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LSP in the News
• Daily Yonder: ‘We Take Last Place’: North Dakota Residents Fight Industrial Dairy Threat to Land and Legacy (6/2/25) • Star Tribune: Big Ag’s Corporate Culture of Indifference has been Years in the Making (5/26/25) • West Central Tribune: Small Gathering in Montevideo, Minnesota, Focuses on Positive Change (4/11/25) • Agweek: Minnesota House Ag Committee…
Past LSP Projects
Over the years, the Land Stewardship Project has been involved with on-the-ground research projects about our food and farming system. As a way of archiving some of this work and documenting long-term initiatives, this page summarizes past projects LSP has been involved with. It also provides summary reports of ongoing initiatives.
LSP Publications
As part of its education-to-action strategy, the Land Stewardship Project periodically produces deeply researched publications on everything from soil health and local democracy to the need for policy reform. Click on the Headings to Download pdfs of these LSP Publications
Farm Beginnings Profile: An Enigmatic Edge in Corn Country
This Gateway into Farming Hinges on Small Grains, Livestock & Soil Health With its pool table topography and coffee-colored soils, southern Minnesota’s Nicollet County perennially ranks as one of the top producers of corn and soybeans in the state, and land prices reflect it — in 2019 the average annual non-irrigated cropland rental rate in… Read More →
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.
Big Meat’s Big Lie
On April 27, meat giant Tyson Foods took out a full-page advertisement in major newspapers that carried an alarming message. “The food supply is breaking,” it said. The ad went on: “We have a responsibility to feed our country…Our plants must remain operational so that we can supply food to our families in America.” Tyson… Read More →
Farm Compost Check-in Call Sept. 24
LEWISTON, Minn. — Interest in soil microbiology and how to grow organisms using aerobic composting methods is growing among farmers in southeastern Minnesota. To hear more about what farmers are trying out in the region, the Land Stewardship Project will hold a compost check-in call Thursday, Sept. 24, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The… Read More →
Ear to the Ground No. 242: A Geography of Hope
Conservation pioneer Paul Johnson talks about forging a social compact between farmers and society…and the day he made a farmer cry.
Time to Level the Farming Playing Fields for BIPOC
Systemic racism is ingrained in all of our institutions, including our farm and food system. Achieving structural change and justice begins with standing together, walking alongside each other, and lifting up voices that need to be heard to express outrage and to demand a new status quo. In honor of “Juneteenth,” the annual holiday commemorating… Read More →