Seeking Farmland to Rent or Buy: Minnesota
Melanie is seeking one acre of tillable land in Minnesota. No house is needed but fencing is preferred. Available 6/1/26. Read More →
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The Crop Insurance Conundrum
More Evidence that a Safety Net has Morphed into a Web of Destruction
When one sees the word “unambiguously” used in a carefully researched academic paper, it’s time to take notice. For example, a recent Journal of Policy Modeling study reports results that are “…unambiguously suggestive of a crop insurance policy regime that is biased in the direction of increasing consolidation in crop farming….” That conclusion is based on… Read More →
Seeking Internship: Minnesota, Wisconsin
Caleb and his young family are currently on a 5 acre homestead in southern Minnesota. They have experience in small scale rotational grazing of the family milk cows, raising pigs, chickens, gardens, etc. They are hoping to join a regenerative farmer or farmer moving towards regenerative practices who they can be mentored by with a… Read More →
LSP Land Line: Prevented Plant, Dicamba, COVID-19, Food Assistance, Meat Processing, Reconnecting Black Farmers & Land
Oct. 30: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities Prevented Plant at Historic Highs Again in 2020 (10/26/20) Over 10 million acres of U.S. crop ground was not planted this year as a result of extreme weather conditions, reports Agricultural Economic Insights. This growing season marks the second-highest “prevented plant” level in… Read More →
Farm Transitions: A Transition Power Team
A Farm Transfers Ownership & a Farmer Transfers into a New Role What’s that stuff in soil that’s supposed to provide humans a sense of wellbeing? You know, like a protozoa-based version of Prozac? Emmalyn Kayser is trying to come up with the name on a recent March afternoon as she and Chris Burkhouse squat… Read More →
Farm Beginnings Profile: Sara Morrison
No More Horsing Around
In 2005, Sara Morrison was driving home to Minnesota after spending a few long days at a Saint Louis horse show. Traveling, often with a horse trailer in tow, was nothing new to her. Since getting a degree in equine science eight years before, Morrison had spent much of her life on the road, preparing… Read More →
Spanish-Language Land Access Workshop for Beginning & Aspiring Farmers April 27 in Northfield
NORTHFIELD, Minn. —A culturally relevant “Land Access: Are You Ready?” workshop will be held for Spanish-speaking beginning and aspiring farmers Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Emmaus Baptist Church, 712 Linden St. N., in Northfield. This Land Stewardship Project (LSP) workshop is free; materials, lunch and childcare are provided. To register by April… Read More →
Midwestern Farmers Invited to Answer this Question: What Do YOU Want in the New Farm Bill?
Farmers in Minnesota, Iowa & Wisconsin Asked to Participate in New Survey
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — As discussions around the 2023 Farm Bill get off the ground, a key group of people are being asked to share their views on the future of agricultural policy: farmers. During the next several weeks, the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) is circulating the National Young Farmer Survey in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin in… Read More →
LSP Platform Calls for Farm Bill that Supports Farmers, Rural Communities & the Land
Platform & Survey Results Released on Northfield Area Farm Today
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The new federal Farm Bill must benefit farmers, rural communities and the land, rather than corporate interests, said farmer-leaders of the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) today during the release of the organization’s priorities for the nation’s most comprehensive agricultural policy initiative. LSP’s 2023 Farm Bill Platform, which was launched during an… Read More →
Anatomy of a Grassroots Campaign
How citizens in one Minnesota county put values into action to attain a win for the land and their community. On November 22, 2016, history was made in southeastern Minnesota’s Winona County when the Board of Commissioners there passed a ban on any new frac sand operations. It is the first known countywide ban on… Read More →