Ear to the Ground 182: Cover, Cattle, Clean Water
How rotational grazing on one farm is improving profits, wildlife habitat and community relations.
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Feed the Plant, Starve the Soil
There are lots of reminders out there that we have a long ways to go before building soil health becomes a mainstay of our food and farming system. Some reminders are subtle, while others are about as blunt as a baseball bat to the head. A reminder of the latter variety is featured in the… Read More →
Ear to the Ground 171: Pasque Providers
Using conservation grazing to revitalize a prairie.
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An LSP-sponsored ‘BioBlitz’ in Minnesota’s Simon Lake area provides a kick-start for utilizing grazing to revitalize natural habitat.
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Using conservation grazing to keep wildlife refuges, prairies and other natural areas healthy.
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How farmers are improving trout streams with grazing.
LSP Mourns the Loss of Farmer-Leader Dan Specht
The Land Stewardship Project, sustainable agriculture and family farming lost a true friend this week when Dan Specht was killed in a tragic farm accident. He was 63. (See obituary here.) Dan, who farmed above the banks of the Mississippi River near McGregor, in northeast Iowa, had been a pioneer in innovative, sustainable farming methods… Read More →
LSP Legislative Update: Heading into the Final Days
Local Food, Land Access & Soil Health Proposals Still Alive
As the 2025 session of the Minnesota Legislature heads into its final two weeks — barring a special session — proposals related to several Land Stewardship Project priorities remain alive. Both the House and Senate have passed their respective Agriculture Bills, and now the proposals head into the conference committee process — the system within which lawmakers… Read More →
Farmland for Rent: Minnesota
Wendy is seeking a renter for 3 grazing acres in Wright County, MN. There is a potential for rental housing, a barn and a chicken coop. There is also some fencing and closer to the house there is a well for watering. The acreage is on a gravel dead end road near Maria State Park. … Read More →
Land Line: Small Grains, Manure, Soil Carbon, Rural Empowerment, Regenerative Generation
Feb. 3: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities
Growing Small Grains Market in Albert Lea Attracting Attention from Farmers (1/28/25) KAAL-TV reports on a Land Stewardship Project workshop where over 150 people gathered to talk about ways of bringing small grains back to Minnesota. Highlights: After being mostly replaced by corn and soybeans during the past several decades, small grains such as oats… Read More →