Sara is seeking to rent or buy up to 2 acres in Minnesota. Sara would like to house her small backyard hen flock and, if conditions are right, expand. Sara would provide all necessary equipment including hen house, run, and other fencing as needed. She is moving to Delano (more restrictive) from Watertown and does… Read More →
Amber is seeking to rent or buy 40 acres of pasture with 5 tillable in Minnesota. Amber is interest in a house and is available 6/1/26. Read More →
Maya is seeking a small plot of land (as small as 1/4 acre) to rent or buy within a 60 minute drive from Minneapolis. Maya is a beginning farmer who hopes to grow vegetables for a small CSA and for free food distribution efforts. Maya is open to creative land access arrangements, including renting land… Read More →
The Midwest has Lost 57.6 Billion Metric Tons of Soil Due to Agricultural Practices (3/16/22) The Midwest has lost approximately 57.6 billion metric tons of topsoil since farmers began tilling the soil, 160 years ago. And this is despite conservation practices put in place in the wake of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, according to Phys.org. Much… Read More →
When considering significant changes to the way one farms, there’s nothing like a couple acres of convincer, a template for the potential offered up by tapping into the land’s ability to build soil health in an economically viable manner utilizing livestock and perennial plants. Mark Erickson points out just such a personal proving ground on… Read More →
Luis is seeking land to buy or rent in Wisconsin. Luis would provide specially Quackgrass/ Couchgrass and other invasive weed non-chemical low impact removal and controlling services in exchange for renting and working part of the land organically or improve into transit to be organically certified. Available immediately. Read More →
Jessica is seeking to rent or buy tillable, pasture and forested acres in Wisconsin. Fencing & Land Management: Established Perimeter Fencing: Existing high-tensile, predator-proof woven wire fencing for livestock containment. Cross-Fencing Potential: Open acreage that allows for the implementation of rotational grazing paddocks (to support long-term pasture health and parasite management). Terrain: Clear, rock-free, and… Read More →
Holly is seeking to rent or buy tillable, pasture and forested acres in Wisconsin. A house is needed. A pole building for storage, water and fencing would all be pluses. Available 9/1/26 Read More →
Perhaps despite my better judgement, I made the decision several years ago to alter my career trajectory and become a farmer. As a former farm kid from the plains of southwestern Minnesota, it shouldn’t have been that crazy a notion, and I thought I’d have a leg-up getting my farm started. Despite rural connections and… Read More →
Jan. 29: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities After COVID-related Livestock Kills, a Push to Diversify Meat Processing in Minnesota (1/25/21) When several large pork processing plants shuttered last spring because workers got sick with COVID-19, it had a huge impact on farmers across the Midwest. One estimate is more than… Read More →
