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Some five decades ago, a young aspiring farmer named John Snyder brought his bride Bernadette back to Minnesota from Tennessee to begin their farm and family dream together. The newlyweds settled in on a piece of rolling farmland near Preston in southeastern Minnesota where oak savanna forests, limestone ridges, and prairie meet. That first farmhouse… Read More →
Matthew Sheets joined the Land Stewardship Project’s staff in late 2019 after organizing for years in his home of western Minnesota. He began his work with LSP as part of the Farm Crisis Campaign and has been working to follow up on the goals of that campaign and expand that work to advance the cause… Read More →
Nick Olson has been working as an organizer with LSP for 12 years, primarily within the Farm Beginnings initiative. During the past five years, he has been organizing farmers to lift-up their voices and actions for justice. Additionally, he and his family run a certified organic vegetable farm in Litchfield, Minn. He is committed to… Read More →
After graduating with a master’s degree in Integrated Biosciences (focusing on insect ecology and evolution) from University of Minnesota-Duluth, Annelie worked in nonprofit sustainable agriculture programming for a few years in the Twin Cities before hopping on the LSP train in 2018 as a Farm Beginnings organizer. She heads up the Farm Beginnings class and… Read More →
Natalia joined LSP’s staff in May 2021. Natalia is a Chilean born immigrant who, after a long battle within the immigration system, received her work permit in 2007 and became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in 2015. Her first job as a documented worker was as specialties clerk at New Pioneer Co-op in Iowa City, Iowa,… Read More →
Scott DeMuth initially started working with LSP as a consultant, researching how Federal Crop Insurance subsidies impact and can better suit beginning farmers. After that, Scott came on as a fulltime organizer working in our Farm Beginnings program and eventually leading our Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and Land Legacy initiatives. Outside of organizing, Scott’s passions… Read More →
In his ongoing attempt to create a regenerative, soil-healthy farm, Kaleb Anderson is pushing a plant science breakthrough further using rotational grazing. Other Ear to the Ground Podcasts on Kernza, Forever Green & Kaleb Anderson: • Episode 229: A farmer and a researcher discuss the potential agronomic, economic, and ecological benefits of a commercially-viable perennial… Read More →
The classic LSP “LET’S STOP TREATING OUR SOIL LIKE DIRT” bumper sticker, which has been spotted literally across the globe, has returned! It has a black background with white and green lettering.
