs. Sustaining
A young farmer’s evolving view of livestock allows him to make a direct connection between profitability and soil health.
Grazing Field Day Aug. 10 at Fire Rock Farm Near Starbuck
STARBUCK, Minn. — Do you want to get a firsthand look at how one Pope County farm is utilizing rotational grazing of pastures and cover crops to produce livestock? There will be a field day and pasture walk on Thursday, Aug. 10, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Shane and Jessica Blair’s Fire… Read More →
LSP STATEMENT: Cut Bloated Crop Insurance Program but Put Money Back into Rural America, Not Take it Away
President Trump’s Budget Includes Needed Reforms to Crop Insurance, but Lacks Investment in Rural Communities & the Land President Donald Trump’s proposed agriculture budget contains good and bad news for rural America. The good news is it moves forward positive reform on crop insurance. The bad news is it cuts many critical supports for rural… Read More →