Ear to the Ground 219: From Transactional to Transformational
LSP’s Terry VanDerPol talks about recent LSP research into the problems faced by the local food movement.
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Ear to the Ground 216: Carrots, Young Farmers & Minnesota’s Future
Veteran CSA farmer John Fisher-Merritt describes how top-notch beginning farmer training, healthy soil, good food and sustainable communities are linked. (4th in a series on Our Minnesota Future)
Cover Crop Field Day on Tom Cotter Farm July 10 in Austin
AUSTIN, Minn. — A field day focused on cover crops, interseeding, grazing cover crop mixes, and roller crimping will be held Tuesday, July 10, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Tom Cotter farm, 50203 205th St., in Austin. Registration for this free event, which is co-sponsored by the Land Stewardship Project and the… Read More →
LSP & 33 Other Groups: House Farm Bill Should be Rejected
Bill Backs Corporate Interests Over Family Farmers, Rural Communities & the Environment A deeply flawed U.S. House Farm Bill represents corporate interests, particularly industrial livestock operations, at the expense of independent farm families and the environment, and should be swiftly rejected when it comes to a vote this month, the Land Stewardship Project, along with… Read More →
LSP Calls on Rep. Peterson to Support a Strong, Secure SNAP
The Honorable Collin PetersonUnited States House of Representatives2204 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 Dear Rep. Peterson, We write to you as Minnesota and Wisconsin farmers and members of the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) Federal Policy Steering Committee. Our committee decided on the agricultural policy priorities in LSP’s “Our Farm Bill” campaign. We selected these… Read More →
LSP Joins National Coalition in Calling for a Farm Bill that Supports Conservation
Over 2 Dozen Farm, Food, Wildlife & Environmental Groups Send Letter to Congressional Ag Committees MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — As U.S. House and Senate agriculture committee leadership begins drafting the 2018 Farm Bill, the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) this week joined over two dozen other organizations in calling for a law that greatly strengthens agricultural conservation… Read More →
Ear to the Ground 194: An Urban Garden’s Ripple Effects
Gardening space in the heart of the city brings people together over food, farming and fellowship.
Ear to the Ground 181: Diverse Land, Drunk Grasshoppers
How birds, biology and food production blend on one Minnesota dairy farm.
The Joy of Making Positive Change
“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.” — Wendell Berry The line above from Wendell Berry’s poem, “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front,” has stuck with me since I heard it many years ago. For me, its staying power comes from Berry’s ability to both reassure and challenge us in a single simple… Read More →
Extinction: Predicting the Future by Creating it
I originally downloaded the audio version of Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, to simply keep me awake during a long wintry drive across the southern part of Minnesota and through the heart of Iowa. But by the time I arrived at my destination—a national conference on cover crops and soil… Read More →