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 →
Pete is seeking to rent 200 tillable acres in Iowa.
Gabrielle is seeking to buy or rent 3 pasture acres in MN. Water access is required. Ideally there is some fencing, but not required. Gabrielle is looking to move a herd of goats to a better site, and a flock of sheep in the future, raising for meat, milk and fiber. No house needed. Gabrielle… Read More →
Aiden is seeking one tillable acre to rent in Illinois. No housing is necessary.
Lawrence is seeking 3 tillable acres in Minnesota to rent or buy. No housing is necessary but a structure for drying cannabis flowers, water, electricity, and fencing would be helpful.
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 →
On a blustery late summer day, Jan Libbey and Tim Landgraf hike through a waist-high prairie to the top of a dramatic knob on their farm in north-central Iowa. As they stand amongst big bluestem, Indian grass and switchgrass, corn and soybean fields flow in every direction, the monocultural landscape broken up only by a… Read More →
Max is seeking to buy 5 acres of pasture and tillable land in Wisconsin near the Fox Valley area. Max is interested in an area for pasture and market garden- no housing necessary. Max is looking for this opportunity 7/9/25.
