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Farmland for Rent: Minnesota

Patty is seeking a farmer to rent 30 tillable acres in Maple Lake, MN Wright County.  No house or buildings.  This opportunity is available 1/1/26.

Farmland for Rent: Minnesota (Southeast)

Pa is seeking less than an acre preferably around the Rochester, MN area.  No house is needed- just a space big enough to raise 10 chickens with his kids. Water and electricity available would be nice. Preferably around the Rochester, MN area.

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

Farmland for Rent: Minnesota

Kevin is seeking a renter for 20 acres (5 tillable / 15 other) in New Germany, MN / Carver County.  He is looking to expand a 1/2 acre market garden that broke ground in 2024. A new well was installed in 2024.  Additional materials available include irrigation, fabric, and accessibility to tools. Flexible terms may…  Read More

Community Farmers-Community Bankers

Many beginning farmers struggle to find the capital they need to get started. Buying a piece of land, fencing supplies, a packing shed, tractor, young fruit trees—these things can add up to an overwhelming initial investment. And these farmers often have a hard time finding the financing that fits their operations. Dean Harrington is a…  Read More

Farming & Our Community: Why Should I Care? A Banker’s Perspective

As part of our work to help beginning farmers gain access to farmland, the Land Stewardship Project has been working with the Plainview Land Access Organizing Committee in southeast Minnesota. For the past two years, farmers, business owners and others in the agricultural community of Plainview have been meeting to raise awareness of issues beginning…  Read More

Land Stewardship Project Names New Executive Director

Scott Elkins Brings Decades of Organizing & Leadership Experience to the Organization in its 41st Year of Working to ‘Keep the Land & People Together’

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A grassroots organizer with decades of experience empowering local communities around environmental and sustainability issues has been named the Land Stewardship Project’s new executive director, the organization’s board of directors announced today. Scott Elkins, who took the helm at the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) this week, is also leading the organization’s 501(c)4…  Read More

Land Stewardship Project Picks Veteran Grassroots Organizer as New ED

Group Marks 40th Anniversary with New Leadership

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — As the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) launches its 40th year of “keeping the land and people together,” a veteran grassroots organizer has been selected as its new executive director, the organization’s board of directors announced today. When Mike McMahon takes over the helm at LSP on Jan. 18, he will also lead the…  Read More

The Wonder of Farming with Nature

John Snyder’s Soil Health Journey Started with a Question: Where are the Worms?

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