Seeking Farmland to Rent or Buy: Minnesota
Case is seeking to rent or buy tillable acres in Minnesota.
Case is seeking to rent or buy tillable acres in Minnesota.
Cameran is seeking an acre of land to rent or buy in MN. Cameran is interested in planting and managing perennial plants to support habitat and sell products (herbs, seeds, cuttings, fruit, berries, roots). A small shed would be nice but not necessary. No housing is needed and Cameran would be interested 4/1/25.
Rachel is seeking 8 acres of land in MN to either rent long term that she could put a tiny house on or land with a large house for purchase.
Derek is seeking to rent forest and pastured acres in MN. He doesn’t need a house but would prefer outbuildings if possible. Derek is available for this opportunity on or after 11/11/24.
Erin is looking for one acre of certified organic farmland in Minnesota. She is looking to put a yurt on the land in exchange for work trade or rent. She would also be interested in buying land where she could put her yurt to live.
Land Stewardship Project Sees Bill as Important Step for Getting More Beginning Farmers on the Land SAINT PAUL, Minn.—A bill moving through the Minnesota Legislature would help beginning farmers overcome one of the biggest barriers they face when trying to launch an agricultural business: access to land. According to farmer-members of the Land Stewardship Project… Read More →
While recording a recent LSP podcast interview with southwest Minnesota farmer Carmen Fernholz, I was reminded of how important it is that farmers identify closely with the land they’re producing a livelihood from. As Fernholz put it: “If you’re a good farmer you can’t help but become attached to the land. And when you become… Read More →
Oct. 23: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities Connecting Farmers Through Music, Land Stewardship Project Commissions Conservation Songs (10/18/20) Kaitlyn Riley at WIZM Radio describes how LSP this fall added a new, melodic twist to its soil health work by producing a music video called, “Got Cover Crops.” Highlights: LSP collaborated… Read More →
Jan. 7: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities As the Livestock Industry Touts Manure-to-Energy Projects, Environmentalists Cry ‘Greenwashing’ (12/7/21) Inside Climate News reports that as utilities, oil companies, and livestock companies pitch biogas (turning manure into energy) as an emissions-reducing solution, critics say it simply locks in systems that allow two… Read More →
How Indiana is using cover cropping and early adopters as ‘gateways’ into a deeper understanding of sustainable soil management. It’s an overcast August morning in northeastern Indiana, and in a massive machine shed well stocked with the tools of a modern row crop operation, some 60 farmers are being reminded that growing corn and soybeans… Read More →