Elyssa Eull’s tiny farm is tucked between railroad tracks and an empty lot in the heart of a major metropolitan area, but its city soil is producing food on a commercial scale. More Information • LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course • California Street Farm • Twin Cities Metro Growers Network • USDA Urban Agriculture Programs at a Glance… Read More →
Sara began her relationship with LSP as a participant in the Farm Beginnings course, which launched her farm business in 2012, thorough which she grew vegetables for CSA and wholesale. Sara credits the education, networking, and confidence she gained through Farm Beginnings, and later LSP’s Journeyperson program, in assisting her purchase of a farm in… Read More →
• An online version of the Land Stewardship Letter is here. • A downloadable pdf version is here. • Downloadable pdf back issues of the Land Stewardship Letter are here. • Interactive online back issues of the Land Stewardship Letter are here. • Paper copies are available by contacting Brian DeVore at 612-816-9342 or via e-mail. Table of Contents Stewardship… Read More →
The USDA’s recent creation of urban ag service centers is a recognition that growing food in the city is more than a quirky news story. More Information • Kajsa Beatty Contact • USDA Office of Urban Ag & Innovative Production • USDA Urban Service Centers • USDA Resources for Urban Farmers • LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course You can… Read More →
Farm Beginnings grad Queen Frye just wants to raise food — even if she doesn’t resemble a famous Scottish farmer. More Information • Land Stewardship Letter Profile: The Fifth ‘R’ • R. Roots Garden • LSP’s Farm Beginnings Course You can find LSP Ear to the Ground podcast episodes on Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, and other podcast… Read More →
For the fourth year in a row, the Land Stewardship Project will be doing a fundraiser with our friends at Simpls, a Twin Cities based company that makes delicious food from scratch using local, organic, and regenerative ingredients. It’s a very easy online fundraiser! Simpls is providing us with an e-mail template to send to your… Read More →
During the recently adjourned session of the Minnesota Legislature, the Land Stewardship Project and its allies won record funding for public programs that support farmers, conservation, and community food systems, among other things. We are now pivoting to the implementation stage to ensure these dollars and programs serve our members, as well as other small-…
There’s a bit of a disagreement over how many enterprises were originally on a certain wish list when Hannah Frank and Justin Thomas were considering launching a farm. “Didn’t we have, like, 40 different enterprises on our goal sheet?” Thomas asks Frank on an overcast day in July while the couple stands next to a… Read More →
Two Puerto Rican filmmakers talk about Stewards of the Land/Serán las dueñas de la tierra, which documents the stories of three beginning farmers as they build relationships and find creative ways to access land to grow food for their communities. June 4 Screening & More Information • Click here to RSVP to the Minneapolis, Minn., film screening/discussion on Sunday,… Read More →
Wild Haven Farm is a regenerative farm in Sunrise Township, Minn. We raise only heritage breeds of goat and poultry to bring you healthy, nutrient-dense meat and eggs with flavor profiles you can’t find in factory-raised food. Our produce is wild harvested or planted, grown, and harvested on the farm by hand. We are in… Read More →
