Ellen is seeking a motivated and reliable Farm Manager to join the team for the 2025 season on their Spring Grove, MN farm. Gardner Family Farm is a pasture-based, regenerative livestock farm committed to ethical animal husbandry and land stewardship. They raise chickens, turkeys, and sheep on pasture, focusing on sustainable methods that respect the… Read More →
Lamar is seeking a farmer to disc/till 5+ acres for pasture in Maple Lake Township, MN, Wright County.
Eric is seeking someone with experience in propagation of native woody plant material on about 40 acres of tillable land in North Branch, MN on the Anoka Sand Plain. Eric has a family-owned tree nursery and garden center in business since 1967. Field production of trees uses no-till method and no-spray, other than glyphosate spot… Read More →
Catherine is seeking an organic flower farmer to compliment Dancing Gnome Farm- (vegetable producers) on Bluff Valley Farm, in rural Wabasha, MN. This is an amazing opportunity for someone with an awesome attitude and prior flower farming experience. Catherine is looking for someone with the willingness to learn and dream and develop your own flower… Read More →
Note: This is the 5th installment in the 12-part “A Sense of Where You Are” series. Grazing livestock have been described as “combines that poop.” That’s an accurate, if somewhat graphic, depiction of how moving cattle and other animals through well-managed paddocks can rebuild soil that’s been decimated by tillage, chemical use, and compaction. Langdon… Read More →
Note: This is the 6th installment in the 12-part “A Sense of Where You Are” series. When your context is farming in the city, everything is a little faster, denser, and louder. “We grow everything very intensively,” said Elyssa Eull on a warm evening in early September while she stood near the entrance to California… Read More →
Note: This is the 10th installment in the 12-part “A Sense of Where You Are” series. There’s nothing like getting diminishing returns on your investment in time, labor, and resources to put things in context. “I just got sick and tired of spending money on fertilizer, planting in the dry powder, and watching the soil blow… Read More →
I am not seeing any solid program that addresses access to land for new farmers. I do see networking and apprentice efforts (such as the one we have at our Earth Wisdom Farm) but I am not seen a comprehensive program that actually provides a viable path to ownership, or resident stewardship. With so much… Read More →
While leading a group of natural resource professionals through one of his dairy pastures one early fall day, Martin Jaus made it crystal clear he farms the land for more than a milk check. “Every day we see something that just amazes us,” he said with a smile. “One day I was making hay and… Read More →
LEWISTON, Minn. — Corporate agriculture interests have failed in their attempt to limit the time the public has to submit comments to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) about a massive dairy project’s potential environmental risks. A lawsuit was filed in Ramsey County District Court seeking to prevent the comment period for an Environmental Assessment… Read More →
